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Show City annexes 52 acres in Ontario Canyon by Christopher Smart The City Council voted May 17 to annex 52 acres in Ontario Canyon, putting off an eleventh hour proposal by United Park City Mines for immediate changes in the annexation agreement in favor of considering such changes at a later date. United Park proposed all types of last minute changes in the annexation agreement, said City Manager Arlene Loble. One was a request to guarantee development density den-sity on the land at the time of annexation. That, Ijoble said, is a matter for the Planning Commission, not the City Council. Ible said United Park also asked the city to consider a laundry list of long-standing issues, among them disputed right-of-way at numerous locations, disputed property titles, lease on the Silver King maintenance building, easement for a runaway truck lane on Ontario Avenue and the location of a debris basin in Ontario Canyon. United Park was apparently apparent-ly trying to cut a better deal on the various issues, Loble said, but the council didn't have enough time to consider the changes carefully. United Park needed the annexation to pass so the Planning Commission could address their plans on May 23. Those plans propose putting 50 housing units on three sites in Ontario Canyon, Can-yon, according to Bill Boehm of J.J. Johnson and Associates Associ-ates who is planning and engineering the project. Construction is slated to begin June 4, Boehm said. And while the council was unable to consider the revised plan, given the lack of time, Boehm said he was pleased with the outcome. He said United Park has only committed to build 12 units on what has been named the Ontario Lodge site. After reaching an impass on the new proposal during the regular session, Councilman Council-man Jim Doilney proposed to the council and United Park that the original agreement be acted upon with the provision that the council would entertain amend ments to that agreement. The annexation agreement passed by the City Council stipulates that the grounds will be rezoned from Estate to RD where the slope is less than 25 percent. The development fees assessed under the agreement agree-ment require $2,720 per unit, according to City Attorney Tom Clyde. However, in lieu of the payments, United Park has agreed to repair the city's water system in Judge Tunnel. The value of that work has been estimated at $141,440. According to Boehm, United Uni-ted Park has not yet decided if it is going to become a development entity. He said since world metal prices have gone down there has been little "cash inflow" to United Park. He added the development devel-opment could establish a basis of income for the corporation. cor-poration. United Park City Mines owns 10,000 acres in the Park City area. |