(A) The Vail Village Townhouse District is intended to provide sites for, and maintain the unique residential character of, existing townhouse properties in the East Gore Creek subarea of the Vail Village Master Plan area. This zone district was specifically developed to only be applied to the properties known at the time of the establishment of this district as the Vail townhouses condominium, Vail row houses, Vail trails chalets, Vail trails east condominiums and the Texas townhomes. The Vail Village Townhouse District is intended to ensure adequate light, air, open space and other amenities commensurate with townhomes, and to maintain the desirable residential and resort qualities of the zone district by establishing appropriate site development standards. Certain nonresidential uses are permitted as conditional uses, which relate to the nature of Vail as a winter and summer recreation and year round community and, where permitted, are intended to blend harmoniously with the residential character of the zone district.
(B) This zone district was established to regulate existing townhome properties that were legally nonconforming in the High Density Multiple-Family District. The Vail Village Townhouse District is meant to encourage and provide incentives for redevelopment of existing townhouse properties in accordance with the Vail Village Master Plan. The incentives in this zone district include addressing both townhouse projects and individually platted townhouse lots, reductions in lot area standards, reductions in setbacks, increases in density, increases in gross residential floor area (GRFA) and changes in parking design requirements. More restrictive design considerations have been applied to these properties in accordance with the Vail Village Master Plan to maintain the unique residential character of existing townhouse developments in Vail Village.
(Ord. 2(2012) § 4)