ASPEN – — A proposed house site on the lower slopes of Shadow Mountain, on property formerly owned by Hans Gramiger, was rejected Tuesday by the Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission.
The commission voted 5-0 to recommend denial of an application to divide a collection of mining claims into three lots, creating a new, 1.6-acre site for a single-family home perched above Hopkins Avenue on a bench of land on lower Shadow Mountain. The proposal also would carve out about 18 acres of open space on Shadow Mountain that would be turned over to the county. A third tract of almost 10 acres, primarily composed of the Homestead Lode mining claim, was sold by Gramiger to Westchester Investments in 2000 and contains the former Gramiger house on West Hopkins Avenue.
The Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation will go to the Pitkin County commissioners, who will make a final decision at a hearing that has not yet been scheduled.
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