For the week of November 19 - 24, 2003

22-unit condo project proposed for Ketchum

P&Z to review pre-application Monday

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By GREGORY FOLEY
Express Staff Writer

Ketchum Planning and Zoning commissioners next week will get their first look at a proposed three-story residential development designed to cover four vacant lots on the west side of the city’s commercial district.

Washington-based SCA Design has submitted a pre-application to build a complex of 22 condominiums along Second Avenue in Ketchum. The 22-unit condo project would cover half a block at the corner of Second Avenue and Sun Valley Road. Design courtesy of SCA Design

On behalf of SLC Development, Washington-based project designer SCA Design has informally proposed to the city to build a 22-unit fractional-ownership condominium project at the corner of Sun Valley Road and Second Avenue.

The proposed project site covers half of a city block along Second Avenue, between Sun Valley Road and Second Street. The Community Core-zoned property is immediately south of the Ski Tek ski shop and orthotics lab, located at 191 Sun Valley Road.

The four lots on the site—which the developer is purchasing from landowner Richard Doane—cover .76 acres.

In a pre-application to the city, SCA Design has proposed to build 22 condominium units in a three-story structure with underground parking and a swimming pool. The three residential floors would comprise approximately 45,000 square feet.

The site plan for the project also includes an "optional" retail unit on the southeast corner, adjacent to Second Street.

The project is planned to be called the 22 Club at 2nd and 2nd. The developers have proposed to change the recorded address of the site from 180 Sun Valley Road to 222 Second Ave.

The proposed access to the underground parking facility for the project is from an alley adjacent to the eastern border of the property.

Stefanie Webster, city planner, said the applicants have not proposed to designate any of the 22 units as deed-restricted community housing.

The project would not technically require affordable housing because it does not seek a floor-area bonus in addition to what is granted through the CC district zoning code, Webster noted.

The pre-application process essentially allows developers to gauge the support for and hear concerns about a plan before a formal permit application is submitted. Public comments are generally accepted during pre-application reviews conducted by the Ketchum P&Z.

P&Z commissioners are scheduled to review the 22 Club pre-application on Monday, Nov. 24.

 

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