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Show City Hall buyers request refund for a meeting. The case will probably now go to a small claims court, the realtor said. She felt that her commission should be paid. The council said that since the qualified buyers withdrew their offer, the council did not feel that the commission should be paid. The realtor and council said they felt that the prospective buyers did noi completely understand that they could still use the apartment with the conditional use permit and it should not create any problems for them. An additional effort was going to be made to get the parties together and see if things could be worked out satisfactorily to everyone concerned. The prospective buyers of the old city hall told the Pleasant Grove City Council last Tuesday that they would like to have their earnest money refunded because the city misrepresented the property it had for sale. An attorney for the men said that they had withdrawn their offer to purchase the building and felt the city should return their $500 earnest money payment. They cited the reason for withdrawing with-drawing their offer being that they were under the impression that the apartment on the second floor of the structure would be available for use. They said that they were shown the apartment as part of the tour of the building and assumed that the apartment could be rented out. This was one of the main reasons they proceeded with the offer to purchase, pur-chase, they noted. The council said that they felt that (he prospective buyers had been told that the area was not zoned for apartments but that a conditional use permit could be granted to allow for the use of the apartment. The men stated that conditional use permits are only given on a year-to-year basis, they felt that this was too risky for them to continue with the purchase. The council declined to refund the earnest money on the advice of the city attorney. The real estate agent who had been handling the sale of the property then told the council that when a disagreement arises such as this concerning earnest money, they have to get the two parties together |