Developers of subdivisions in the Telluride R-1 School District will be subject to specific requirements regarding transportation that must be met prior to final subdivision approval.

5-2001A.

Paying Fair-share Costs of Development

The initial capital costs of implementing the various elements of a transportation system necessary to serve any subdivision within the Telluride R-1 School District will primarily be the responsibility of the developer or of the development. However, the long-term operation and maintenance of the system will provide benefit to all of the residents of the Telluride R-1 School District. Provisions must be made for the residents of a development to pay their fair-share of the operation and maintenance costs of the Telluride R-1 School District transportation system.

5-2001B.

Requirements in the Affordable Housing Planned Unit Development, Low Intensity Industrial, Low Density, Medium Density, High Density, Low Density Residential, Community Housing, and Mixed-Use Development Zone Districts

Prior to final subdivision approval, each subdivision including lands proposed for development under the Affordable Housing Planned Unit Development, Low Intensity Industrial, Low Density, Medium Density, High Density, Low Density Residential, Community Housing, and/or Mixed Use Development Zone Districts shall:

I.

Provide alternate transportation capital, facilities and equipment necessary to serve the development and provide for continuing operation and maintenance costs through, for example, self-imposed real estate transfer assessments, lodging taxes and/or impact fees, on an equitable basis;

II.

Mitigate its fair-share impacts on the Telluride R-1 School District transportation system through whatever arrangement may be deemed appropriate by the Board of County Commissioners; and

III.

Provide intercept parking to serve its internal needs in coordination with any existing Telluride R-1 School District parking plan. A developer may be required to cooperate with the Board of County Commissioners in arranging for expansion of such intercept parking to serve regional needs at any time; and

IV.

Provide easements on owned or controlled land necessary to ensure the feasibility of the alternate transportation mechanisms planned as part of the Telluride R-1 School District Alternate Transportation System and listed in Section 5-2002.

V.

Subdivisions proposed to include six (6) or fewer lots may substitute in full for the alternate transportation requirements of this section with payment to the County of a 1.5 percent real estate transfer assessment on each conveyance of each lot.

(Res. No. 2024-54, 12-18-2024)

5-2002A.

Gondola Link Between Telluride and the Mountain Village

A gondola linking the Mountain Village with the Town of Telluride will provide the primary transportation between those points.

5-2002B.

Gondola Link Between the Valley Floor and the Mountain Village

A gondola linking the Valley Floor development (from the Boomerang Road area) with the Mountain Village may be developed in conjunction with the Valley Floor development at the option of the developer. However, this gondola will not be built until the gondola described in Section 5-2002 A has been constructed to protect the Town of Telluride's role as the commercial, cultural and governmental hub of the Telluride R-1 School District.

5-2002C.

Deep Creek Mesa Link

Any development on Deep Creek Mesa with lands proposed for development under the Affordable Housing Planned Unit Development, Low Intensity Industrial, Low Density, Medium Density, High Density, Low Density Residential, Community Housing, and/or the Mixed-Use Development Zone Districts will be required to develop an alternate transportation link to the Telluride R-1 School District alternate transportation system and guarantee implementation of the link.

5-2002D.

Appropriate Use of Buses and Vans

Transportation systems utilizing buses and/or vans will be used only internally (within subdivisions) or as backup for the Telluride R-1 School District alternate transportation system. Buses and vans also will provide primary access to the Telluride Airport, the Montrose Airport and Down Valley areas.

5-2002E.

Down Valley Link

A bus/van system linking Down Valley areas with the Telluride R-1 School District alternate transportation system will extend via State Highway 145 to Norwood with regularly scheduled service. Intercept parking and ridesharing facilities for this system will be provided in the Placerville area and in Norwood.

5-2002F.

Light Rail System

A light rail element of the Telluride R-1 School District alternate transportation system shall initially utilize the Pacific Street Right-of-way through the Town of Telluride to transport passengers between Town Park and the Town of Telluride Intercept Parking/Coonskin Lift Area. Stations on the light rail system would variously provide connections to gondolas, chair lifts, buses, cars and parking, pedestrian paths and trails. The areas around stations, including those within the Town of Telluride, would be designed to facilitate changes in transportation mode by making these connection areas as compact as possible. Extensions beyond Town limits shall occur in two (2) additional phases:

I.

The light rail line shall be extended along the railroad right-of-way to the Boomerang Road area in conjunction with the development of the Valley Floor; and

II.

The light rail line shall be further extended to join the Valley Floor extension with the West Meadows development. This extension may initially be used on an interim basis as a segregated bus line if demand-related triggers are guaranteed to ensure full implementation of the light rail line.

5-2002G.

Operation and Maintenance of the Telluride R-1 School District Alternate Transportation System

A legal entity will be established to handle the operation and maintenance of the Telluride R-1 School District alternate transportation system. Initially, members of the entity shall include at a minimum the Mountain Village Metropolitan District and the Town of Telluride; however, the entity shall maintain a standing invitation for other property owners in the Telluride R-1 School District and other areas of the County to join.