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Town of Telluride v. Lot Thirty-Four Venture, L.L.C
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The Town of Telluride enacted an ordinance (1011) which imposed an affordable housing requirement on new development. The ordinance requires developers to mitigate the effects of new development by providing affordable housing units for forty percent of the new employees generated by such development. The requirement is to create 350 square feet of housing space for forty percent of the proposed employees to a development. This requirement could be satisfied by 1. Constructing new units and deed- restricting them as affordable housing. 2. Deed-restricting “existing free market units” as affordable housing. 3. Pay fees in lieu of deed restricted housing. Or 4. Convey land to the Town of Telluride with a fair market value equivalent to the fee paid under the third option. Thereafter, the town enacted certain guidelines for affordable housing which stated that if the developer chooses either deed restriction option the guidelines will set maximum rental rates per square foot. The unit’s maximum rent is computed by multiplying a constant money amount, such as $1.42 for a single bedroom apartment, with the total square footage. The guidelines place a cap on increases for housing at 2.5% per year, unless the town’s Housing Authority allows a higher increase. The sale of deed restricted property is limited to qualified residents or to a qualified owner who will rent to qualified residents. The maximum sale price per square foot is capped, as is the annual growth of that price per square foot. The guidelines also set a price for the payment in lieu of construction option where the payments would be used by the town to create affordable housing. Lot Thirty-Four Venture, L.L.C., (Thirty Four Venture) is a developer who challenged the restrictions imposed by the ordinance and guidelines on the basis that they constituted rent control in violation of a Colorado statute prohibiting rent control when municipalities attempt to control rents on private property. Both town and Thirty Four Venture moved for summary judgment in the trial court, and the town’s motion was granted. The intermediate appellate court reversed. The Town of Telluride appealed.
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