§ 10-62.7. Coors Field.

(a)

Adoption of map. The attached aerial map shall be and is hereby approved and adopted and the view plane, as defined below and indicated by shading depicted thereon, shall be and hereby is determined to be and is designated as an area necessary for the preservation of a certain mountain view. The restrictive provisions of this article shall be in full force and effect as to the portion of the attached map indicated by shading and defined by subsection (c) of this section 10-62.7. Any variation between the map and the definitions provided in said subsection (c) shall be resolved in favor of the definitions below.

(b)

Limitations on construction. No part of a structure within the shaded area on the attached map shall exceed an elevation of five thousand two hundred fifty-one (5,251) feet (NAVD 1988) above mean sea level plus 1.26 feet for each one hundred (100) feet that said part of a structure is horizontally distant from the reference point. Whenever a structure lies partially outside and partially inside of the shaded area on the attached map, the provisions of this section shall apply only to that part of the structure that lies within the shaded area on the map.

(c)

Definitions.

(1)

Reference point: A point located in Coors Field Stadium which is located at 2001 Blake Street, Latitude 39 degrees, 45 minutes, 19.98958 seconds North and Longitude 104 degrees, 59 minutes, 36.98832 seconds West on the centerline of the current camera platform below current Section 323. The elevation of said reference point is 5,245.27 feet (NAVD 1988).

(2)

View plane. As depicted on the attached map, an area enclosed by a line drawn from the reference point northwesterly to a point on the centerline of Platte Street one hundred and forty-three (143) feet southwesterly of the intersection of the centerline of 19th Street and Platte Street; thence northeasterly along the centerline of Platte Street and Rockmont Drive approximately 1,337 feet to a point which is the intersection of a line drawn from said reference point northwesterly and extended to the centerline of Rockmont Drive.

(d)

Exceptions for existing structures. Any structure existing as of July 1, 2009, which is not in compliance with this section may be altered or replaced as necessary to its current height.

(e)

Exceptions for utility transmission lines and supporting towers. Any utility transmission lines and supporting towers and any upgrade, expansion, repair, alteration, modification or replacement of such utility transmission lines or supporting towers, shall be exempt from the requirements of this section 10-62.7. Replacement, whether overhead or underground, requires the removal of the existing utility transmission lines and supporting towers as soon as the replacement transmissions lines are operational.

(Ord. No. 419-09, § 1, 8-3-09)