SUMMIT COUNTY — Employee housing was one of the key items during a Board of County Commissioners work session Tuesday, as Copper Mountain seeks approval to make major changes to its base area zoning plan. Copper spokesperson Lauren Pelletreau and County planners as well as the resort have come close to reaching agreements on employee housing counts.
One reason the housing issue is critical is that the resort still hasn’t fulfilled all of its housing obligations under its existing 2001 planned unit development (PUD). Copper currently uses a different calculation than Keystone, the other major resort under county jurisdiction. At Keystone, a person working more than 20 hours per week is counted as a full-time employee. At 20 hours per week or less, the person is a half-time employee for purposes of establishing employee housing requirements.
At Copper, a full-time employee works 30 hours per week. Employees who work between 16 and 30 hours are considered half-time employee. Copper doesn’t include people who work less than 15 hours per week in the calculations for employee housing, Davidson said.
The upshot is that Keystone could theoretically be required to provide housing for a higher percentage of its workers than Copper. Copper wants to redistribute 591 units of unbuilt density to new locations within the base area, eliminate 45,000 square-feet of commercial space allocated under the current PUD and re-allocate 86,000 square-feet of commercial density to areas with high pedestrian traffic.
Pelletreau said the resort’s housing plan includes several components, including seasonal employee housing at The Edge (the former Club Med), integrated deed restricted units sprinkled throughout the resort, a proposed enclave near East Lake that is part of the PUD proposal, as well as the potential purchase of 50 off-site beds.
“It sounds like they’re very close, if not surpassing the employee housing requirements that exist. I’m much more comfortable with it than in the past,†said County Commissioner Tom Long.
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