Re-Opening Construction—What You Need to Know

If you have an issued permit, a permit in for review, or if you plan to apply for a permit, you will need a COVID-19 Site Safety Plan.

The City of Aspen is finalizing a standardized COVID-19 Site Safety Plan. Only plans using this template will be accepted. The plan template and instructions for how to submit it will be emailed to all contacts registered in Salesforce at 5:00 p.m. today, April 22^nd. It also will be available on the Engineering website, https://www.cityofaspen.com/1285/Covid-19-Construction, which is the official source for all information about the construction re-opening process.

For each construction site with an existing issued permit, the general contractor must fill out and submit their plan, which must be approved before construction will be allowed to commence. Contractors are welcome to submit their COVID-19 Site Safety Plan beginning on Thursday, April 23^rd. Construction will restart no sooner than Monday, April 27th.

For permits already in for review or new applications, your contractor must submit a COVID-19 Site Safety Plan before we can issue your permit.

If your project does not need a permit, you do not need to submit a COVID-19 Site Safety Plan. However, you are still required to follow the Pitkin County Public Health COVID regulations, which can be found at https://pitkincounty.com/1297/COVID-19.

For more complete information about the City’s construction re-opening process, please go to the Engineering website in the second paragraph.

Questions? Please reach out to CMPhelp@cityofaspen.com.

City of Aspen Seeking Public Comment on Expediting Construction Projects to Support Economic Recovery

Dear Aspen Community Voice Member,

The City of Aspen sent a press release out earlier today asking for public comments on the potential of Council fast tracking a program to expedite construction in Aspen in order to facilitate economic recovery efforts as soon as possible.

Council will meet in a work session on Monday, April 27 at 4 p.m. to discuss the concept of offering an expedited process for new building and right-of-way permits, expanded construction hours, phased construction, and to extend the right-of-way construction season beyond the usual deadline of June 15 along with other policy process changes. The idea behind the change would be to boost the economy, create local jobs, and leverage construction activity as an economic recovery tool.

Earlier this month, Council passed a resolution with six objectives aimed at providing relief to the community to address COVID-19 impacts. Objective #4 is to proactively and swiftly work to minimize further economic disruption and actively encourage its recovery. This policy change would address this objective.
We'd like to hear from you.

Please submit all comments to www.aspencommunityvoice.com by 12 p.m. on Monday, April 27.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!

We are still here to serve you. Because we have gone totally electronic, we are able to process your applications for land use approvals and building permits and are completing permit reviews, as usual. Please see below for our contact information.

You can schedule a pre-application meeting for a land use project by contacting the Planner-of-the-Day.
If you’re ready to submit a land use application, email your application information to the Planner that prepared your pre-app.
If you have questions about what you need to submit a building permit, contact our Permit Coordinators.
Our permits management system—Salesforce—applicant portal is available for you to submit all permit applications, pay fees, and check on the status of your permit.
If you’re ready to submit a permit application but have not yet registered in Salesforce, this link will take you to our resource page: https://www.cityofaspen.com/1211/Salesforce-Applicant-Portal-Support. If you’re having a problem, please reach out to SFSupport.

If you need to pay fees by check, please use the Postal Service to send them to:
Community Development Department
c/o (if appropriate)
130 S. Galena Street
Aspen, CO 81611

Please put your permit number/land use case number and the address of the property on the check.

If you need to contact us:

Planner-of-the-Day: planneroftheday@gmail.com 970-429-2764
Builder-of-the-Day: builderoftheday@gmail.com 970-429-2735
Zoning Inquiries : comdevzoning@gmail.com
Permit Coordinators: permitcoordinators@cityofaspen.com
Administrative Staff: buildingadmins@cityofaspen.com
Salesforce Support: sfsupport@cityofaspen.com 970-309-2666

You also may call the ComDev Main Line at 970-920-5090 or go to our staff directory on the City of Aspen Website at: https://www.cityofaspen.com/directory.aspx?did=12. Staff will be checking emails and phone messages throughout the day

New, Streamlined, Permit Packets

As much of the information previously requested in our permit application packets is now built into the Salesforce platform, we have introduced new, streamlined packets that focus on signatures and affidavits required for submittal.

On our website (https://www.cityofaspen.com/248/Document-Library) you will find a general packet for all permit submittals, and a packet specifically for EPIC submittals.

Please reach out to permitcoordinators@cityofaspen.com with any further questions