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Show Park Meadows residents question plan to rezone 40 acres of land A pair of Park Meadows residents asked last week if a rezone of 40 acres of school district property would lead to increased school ac-t ac-t ivity affecting their homes. The comments were the only public input at a Park City Planning Commission hearing on Jan. 8. Park City School District Superintendent Tony Mitchell said the proposed new zoning would be more restrictive than what now exists. ex-ists. The proposal would change the property from Residential Development Develop-ment (RD) tp Residential Open Space ( ROS ffor an area bounded by Lucky John Drive (to the north), Treasure Mountain Middle School (east), Kearns Boulevard (south) and the Parkside Apartments and LDS Church (west). Resident Bill Plummer said future school use of the land for recreation could cause noise and traffic impacts im-pacts on his neighborhood: "It would I "take a $200,000 home and make it a $100,000 home overnight," he said. Resident Roy Zuchetto also asked for details about the district's plans. Mitchell said a precise plan wasn't available yet, but a Master Plan was leing drafte'l by J.J. Johnson and Associates. The plan was presented to the school board this week. He said that any development possible under ROS could be done under the present RD zone. He said the rezone w is requested so that 80 acres of school district property pro-perty could be placed under one zone for the Master Plan. This also precludes the chance that a future school board might sell the land if it a as still zone' I RD. "I see it as doing something while the time is ripe." he said. Technically, the school district is exempted by state legislation from review by the city, said planner Dave Boesch. The district's request for a rezone is a good-faith showing. Still, he said, the planning staff can develop a recommendation for a buffer between the school and the Park Meadows area. Commissioner Ray Robinson said he loo would like to know about traf- , lie impacts and possible protections along the ROS zone. In another planning commission item. Boesch said the city had eceived a petition with 200 signatures about the ice rink at The Resort Center. The petition asked that the rink be kept open. When the commission reviews subsequent building phases of the center, it said, lie city sh"uld re-evaluate how amenities can be preserved. The petition follows an incident last November when some residents protested the termination of a contract con-tract for the Baker family, which operated the rink and gave skating instruction. 1 |