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Show For Deer Valley The Newspaper Wednesday, December 23, 1981 Page AS p3 Ml 1 am I 3Tinf 9BISS30)(E5)BE am i ucin Council discusses snowplowing policy MOW! The proposed acceptance of a half-dozen roads in Deer Valley touched off a discussion dis-cussion in City Council last week that extended from a maintenance agreement to snowplowing. By ordinance, the city accepts new roads for municipal muni-cipal maintenance when construction con-struction is finished and when a bond worth 25 percent of the cost of construction is posted. That bond must be posted for a full year following the city's acceptance of the road so that any problems that arise are paid for by the developer. devel-oper. According to City Manager Arlene Loble, construction of the Deer Valley roads has been completed, approved and inspected by the city engineers, Bush and Gud-gell. Gud-gell. "Nonetheless, the city foresees potential problems with road sluffage and possible pos-sible loss of landscaping on cut areas," said Loble. "Deer Valley, on the other hand, is naturally eager for the city to assume the responsibilities for snowplowing snow-plowing the roads." As a compromise, Loble recommended to the City Council that the roads be accepted with the condition that a three-year maintenance main-tenance agreement be signed with Deer Valley. During that period, Deer Valley would be responsible for all road maintenance and repairs to the standards set by the city. At the end of three years, the city would complete a final inspection, and if the roads met city standards, the municipality would assume responsibility of continued maintenance and upkeep of the roads. In return, the city would plow snow from the streets beginning begin-ning from the date the agreement is signed. The question of snowplowing snow-plowing prompted City Coun-cilwoman Coun-cilwoman Helen Alvarez to ask how many people live in the American Flag subdivision sub-division in Deer Valley. When it was learned that onJy,pne house is ready, for T occupancy, Alvarez pointed that road construction be completed and a bond posted. A change in ordinance ordin-ance would be required, therefore, if the Council wished to put off road acceptance until a certain number of homes are occupied occu-pied in a new subdivision. Alvarez joined Councilmen Tina Lewis and Richard Martinez in a motion to approve the maintenance agreement and the snowplowing snow-plowing of the Silver Lake East Road, the American Flag subdivision, the Lake Flat Road (section D and E), the North Road and the Deer Valley Entrance Road. But Alvarez left the impression that road acceptance needs to be studied more closely. On Monday, City Manager Loble commented, "At what point does it make sense for the city to accept roads for maintenance purposes? If you're the one and only occupied house in a subdivision sub-division and you pay your taxes you feel you're entitled to city services." And rightfully so, agreed Loble. As long as the city's ordinance says roads will be accepted upon completion and posting of a bond, residents have every reason to believe their streets will be maintained and plowed. Loble noted that if roads were constructed to be private drives, it would benefit the city. She said roads in Fairway Village and the Sunnyside Up subdivision sub-division are private, since the developers felt they would be better maintained and would allow for better security and exclusivity. "I wish we had Deer Valley privately maintained," main-tained," Loble said. "That would be excellent by the city's standpoint." The Planning Commission, however, required Deer Valley to keep their roads open to the public. And while requiring that there be an "X" amount of occupancy before the city accepts streets makes sense in a lot of places, Loble said it doesn't in Deer Valley, "since people go in there for different reasons than if they "just live in Amefieari Flag." subdivision, "there would need to be a real buyer beware program to say that the normal city services may not be there when you move in," said Loble. One way to insure city services yet take the burden off the taxpayer who doesn't benefit from them is to set up an assessment system based on the cost to offer the services, said Loble. Under that system, residents would pay their fair share of, say, street lighting in their subdivision, sub-division, and the developer would be responsible for paying the share of unsold lots. The same system could be used for snow removal, she said. Under that plan, the occupant in Deer Valley would be assessed a fee for city plowing, but the developer of that particular subdivision would pay a fee for all the empty lots. Is Loble ready to recommend recom-mend such a solution to the City Council? "There are a number of options that I want to think about before I make a recommendation." Commnisssofli apsnnle f out'thaHt would Mi"'afnX4i'8rfiS,,'flflie; sive ana time-consuming for county, said Loble, public the city to send a snowplow up the roads for one household. house-hold. Alvarez continued that she had no objection to the the Deer Valley entrance road or the main road to the Silver