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Show Silver Mountain is off the books The Silver Mountain project is dead in the eyes of Park City. The Planning Commission on June 27 voted unanimously to terminate its conditional-use application. The action was taken in accordance accor-dance with Section 1.17 of the Land Management Code that stipulates when a project is not making normal progress toward final approval, the Community Development director may ask to drop its application. Developer Edmund Beaulieu, later joined by Clyde Carlig, first proposed the Silver Mountain development in early 1981. Discussion Discus-sion with the city continued to September, 1982. The project, to be located between the Nastar and Payday Pay-day runs west of Main Street, was planned to house up to 474 units in addition to retail and convention space. Access was the biggest stumbling block. Planners proposed the project would be reached by a funicular with a tram station at the southern link of Empire and Lowell Avenues. Several Old Town residents protested the impact of the development. Developers Devel-opers proposed air-lifting construction construc-tion materials to reduce impact. At the last hearing in September, 1982, the Planning Commission was sympathetic to the tram. But as the Record reported last fall, developers ultimately found construction costs on the project were prohibitive. Since then, the owners of the land, the Sweeney family (as Tramway Properties), have filed suit to end their development contract with Beaulieu Carlig. Should the developers wish to renew the project, they may appeal the Commission action to City Council. |