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Show CITY BRIEFS marathon commission meeting Last Wednesday's Planning Commission meeting proved to be one of the longest in recent memory. Lasting over five hours (including executive session), the meeting had an agenda of 16 items, including several important items mentioned elsewhere in this week's issue. As the session broke up at 12:30 a.m., weary commissioner Roy Reynolds was heard wondering out loud about the merits of limiting the board's agenda. All Planning Commission members, including Chairman Burnis Watts, are unpaid volunteers. Several other items discussed at Wednesday's meeting are described here in City Briefs. rebuilding plans meet opposition The owner of the landmark futuristic Woodside Avenue home destroyed in a tragic fire early j this year faced the Planning Commission Wednesday with plans to rebuild the structure. Rex Crosland and architect Robert Hallander, who designed the original house, presented plans for a similar style house with wood siding and added safety exits on the third floor to prevent a tragedy from re-occurring. Crosland lost his sister in the January blaze. The plans met strong opposition from City Planner Van Martin, who told Crosland he would not sign a building permit. Since the fire, he said, the city has learned that the home's garage and steps, still intact, encroach on city property. Martin added that the building, even with wood siding, would not conform to the historic residential zone where it is located. Although the Commission expressed reluctance at preventing the quick restoration of a burned building, members of the board agreed that it didn't fit in with the neighborhood. The Commission referred Crosland to Building Inspector Robert Skanter and the Board of Adjustment for resolution of the encroachment and building permit problems. A permit could still be issued with the approval of Skanter and if Martin's objections are overruled by the Board of Adjustment. drive-in entanglements Bruce Lcfavi, developer of the proposed Bumps fast food drive-in restaurant near the Mt. Air Mall, returned to the Planning Commission last Wednesday with revised plans that would provide better access to a drive-in window. The Commission had objected to earlier plans because they didn't provide a wide enough turning radius for cars. The revised plan solves the problem by cutting off one corner of the building. Parking could be a problem for the proposed restaurant, however, according to City Planner Van Martin. Since Park City's ordinance included no provision for fast food restaurants, Martin looked into the parking requirement in other areas. Under Cache County's ordinance, he said, the restaurant would need 15 parking spaces and Salt Lake County would require 36. Present plans call for 10 spaces. Lefavi maintains that a drive-in window cuts the need for parking approximately in half. thaynes III meets right-of-way snag Problems in negotiation a settlement with Park City Resort for a right of way have caused developers of the 36 lot Thaynes Canyon HI subdivision to revise their plans again. Under the new plans, presented to the Planning Commission Wednesday by engineer Jack Johnson, the main road through the subdivision would have only one access to Thaynes Canyon Drive. The road would end in a cul-de-sac, with two "sequential cul-dc-sacs," similar to traffic rotaries, spaced at intervals through the development. The developers, Royal Street Land Company, had originally hoped to provide two accesses to the road, but were thwarted when the City refused to allyw a right of way through the City Grove park. Later attempts to skirt the park were dropped after strong protests from nearby property owners. If the proposed road is considered a cul-de-sac. it would be 1600 feet longer than ordinance permits. Johnson requested that the Commission consider it a "dead end road" and not a cul-de-sac. |