Entries Published On January, 2015
What the Heck is a TDR? … And Why You Should Care.
If you’ve been following developments regarding the Snyderville Basin General Plan, you may have come across the concept of receiving areas. Receiving areas are parcels of land that are designated to have more building on them than would be normally allowed in order to concentrate development density. The flip side of receiving areas are called sending areas. Sending areas …
Your County Needs Your Help
Over the past couple of years, Summit County (and the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission) have been working towards completing Phase 2 of its General Plan. The General Plan lays out the concepts that drive “what should be built where” in the Basin. The General Plan, once completed, is then used to update our development code. The development …
We’ll Be Live Blogging Tuesday Night’s General Plan Public Hearing
On Tuesday, the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission will be holding a public hearing to get input on Phase 2 of the Basin’s General Plan. This plan is VERY IMPORTANT as it will likely guide development for the next 25 years. The meeting is at 6PM at Ecker Middle School (they moved it from the Richins …
Part 3: So you don’t like the updated general plan? What are you going to do about it?
In Part 1 and Part 2 of a series of posts about how to voice your opinion over the updated General Plan, we talked about needing to formulate a plan of your own and some advice on how to be most effective when providing your opinion to the Planning Commission and County Council. In this final …
How is the Park City School Board Getting Educated on Finance?
Do you ever turn on the History Channel and expect to see something about Napolean’s escape from Elba but instead there is a 7 day marathon of Ancient Aliens? You probably don’t deny there could be aliens but the crackpots make you want to never hear about another alien again. The same can be said …
Won’t This Impact The Uinta Express Pipeline?
We saw that oil prices were still cratering as of this morning. So, we decided to look up the price of Uinta Basin Black Waxy Crude. All we can say is “WOW!” We know oil prices are volatile and prices could change in the coming months, but the change in price in the last year has …
Why Approve a Proposal That Causes More Traffic?
Over the past few months the Summit County government has spent countless hours internally working on solutions to transportation problems. They’ve spent over $100,000 on consultants who provided uninspired suggestions. They have taken input (and valuable time) from hundreds of citizens, that apparently will go almost nowhere. And they have concluded that they will have …
Out of The Box Transportation Idea #3… Say No to Growth
Summit County hired a transportation consultant to provide ideas on how to limit traffic in and around Park City. The County did not like the actions they suggested (the consultant suggested buses) and asked for more creativity. We had written that the County now at least owns the problem. Readers then responded to us saying that if …
Is There a More Disrespectful Group of Dog Owners Than Skate Skiers Who Ski With Their Dogs?
First. We love dogs. We think Park City is a special place thanks to our dogs. We also believe the “war on dogs”, which was started by the Summit County Council a couple of years ago is rightfully over. There’s an off leash dog park that you can actually hike with your four-legged companions and rules regarding …
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