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Show County planners OK inn next to ParkWest Village The Summit County Planning Commission Tuesday night approved a bed and breakfast inn proposal on Utah Highway 224 near ParkWest, deciding the project does not constitute a strip commercial use. The eight- to 10-room project, which requested a Class II development develop-ment permit, would include the inn and a property management office tied to a private residence. It would have an access on the east side of Hwy. 224 just beyond the entrance to ParkWest Village. The Snyderville Basin Development Develop-ment Code prohibits strip commercial, commer-cial, partially defined as development develop-ment one parcel deep along a major road. The code says such development develop-ment creates numerous accesses to the road. But developer Richard Pack said his access road will serve more than his business. It will tie into the south side of the ParkWest Village subdivision, giving that area a needed secondary access. Pack said the project proposes an attractive landscaping and vegeta tion scheme and his building will occupy less than one acre in a 4.7-acre plot. The access to the inn would be about 1,350 feet south of the ParkWest Village entrance where Hwy. 224 curves to the southeast. The access will tie in to ParkWest Village at its southeast corner, where a short dead-end street now exists. The inn is on the former plat C of the subdivision. Commissioner Tom Flinders said the bed and breakfast inn is not strip commercial, since it has two entrances. Board member Bo McGregor Mc-Gregor agreed, saying, "If we classify this as strip commercial, we're in deep trouble." And Commissioner Van Martin said it could be considered part of a "commercial node" around the ParkWest area, not an isolated use. In a letter to the panel, Park City Planning Director Bill Ligety said the project could create a traffic problem, contending customers from Salt Lake City must make a left turn into the project at a place where Hwy. 224 curves. He said Pack estimates check-ins at the inn could run as high as 50 a day. Park City planner Nora Seltenrich said the project is attractive, but it could lead to a cumulative trend of commercial on Hwy. 224. Pack said his access would be maintained as a private road. But the county planner said property owners may one day ask the county to maintain it. "It is a perpetual hesitancy on my part that we may inherit (private roads)," he said. In reply, Martin said it the county ever received such a request it could simply refuse until the road was brought up to county standards. The approval was voted pending clearance from the fire district and the county commission's approval of a height variance on the building, . which has a roof that is six feet over the code limit. Smith said the added height is not a problem to the fire district. Other conditions allowed one freestanding sign, required approval by the county engineer for runoff control and stipulated the access shall be a private road with an easement allowing use by ParkWest Village residents. |