Beaumont plan: 60 affordable units, modular construction and a rezoning request

The applicant team described the Beaumont site (formerly the Cresta House Lodge) as roughly 53,543 square feet and proposed a redevelopment that would replace about 25 existing units with 60 affordable housing units across seven buildings. Erin Wackerley summarized the mix: "The mix of unit types within the buildings equates to a total unit count of 60. There are 57 one bedrooms and then 2 three bedrooms, which comes to a total bed count of 63 beds."

Wackerley and architect Russ Sedmack said the project proposes about 43,000 square feet of floor area, well under the RMF district allowance. Sedmack described a modular construction approach, noting size constraints imposed by factory module dimensions and highway transport limits and citing modular construction's advantages for minimizing on-site disruption. Staff noted some units are under APHSA's minimum net livability allowance and that APHSA permits some reductions but recommended deed restriction categories for units that do not meet the 20% reduction threshold.

On parking and transportation, the applicant proposes 58 on-site spaces; staff and the presentation noted a typical requirement for the project scale would be about 63 spaces, leaving a shortfall of approximately five spaces. Staff identified deficiencies in the submitted Transportation Impact Analysis and included mitigation requirements (transportation demand management programs, potential fee-in-lieu or other measures) as conditions of approval.

Barnhill and staff recommended the rezoning from R15 to RMF, finding the proposed dimensional standards, heights (25 to 30.5 feet in the materials presented) and setbacks are consistent with RMF and that the proposal meets many goals in the Aspen Area Community Plan, subject to the listed conditions before council review.