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Show it i 1 A hi Page M Thursday, July 30, ivSl The Newspaper CdDoninicil Capsules In concert with Summer dog Caribou July 31, 4:00-?? at the tent Sponsored by KPCW $3.00 at the gate o-tv If BRfcj grna ...... a. tg . a ' ! g.: 111U ITALIAN RESTAU8AKT 9 NOW OPEN 6-11 7 days a week 412 Main Street 649-8211 i 'X 1 M Landscape code recapped Planning Commissioner Bill Coleman apologized for not objecting in detail; earlier, but he had some "major apprehensions" ap-prehensions" about the city's proposed landscape, erosion and revegetation standards. Coleman's comments dominated discussion at last week's planning commission meeting, as staffer Jennifer Harrington presented a revised version of the guidelines. First of all, Coleman said, the standards create an additional ad-ditional bureaucracy, and don't state clearly what they require. "I wouldn't know what to do if I was a developer," he said. , .... . .,,.,, He said the standards are only necessary if the city is getting get-ting bad landscaping. "So far, my impression is we aren't getting bad work, so this layer is probably redundant." Coleman , said the guidelines apply time-consuming procedures to even small projects. "It wouldn't be difficult to spend $3-5,000 on a triplex to comply with them," he asserted. And he said the language is often too subjective and vague. Finally, he attacked a provision that tells the developer to secure a landscape report from an independent analyst. "A Burnis Watts or a Helen Alvarez would know more about landscaping land-scaping here than an outside analyst," he said. Planner Bruce Erickson of J. J. Johnson Assoc. joined in. "I'm sure the engineers at J. J. would object if they have to go outside for independent analysis," he said. Commissioner Bill Mammen said he understood Coleman's objections, but insisted it would be valuable to clarify landscape land-scape standards. "We're getting good projects now, but there's no guarantee that will always be the case," he said. Furthermore, he noted, the standards are only being adopted as interim documents. In other comments, Erickson questioned a provision which called for "drought-tolerant" plant life whenever possible. He called it an anti-lawn provision, since grass often needs a large amount of water. Architect Dick Kohler said Park City builders needed a landscape historv of what plants do and do not grow here. Harrington said she would like to assemble that kind of information. Planner hoisted on own petard "He got a taste of his own medicine," said Planning Commissioner Com-missioner Bill Coleman. He was referring to City Planner Bill Ligety, who ran afoul on a requested zone change, which asked that about four acres between Monitor Drive and the City Cemetery be switched switch-ed from Recreation Open Space to Residential Development. Ligety usually has no trouble reviewing zone changes. The problem in this case was that he was requesting the zoning on ; behalf of Park City Municipal Corp. The city planner apparently was not used to being an applicant ap-plicant to his own department. The zone change was tabled by the planning commission last Wednesday because Ligety failed to follow proper procedure in his application. Planner Kevin Hooper said his boss failed to notify all owners within 150 feet of the zone change, as is required by statute. Ligety pleaded that the various city codes on zoning were not entirely consistent. Park City's request is part of a proposed land deal with Royal Street Land Co., said Ligety. The city would acquire parcels of Royal Street land outside of Deer Valley in exchange, ex-change, in part, for the Monitor Drive parcel for low-income employee housing for Deer Valley. Land less than 25 percent slope would be ironed RD, while land over 25 percent will be designated Estate. ' Car study scheduled Traffic Engineer Wayne Van Wagoner said the city will begin a transportation study next Wednesday. The planning department will pass out questionnaires to businesses, lodges and restaurants, where customers will be encouraged to fill them out. The study will attempt to discover the number of locals and out-of-town visitors, the routes they travel, the places they park, etc. Van Wagoner's office will analyze the results. Ridgeview approved The Planning Commission last week approved the Ridgeview Subdivision, 18 residential units to the west of Meadows Drive in the RD zone. The road system for the units is comprised mainly of a 600-foot cul-de-sac. Ridgeview had proposed another 18 units, but city planner Kevin Hooper recommended these not be reviewed until development is underway for the nearby property. The approval ap-proval was unanimous, with Commissioner Bill Coleman abstaining. ab-staining. Subdivision changes discussed Discussion of a minor subdivision ordinance proved to be anything but minor, as the Planning Commission last Wednesday considered the intricacies of a proposed statute to streamline small-scale changes in lot lines. , The ordinance said it applies to subdivisions "of no more than five lots." Commissioner Bill Coleman asked why that figure was used. Planner Kevin Hooper said the staff had thought five was a manageable number, but he noted that state law treats up to 10 lots as a minor project. "There is no problem to changing the number in the ordinance," he said. "It is still a rough draft." Coleman also questioned a stipulation saying that the new lot lines must be parallel to the old lines. Hooper told The Newspaper the new language will probably just call for logical dividing lines. Another requirement in the ordinance that the subdivision have legal frontage on a dedicated road approved . by the city also provoked discussion. "It's not quite clear," said Commissioner Bill Mammen, "whether it requires a fully approved roadway with curb and gutter or just adequate access. If the city leaves a street in substandard condition, you shouldn't penalize the land owner." "Our concern is adequate access," said City planning director Ligety, "so that would go beyond strictly the frontage on the property." With that in mind, Commission Chairman Greg Lawson said a developer's responsibility might be to upgrade the whole road. "The basic requirement is that it has to be on a street that the city engineer says is all right," said Coleman. Rocky Mtn. Realtors confab in town Park City this week will be hosting the annual Rocky Mountain Realtors Conference Con-ference and over 200 realtors real-tors and their families were expected to come to town Wednesday, July 29. The three-day conference is being sponsored by the Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah Associations Associa-tions of Realtors. The conference con-ference will include several workshops and discussions by prominent members from the four-state area, including John Wood, president of the National Association of Realtors, Real-tors, and Dan Simons, regional re-gional vice president of the association. According to Chris Skaggs of the Park City Board of Realtors, the conference will be informative and educational educa-tional and will be a vehicle in aiding realtors to reach for personal and association improvement. Skaggs commented that several local real estate offices have volunteered services ser-vices for registration, ticket sales and valet services. An informal hospitality hour opened the event at the Holiday Inn Wednesday, with the conference actually kicking-off today with Park City Board of Realtors president Jan Mower offering offer-ing a welcome at the Inn. This afternoon, a barbeque is scheduled at the base of the Park City Resort with live entertainment from the Oquirrh Ridge Drifters Band. HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED ... ' "i MMaaMMBMaawwiaaMapMa i mi I , " If ,1 t'?rA A. F I fT'v t I MOTIONS i lv :, II ..-.-v.. lAffi Vgjtt - &H fXJI ' ', B. COLEMAN ! R. DAVIDSON B. WAITS f i). BERRETT B. MAMMEN W. BT?ffl01 ' Iff. VAttCK v Approval of 48-lot Solamere 2A project with some reduced set- yes yes yes yes yes yes yes backs. Approval of Ridgeview, 18 units to the west of Meadows abstain yes yes yes yes yes yes Drive. Approval of L'ermitage 7-unit ' yes I residential bldg. at 1280 Empire. yes e! yes Jes J I Approval of duplex at 2301 no 110 110 110 110 110 no I Monarch Drive with conditions. ' ' fi . 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