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Show Shopping Center Decision Looms Developers of the proposed Holiday Village shopping center presented the planning commission commis-sion last week with detailed architectural renderings of their plans and reviewed the possible tenants for the development in preparation for a decision on preliminary approval at the commission's next meeting. The meeting, scheduled for next Wednesday, March 22, will feature a "public input session" at 7:30 p.m., one half hour before the commission's regular meeting time, to give "whoever hasn't had the opportunity" a chance to "speak their peace," chairman Burnis Watts announced. At last Wednesday's meeting, architect Ted Warr presented renderings showing the center from several different angles and said the site plan has been changed somewhat since earlier presentations. The plans now include a restaurant, in addition to a delicatessen in the large Skaggs food and drug store, and a number of commercial establishments establish-ments such as a movie theater, savings and loan, laundramat, book store, state liquor store, cheese shop, shoe repair store, brokerage firms, travel agent, copy center, barber and beauty salon, floral shop and ice cream parlor. Ownership of the center is divided among the three major components of the center, Wan-said. Wan-said. The Skaggs store and a Wolfe's year-round sporting goods store would be housed in separate buildings from the third commercial commer-cial building, which features an enclosed indoor mall walkway, although the center would have a unified architectural design. Warr said the buildings would be constructed of concrete "board form" material, designed to simulate the appearance of a wood exterior. He showed the commission several samples of the material. Warr and developer Rob Morris said provisions were being made to develop a unified sign system for the project. In describing the possible tenants for the commercial building, Morris said the plans have generated "an unusual amount of interest among businesses busi-nesses not located now in Park City." Although Morris maintained that the stores in the center "would not be competing with Main Street," commissioner Greg Lawson questioned whether some of the possible tenants are in conflict with the intent of Park City's commercial zone. Lawson quoted the town ordinance dealing with general commercial zoning, noting that its purpose is to "allow uses not compatible with Main Street." "Many of the uses proposed for the center are not," said Lawson, "but a floral shop, book store, cheese shop and ice cream parlor would seem to be compatible with Main Street. You're going to take people away from Main Street for tourist related services." Speaking "as a consumer," Holiday Ranch resident Nancy McComb, wife of Morris' partner, Bill McComb, answered that the Main Street business district does not serve the needs of most Park City residents. "I don't shop on Main Street unless we have guests," she said. "I go to Salt Lake. Main Street is too expensive and crowded. "I don't shop there and most residents do not," she added. "Only tourists do." Morris later revealed that the developers have received a written commitment from the state highway department that lower Park Avenue will be paved to accomodate a four lane road if curb and gutter are provided in front of the center. At an earlier meeting, city traffic engineer Wayne Van Wagoner presented a study showing that the center, combined combin-ed with the nearby Park City Holiday Inn now under construction, construc-tion, would generate "excessive delay and congestion" unless Park Avenue is improved to a four or five lane road. When contacted by the Record, Van Wagoner said he has had an opportunity to determine how many lanes could be provided by the widening. He said, however, that increasing the road to only three lanes "might work on an interim basis" if police provided traffic control during peak hours. The commission has requested an additional report from Van Wagoner at Wednesday's meeting. |
