Three of the five Aspen City Council members expressed distaste to outright opposition for the Preferred Alternative and signaled they would oppose spending on the staff s recommended phase 1 and phase II plan of further study.
Judge Anne Norrdin will have some reading to do this week before she decides on whether Aspen violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law when the City Council approved a temporary ban on residential development and new licenses for vacation rentals.
In a sharp retort to allegations the Aspen government skirted open meetings laws and secretly plotted an ordinance to temporarily freeze residential development and new vacation-rental permits, City Attorney Jim True said Friday no rules were broken and the evidence proves it.
The opposition to the city of Aspen’s moratorium on new development and short-term rental permits is mounting with hundreds of signatures seeking a special election.
Aspen and Pitkin County officials shared with elected leaders Tuesday what they’ve learned so far about short-term rentals and their community impacts, and the overall consensus was they’re not done learning.