The historic miner’s cabin at 1020 E Cooper Ave. in Aspen is involved in two lawsuits pertaining to an affordable housing proposal. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times file photo)
A worker-housing project proposed for an east Aspen neighborhood now has legal hurdles to clear in addition to governmental ones.
An Aspen condominium association and a nonprofit organization filed separate complaints late Friday against the city of Aspen over City Council’s 3-2 decision April 19 to remand an application for a five-unit housing complex back to the Historic Preservation Commission, which originally denied the proposal.
Using attorneys from different Aspen law firms, the plaintiffs — Cooper Avenue Victorian Condominium Association Inc. and the group Save Aspen — introduced the complaints in Pitkin County District Court. Both lawsuits were filed under Colorado’s Rule 106, which allows citizens to appeal to the courts a governmental body’s decision on land use and development applications.