The plan would waive residential off-street parking requirements and, instead, allow tenants to enter the town’s Residential Parking Program to gain a space in certain lots downtown. Per a 2007 ordinance, any proposed downtown residential units would be limited to the second floor of buildings if located on Main Street, Ridge Street, Washington Avenue or Lincoln Avenue. As it stands, the ordinance is currently directed at existing buildings.
“I am very interested in this,” Breckenridge Mayor Pro-Tem Wendy Wolfe said. “A lot of office spaces on Ridge Street, even Main Street, are vacant. They can’t be converted to residential because of our parking requirements.”
She estimated the ordinance would make about 20 of these types of units available throughout downtown, about half the number of units in the newly constructed Pinewood Village II. The cost would certainly be significantly less than constructing a new apartment building.
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