Lake lodge being plowed. But she wondered aloud if the city requires that a certain percentage of the housing units in an area be occupied before the city accepts maintenance of the roads. Loble pointed out that city ordinance only requires improvements, such as streets and sidewalks, are paid for by the residents who benefit from them. "But Park City is in the fortunate position of having developers pay for public improvements," improve-ments," said Loble. When it comes to maintenance, mainten-ance, however, all the taxpayers tax-payers pay for snowplowing, street repairs and street lighting throughout the city. If the road acceptance policy was altered to reflect a certain occupancy level in a Time-share needs more time The Planning Commission last Wednesday deferred action on a new zoning ordinance regulating time-share developments. develop-ments. Board members protested that they had not received the draft of the ordinance until the last minute, and had had no time to study it. The commission agreed to have written comments submitted to City Planner Bill Ligety by Dec. 23. The commission faces a deadline, since a moratorium on time-share is due to expire in mid-January. Commissioner Bill Mammen suggested an extension of the moratorium would be better than rushing a decision. "Every time we make a decision under the gun, it's a wrong one." The panel discussed extending the moratorium for 30 days. The ordinance, prepared by the city in conjunction with the law firm of Suitter, Axland, and Armstrong, has some of the following features: a definition of time-share; time-share as a conditional use in the RC, GC, and HCB zones; conversion of existing projects; information necessary for submission and for conditional use approval ; and parking requirements. The city attorney is also reviewing a second time-share agreement which deals with licensing salesmen, fees, etc. " This required no action from the commission. Deer Valley sign plan tabled The Park City Planning Commission tabled their review of a Deer Valley signage plan after a representative from the PUD said he was having second thoughts about one section of the plan. The action was taken during the Dec. 16 meeting. Under the plan, some entrance signs for one or two subdivisions sub-divisions could not be seen, said George Glauser from Deer Valley. The guidelines, developed by Deer Valley and the city staff, would require the signs to meet the setback requirement of 30 feet specified in the Land Management Code. But Glauser said that in a few low-lying subdivisions, "you would never see a sign with a 30-foot setback from the road,'; .., . ... Commissioner Bill Mammen suggested that if areas like tbS'had WTiantehip- Oir codd'Seek' variance from the Board of Adjustments. "' " In May of 1981, the Commission directed the planning staff to meet with Deer Valley, and develop a sign plan for identifying iden-tifying the individual developments in the PUD. Planner Alison Child explained last Wednesday why a special plan had been needed. Ordinarily, she said, sign size was calculated by a project's frontage, but under that rule, the large frontage areas in Deer Valley would lead to huge signs. Last week's plan said that signs for Deer Valley projects should not exceed a five-foot heighth and a seven-foot length and should be built with the materials used for the project. No project would be allowed more than one major identification iden-tification sign, but a project with more than one entrance driveway would be allowed one minor sign per driveway. The plan was referred back for more discussion with Deer Valley and the staff. New commission member Cal Cowher abstained from discussion or voting on the matter. HOW THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED... Thursday, Dec. 17 MOTIONS fej J f H Alvarc Lewis .Martim- SIh'IU'iiIh-ij;'!- Wells Approve liquor consent letter and beer Ucensefor yes Yes YeS YeS Yes Philippe's at Copperbottom Inn. condominiumizationpiat n0 Yes Yes Yes Abstain approval for the Silver Cliff . Condominiumizationpiat . No Yes Yes Yes Yes BeUe. Road maintenance and . . acceptance agreement for Yes Yes Yes Abstain Abstain streets in Deer Valley. Subdivision acceptance for v v y Park Meadows 5 and 6A. es CS xes ICS ICS rrVaTeV ambition yes Yes Yes Abstain Abstain petition acceptance. Sale of City land on Park yes yes yes y g yes Ave. to Johnny Roberts. I table approval of Deer v v y v yps Valley Resort agreement. eS YeS YeS YeS ies Acknowledge receipt of city y v- y y annual report before 1182. ICS res YeS YeS A MAJOR FINANCING BREAKTHROUGH SALT LAKE'S BEST CONDOMINIUM COMMUNITY All brick exteriors, brick wood burning fireplaces, vaulted ceilings, exposed beams. Whirlpool appliances, Amherst cabinets, 2 and 3 bedrooms, 2 and 3 baths, central air, custom options. Buyer selects all colors. Tennis, pools, social center, weight lifting and gorgeous mountain and valley views. IDEAL FOR SKI CONDOS 17 minutes from 4 major resorts (Snowbird, Alta, Brighton and Solitude) and only 30 minutes from Park City. Plus pool, tennis, jacuzzi bath, billiards, weight room, and large club house. 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