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Judge Anne Norrdin will have some reading to do this week before she decides on whether Aspen violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law when the City Council approved a temporary ban on residential development and new licenses for vacation rentals.
In its bid to convince a judge to lift the City Council’s ban on new residential development and new applications for short-term vacation rentals, the Aspen Board of Realtors through its attorney called four witnesses to the stand Thursday who said they have lost business and income since the moratorium took effect Dec. 8.
Kudos to our Chaffee County Board of Commissioners Felt, Baker and Granzella for moving forward on the much-needed update of our Chaffee County Land Use Code.
It is the Aspen Board of Realtors’ position that a climate emergency didn’t justify the City Council’s moratorium on residential development and new short-term rental licenses, but the moratorium has caused financial setbacks for architects, brokers, construction workers, property managers and others who make their living through the real estate trade.
