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Show A-4 The Park Record ATTENTION Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 16-18, 2020 CITY BEAT CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649-9014 EXT: 15711 | CITYNEWS@PARKRECORD.COM Park Record Subscribers Critics: Project monolithic COURTESY OF PEG COMPANIES The Provo firm planning to develop the Park City Mountain Resort parking lots is modifying some of the designs, including placing townhouses along Empire Avenue, shown. PEG Companies says the townhouses blend better with the surrounding neighborhood. The Park City Planning Commission on Wednesday is scheduled to continue the talks about the project. Changes are coming to your Park Record Subscription Look of resort base area proposal is a concern for some JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Due to shifts in the Utah media landscape, our distribution partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune will be terminated effective January 1, 2021. As a result we will no longer be able to offer a free edition of the Sunday Salt Lake Tribune with your Park Record subscription to our Park Record Summit County Subscribers. And, on the effective date, we will discontinue home delivery on the Eastside of Summit County, Wasatch County and the Salt Lake Valley. We will instead deliver your paper via the U.S. Postal Service directly to your mailbox. We have entered into a new delivery partnership agreement that will allow us to continue Home Delivery of your Park Record in Park City and the Snyderville Basin including Summit Park, Promontory, Deer Mountain, Black Rock, and Tuahye. As a valued subscriber, you will still receive your community news in the award-winning twice-weekly Park Record and all of our lifestyle magazines, including: The Park Record Real Estate Monthly, Park City Home, Park City Adventure Guide, Mile Post, Park City’s Best and the bi-annual Park City Parent. You’ll also continue to have full access to daily updates at Parkrecord.com, including our digital replica e-edition. Our partnership with you is important to us and we appreciate your continued support of local journalism in our incredible community. For questions about your print and digital subscriptions, please contact Lacy at 435-649-9014 and select #3 for the circulation department or email her at circulation@parkrecord.com Serving Summit County since 1880 Critics of plans to develop the parking lots at Park City Mountain Resort are worried about the architectural details, influencing at least two correspondences to officials in recent weeks that described the designs as resembling a monolith. And not the kind of frenzy-causing monolith like the one that was found in remote Southern Utah. As the Park City Planning Commission prepares to continue its discussions about the development proposal, the Planning Department released additional correspondences regarding the project. The critics continue to press issues like the design. There is long-running concern the buildings will overpower the surroundings, leading two of the people who provided written input to use the word “monolithic.” In a Nov. 17 letter to the Planning Commission, attorney Nicole Deforge, who represents a group opposed to the proposal, addresses the topic of the impact on views from nearby buildings, including those on Empire Avenue. “The street view from Empire Avenue in the new renderings provides an apt visual of just how massive and monolithic the building is ...” the correspondence says, describing that the design is “in marked contrast to the broken-up cluster of residential buildings required” by an earlier agreement regarding the project. In another correspondence, dated Nov. 18, project critic Deborah Hickey requests nearby residents and property owners “be protected from the massive monolithic structures proposed ...” The height of the project would “dwarf the entire neighborhood,” she also says. The developer, Provo-based PEG Companies, noted on Monday the firm presented changes to the architecture at a Planning Commission meeting that was held on Nov. 18, including adding townhouses along Empire Avenue that are scaled to the surrounding neighborhood. One story was taken off a building fronting Shadow Ridge Road, with the square footage shifted to a building at the corner of Lowell Avenue and Manor Way. Robert Schmidt, the president of PEG Development, said in an interview there are variations in the horizontal and vertical architecture. He said the PEG Companies side on Wednesday expects to present alterations to the project layout and architecture in a location in the upper lot off the intersection of Empire Avenue and 14th Street. The alterations are designed to improve pedestrian routes and provide a better view corridor, he said, adding the changes are an effort to show sensitivity to neighborhood concerns. PEG Companies negotiated a deal with PCMR owner Vail Resorts to acquire the parking lots for the development. The acquisition would not be finalized until later. An earlier owner of PCMR in the 1990s secured a broad development approval. The development rights went to Vail Resorts when it acquired the