Triumph Property may have a right to build employee housing at the East Vail interchange but what it has proposed \u2014 a mega-complex of\u00a0five and four-story buildings \u2014 is incompatible with East Vail\u00a0in two respects: the proposed density of this project and the fact that it will stand out like a sore thumb from the rest of East Vail.<\/p>\n
Employee housing is supposed to harmonize with the surrounding neighborhood. \u00a0Nowhere in East Vail are there any buildings that exceed three stories. And nowhere in East Vail have over 100 people per acre been crammed into any development. Under the prior zoning \u2014 which was compatible with the rest of East Vail \u2014 only a relative few duplexes or single family homes could have been built on the site and the density would have been consistent with the rest of the community.<\/p>\n
The zoning code leaves it to the PEC to control density in employee housing. \u00a0If this project is to be built, there should not be any buildings over three stories and the density should be compatible with the rest of East Vail. In addition, the developer should be required to generously landscape so that the development does not appear as a large clear-cut of the surrounding forest. We do not need a Middle Creek East on the hillside in East Vail.<\/p>\n
Gina Grisafi<\/p>\n
Vail<\/p>\n