PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION 
                                                                               MEETING MINUTES 

EDELWEISS LODGE AND SPA

TAOS SKI VALLEY, NEW MEXICO

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009 1:00 P.M.

I.          CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

Commissioner Tom Wittman called the meeting to order. A quorum was established with Commission members Elisabeth Brownell, Mary Mortimer, Susan Nichols, Steve Ruppert, Chris Stagg, and Tom Wittman present.  Richard Duffy was absent.  Staff members Bruce Kelly and Don Schieber were in attendance.

 

II.         APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

The agenda was amended to say that the conditional use permit being applied for is for commercial recreation and not for commercial recreation and farming on Pattison Lands.

MOTION:  To approve the agenda as amended.

Motion: Chris Stagg         Second:  Steve Ruppert       Passed: 6-0.

 

III.        APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 6, 2009 MEETING

MOTION:  To approve the minutes as presented.

Motion: Chris Stagg       Second: Mary Mortimer         Passed: 6-0.

 

IV.        NEW BUSINESS

A.  PUBLIC HEARINGS: Application for extension of Conditional Use Permit for Commercial Recreation on Pattison Lands, and Application for Conditional Use Permit for Temporary Building Placement on Pattison Lands, by Pattison Trust.

Staff explained that the Pattisons were applying to extend the conditional use for fee based recreation that was granted in April 2008 for an eighteen month period.

PUBLIC HEARING: Roger Pattison spoke in favor of granting an extension of the conditional use permit.  Gary Gittings, homeowner, also spoke in favor.  No one spoke against.  The public hearing was closed.  

MOTION: To approve the extension of a conditional use permit for fee based recreation on Pattison Lands with the seven conditions as stated in the Staff=s recommendation, that is:

1.         Entrance to the property will be controlled by the Bull of the Woods gate.

2.         There will be no parking on Village Roads.

3.         Sanitary facilities will be provided at a designated location.

4.         Tree cutting will only be allowed with  prior approval from the Village.

5.         If traffic increases as a result of the recreational use, applicant may be required to contribute a pro-rata share of the costs to improve roads used to access land used for said recreational purposes.

6.         Land disturbance activities shall conform with Village, State, and Federal rules and regulations.

7.         Any motorized uses, other than pre-existing snowmobile tours and for general maintenance, will only be considered as a special event and will need to receive approval through the Village=s special use permit process. 

Motion: Chris Stagg     Second: Steve Ruppert

Discussion was held on a possible time limit for the conditional use, and also on the amount of traffic generated by the fee based recreation.  Tom Walsh, property owner near the entrance to Pattison Lands, stated that there have been no problems with traffic this summer.  Roger Pattison clarified that the companies of AA Adventures and Northside at Taos Ski Valley were lessees of the Pattison Trust. 

The question was called.  Passed: 6-0  

Discussion was held on the application for a conditional use permit for temporary building placement on Pattison Lands.  Roger Pattison explained that this would be a maintenance building, 40' by 30' in size, and a separate building, 12' by 12', has already been allowed which is a warming hut.  

PUBLIC HEARING: Roger Pattison spoke in favor of granting the conditional use permit. No one spoke against.  The public hearing was closed.

MOTION: To approve a conditional use permit for temporary building placement on Pattison Lands.

Motion: Mary Mortimer            Second: Elisabeth Brownell    Passed: 6-0

 

B.  Discussion and Recommendation for Approval of Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan 2011-2015

Discussion was held on the draft Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan, including discussion of fire hydrants, roads, and pedestrian walkways.

MOTION: To recommend approval of the  Infrastructure Capital Improvements Plan by the Village Council.

Motion: Chris Stagg         Second: Mary Mortimer       Passed: 6-0.

V.         OLD BUSINESS

A.         Discussion of draft Revised Zoning Ordinance

Discussion continued from the previous meeting on the latest draft of the revised zoning ordinance.   

VI.        MISCELLANEOUS

 

VII.       ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DATE, TIME & PLACE OF THE NEXT MEETING:  Monday, August 31, 2009 at 1:00 p.m at the Edelweiss Lodge & Spa Conference Room.

VIII.      ADJOURNMENT           

MOTION:  To adjourn.

Motion: Chris Stagg       Second:   Mary  Mortimer   Passed: 6-0

 

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Tom Wittman, Chairperson