resort. Another approval is needed before a project could commence. Schmidt said the mass of the proposal at a key location, known as Parcel B, is reduced from what was approved in the 1990s. The Planning Commission on Wednesday is scheduled to continue its discussions about the proposal at PCMR. The meeting is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. and will be held electronically. More information about the meeting is available on the City Hall website. The direct link is: parkcity.org/Home/Components/ Calendar/Event/37995/15. traffic, at 5:17 p.m. The driver was told of the issue. Someone found a purse and gave it to a police officer on Main Street at 5:34 p.m. Public police logs described the person as a “good citizen.” A hit-and-run traffic accident was reported at 11:25 a.m. on Empire Avenue. The police said there was a car that was in the road that was involved, but public department logs did not provide details. The Police Department at 10:46 a.m. removed a truck from service for what was described as a “securement violation.” The case was logged in the vicinity of Marsac Avenue and Ontario Avenue, but it was not clear from public police logs which road the truck was on at the time. The police said the driver was also ticketed on a count of speeding. A car was reportedly left in at the middle of the road on Monitor Drive at 9:49 a.m. The location caused problems, the police said. On Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 10:58 p.m., the police were told of “obnoxiously loud music” on Park Avenue. The owner of the place where the music was playing agreed to lower the volume, the police said. The case was logged as suspected disturbing the peace. A suspected drunken driving case was reported on S.R. 224 at 10:44 p.m. Public police logs did not provide details. On Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 6:07 p.m., a vehicle was left on Main Street in a restricted zone. It was also left in the opposite direction of traffic. An officer spoke to the driver and “suggested he try something different next time,” according to police logs. Someone on Park Avenue contacted the police at 7:34 a.m., indicating they were locked out of a vehicle with the engine running and a 2-year-old inside. On Monday, Dec. 7 at 3:24 p.m., a deer, described as dying, was seen in Park City at 3:24 p.m. The animal was apparently spotted in the southern reaches of Old Town just off a road. Public police logs did not provide details about the condition of the deer or any visible injuries. POLICE BLOTTER On Sunday, Dec. 13 at 8:39 p.m., the police received a complaint that someone left a wallet and cellphone on top of a vehicle on Main Street, forgot they were there and drove away. The property was lost, the police said. The police at 2:10 p.m. were told there were cars left at the post office on Park Avenue but nobody was inside. A carbon monoxide detector sounded in a property somewhere along Woodside Avenue at 8:31 a.m. A little bit earlier, at 7:47 a.m., a detector was triggered on Monitor Drive. Two people were apparently waiting outside for the Park City Fire District. On Saturday, Dec. 12 at 4:55 p.m., a construction crew reportedly hit a natural-gas line on Thistle Street. Public police logs did not provide details. On Friday, Dec. 11 at 11:28 p.m., the police received a report of a bonfire on Swede Alley. There was music that could be heard on Main Street, the police were told. The Police Department logged the case as suspected disturbing the peace. Loud people were reported to be in a hot tub on Park Avenue at 12:10 a.m. The police logged the case as suspected disturbing the peace. On Thursday, Dec. 10 at 10:30 p.m., a police officer stopped a driver on S.R. 224 after observing the vehicle driving without the headlights illuminated. The police described the situation as an “honest mistake” and the driver was warned. Earlier that night, at 8:03 p.m., the police made an unrelated traffic stop at or close to the intersection of Swede Alley and Heber Avenue when an officer saw there was not a license plate on the vehicle. The driver was warned. A delivery truck was reported to have been left on Main Street, in a location where it obstructed Stunts performed JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department last week received at least three reports of drivers performing stunts in various locations. The cases did not appear to be serious, but they were reported at a time of year when road conditions oftentimes become difficult with the start of winter. Someone on Homestake Road on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 11:14 a.m., reported a vehicle was driving in a “hot rod” manner and was performing a move known as drifting. The vehicle is a Subaru, the police were told. On Saturday, Dec. 12 at 11:43 p.m., meanwhile, a police officer saw a driver in a parking lot on Deer Valley Loop performing so-called donuts. The officer stopped the person and gave a warning verbally. Earlier that night, at 8:51 p.m., the police received a complaint of four vehicles in a Deer Valley Drive parking lot “racing around and around” the lot. They were also performing donuts, the police were told. |