Airport board approves concept plan allowing Alvin Chung to pursue tee-hangar, asks staff to revise minimum hangar-size standard

The Grand County Airport Board voted to approve a concept plan for an applicant to install a tee-style hangar, but members required a change to the airport’s minimum-hangar-size requirement before finalizing the lease. Alvin Chung submitted a letter of intent describing a tee-hangar and said the letter “details it pretty well.”

Board members discussed lot availability and taxiway access, noting an adjacent slot already spoken for by Alan Reidel and that taxi-lane work is planned in the airport’s 2025 CIP. The core dispute centered on the airport’s minimum hangar size: current minimum standards call for a 2,000-square-foot hangar, while the applicant’s proposed footprint was measured as under that threshold.

S3 moved that the board approve the concept plan "as submitted, subject to revision of the minimum square footage and the minimum standards." S1 seconded the motion. The board voted in favor and the chair said the motion carried. The board clarified that the approval lets the applicant begin lease preparations and building plans but conditions final lease execution on changes to the minimum-standards document to accommodate the tee-hangar exception or an alternative that ensures compliance with grant-assurance obligations.

Members and staff agreed to add revision of the minimum standards to the next meeting agenda; staff said the change will be drafted for board consideration rather than enacted immediately. Staff also noted an option for the applicant to instead redesign the hangar to meet the current 2,000-square-foot minimum. The board emphasized that any exception would need to avoid grant-assurance conflicts with FAA requirements.

The board’s action was procedural: it approved the concept plan with a caveat and scheduled the standards change for further consideration, rather than issuing a final lease or construction permit at the meeting.