New provisions for doctors’ offices, architects’ studios and the Aspen Brewing Company will be on the table as the Aspen City Council debates amendments to the area officially known as the Service/Commercial/Industrial zone at tonight’s meeting. The code changes come as a moratorium on new development proposals for the SCI is set to end on May 30.
The SCI is a three-acre sliver of land north of the downtown core that since the 1970s has been set aside for businesses that otherwise would be priced out of Aspen. Existing businesses in the zone that exemplify the purpose of the SCI include an auto repair shop, a Laundromat, a tile and bathroom store, and a painting company’s headquarters.
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