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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 6-9, 2019 A-3 The Park Record City Beat CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649–9014 EXT. 15711 | citynews@parkrecord.com BUY ONE ENTREE, GET 2ND ONE FREE (Equal or Lesser Value) Added park protections sought City Hall wants to guard against development JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Officials want the Park City Golf Club to remain as greens, roughs, water hazards and sand traps. They also want City Park to retain its status as a place for softball players and other recreation lovers. City Hall is considering additional protections for four parks and the Golf Club, a move that, if endorsed, would make it much more difficult for Park City leaders of the future to alter the parks and the Golf Club beyond making recreational upgrades. It would be an important step in blocking development of the lands. Although the current set of elected officials and those over preceding decades never pressed forward with any sort of development plan for the lands, protections like the ones under consideration would, essentially, serve as a message from the leaders circa 2019 of the importance to the community of the parks and recreation status of the lands. Park City’s elected officials at a recent meeting discussed the possibilities and are expected to return to the topic later. The Recreation Advisory Board, a City Hall panel that holds influence on matters regarding municipal parks, earlier unanimously recommended in favor of the additional protections. The lands under consideration are: • City Park • the Park City Golf Club • Rotary Park • Prospector Park • Creekside Park The locations are currently protected through the underlying City Hall zoning, which identifies the lands as open space for recreation purposes. The underlying zoning is an important tool in protecting the lands, but a future set of elected officials could change the zoning to allow development. A zoning change requires a recommendation by the Park City Planning Commission followed by a vote by the City Council, a process that is reasonably straightforward and one that can be accomplished in a matter of months. Officials in the case of the five locations are weighing a dramatically tightened process that would address the potential sale of the properties, another sort of change in ownership or a change in the zoning. The tightened process under consideration would require those sorts of moves — which would each likely prove controversial — to be approved by at least four out of the five members of the City Council rather than the usual three-vote majority. If four of the five City Councilors support a sale, a different sort of change in ownership or a change in the zoning, the WITH A PURCHASE OF ANY APPETIZER. Best Thai Fine Dining Limit two coupons per party or table. Not valid with other coupon or offer. Dine in only. A 20% gratuity will be applied based on the original amount. Payment must be made with credit card. Valid through December 19, 2019 Web Coupon is also available online at bangkokthaionmain.com UTAH 2014 605 Main Street • Park Hotel • 435.649.THAI (8424) • BankokThaiOnMain.com Please see Protect, A-4 YourParkCityAgent.com WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE SAYING “Sheila was AMAZING!!! She was patient and willing to work with our limited experience and budget while trying to move to Park City. She was extremely aware of the housing market in PC and frequently invited us to view homes before the were even listed. Her expertise and immediacy helped two type A personalities feel at ease with the entire process. She negotiated a mutually beneficial outcome despite difficult circumstances. I would without a doubt recommend Sheila as a realtor and look forward to her continuing hospitality in the years to come as a Park City resident.” -P.S. ~ Zillow SH E I L A HA L L Associate broker 435.640.7162 | sheila @ sheilahall.com 2200 Park Avenue | Park City, Utah 84060 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Much of the annual Miners Day celebration, shown in 2018, is held at City Park. The park also hosts sports like softball. City Hall is considering added protection for City Park to guard against the possibility of development someday. Get your subscription to The Park Record! Mail or Home delivery within Summit County (Includes a free Sunday Tribune and e-Edition subscription) 1 Year $56 2 Years $98 Mail delivery outside of Summit County (Includes a free e-Edition subscription) 1 Year $80 2 Years $138 Home Delivery within Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Wasatch Counties (Includes a free e-Edition subscription) 1 Year $80 2 Years $138 Call us today and ask for Lacy 435.649.9014 © 2018 BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and a franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America, Inc. Equal Housing Opportunity. |