Aspen city officials are looking at a possible food truck on Rio Grande Place in front of the empty restaurant space that has not been completed and used to house Taster’s Pizza.
Members of Aspen City Council support having voters decide on a short-term rental tax, but when the question is posed to the electorate is an undecided matter.
Pacing residential development by limiting the number of demolition allotments is one way to address the surge in houses being knocked down and replaced with larger ones without adequate mitigation, Aspen City Council members say.
A judge’s ruling issued Friday invalidated an emergency ordinance the Aspen City Council adopted Dec. 8 that implemented an immediate but temporary ban on residential building activity and new short-term vacation permits within city limits.
A local couple unsuccessfully appealed to Aspen City Council to be able to get an exemption from the municipal government’s residential development moratorium.