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Show CITY BRIEFS t hills advances again The proposed 45 acre, 175 unit Treasure Hills subdivision received a favorable recommendation last week from the planning commission on a request to be annexed into Park City. The recommendation passes to the city council, which turned down a similar request last summer. The unanimous recommendation, the second time the annexation request has received planning commission approval, was granted with two stipulations-that the developers provide access to property owners to the east and west of the site, and that they bring the city an appropriate amount of water for development. The project, which would still face planning commission approval if it is annexed, is located northwest of the Holiday Ranch area, between Park Meadows 3 and highway 224. The annexation request was denied by the city council last summer primarily because the city and developers failed to agree on how water would be provided, but additional water rights have since been applied for. zone change denied A rezoning request by the owners of the Tramway Lodge on Park Avenue, Lester and Ann Eddington, was denied last week by the planning commission. The owners were requesting the change to build a 15 unit addition to the lodge that would include kitchenette units, which are not permitted in a residential zone. The request was denied because a spot zone of commercial land, surrounded by residentially zoned property, would be created. The sympathetic commission instructed City Planner David Preece to draft a new paragraph to the Land Management Code, however, permitting kitchenettes in the zone and the item will be placed on the commission's March agenda. good deal on bonds Bids on bonds issued for construction of the Snyderville Basin regional sewage treatment plant came out lower than expected, resulting in an expected savings in interest of over $250,000 over the next 20 years. According to City Treasurer Bruce Decker, who also serves as manager of the Snyderville Basin Sewer District, the low bid from Merrill Lynch offerred an interest rate of only 5.3 percent, four-tenths of a percent less than what was expected. The company's bid was one of four revealed at Monday night's Sewer Board meeting. One reason the bids were low, said Decker, was that the Sewer District received a higher than expected "A" rating from the Moody's rating firm. conditional use and sign approvals A conditional use approval was granted last week by the planning commission for Dean Witter-Reynolds investment firm, which is opening an office in the Silver King Bank. A sign approval was granted to the Mt. Transit Authority ski shop on Heber Avenue. |