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Show Old City Dump Rezoning Proposal Rates Special Meeting A rezoning proposal that could lead to the development of moderate-income housing near the old city dump, will be the subject of a special meeting of the Park City Planning Commission Commis-sion this month. In the meantime, the initial proposal by Salt Lake investor Jim Gaddis, torezone 19.4 acres east on Iron Horse Drive General Commercial (GC), has been tabled by the commission. Meeting last Wednesday, some members of the commission commis-sion expressed concern over the advisability of rezoning the area commercial. "Everybody agreed that there is a need for low and moderate income housing, but we felt it might be better to do this through a special zoning district,' dis-trict,' commented City Planning Plan-ning Director David Preece. In his recommendations to the commission, Preece advised against creating another commercial com-mercial zone. "There is not a need to rezone additional land for commercial uses, since 90 percent of the existing area in both the Historic and General Commercial Commer-cial districts have yet to be developed." , "It should be the city's first priority to develope the existing commercial land before rezoning rezon-ing any additional land to commercial," he stated. However, the planner went on to note, "The proponents of this rezoning request should be commended for their concern and good intentions in developing develop-ing low and moderate income rental housing." But, he stated, it would be ill-advised for the commission to approve a rezoning on the basis of the developer's intention to build housing, since, , he said, Utah courts had determined "contractual or conceptual zoning zon-ing to be illegal." Preece concluded that a special meeting should be held . to consider setting up an employee housing district, "allowing "al-lowing for higher density for those developers wishing to build low and moderate income rental units." . In an interview, consultant Van Martin, with J.J. Johnson and Associates which is representing repre-senting Mr. Gaddis, told the Record he agreed with the idea of a special meeting. "This is a critical issue, they need to spend some time on it." However, Martin wondered if the creation of a special housing district would have the desired effect. "It's terribly complicated and I question whether or not they really want to create zones which might encourage masses of housing." Martin also said he thought the concern over the commission commis-sion Iodsing1 "control of the development, if they rezoned the area, was unfounded!! "They would lead you to believe that it gives the developer cart-blanche. But, since everything in the GC zone is a conditional use, they would have an opportunity to review any plans, "he said. Reached at his Salt Lake Office. Mr. Gaddis said the decision to table he commercial rezoning had not changed his commitment to the concept of low income housing. "I'm not discouraged at this point," he said, stating he would meet with his planning firm on Thursday to discuss options. |