The regular meeting Tuesday of the Snyderville Planning Commission has a short list of items. Principally, they could decide on preserving a small old building near Highway 224, through an adaptive re-use.
The Snyderville Commission begins their meeting at 4:30, on February 26th at the Richins Services Building.
Out of three items, the last on the agenda is a public hearing and possible Commission decision on a request from Grady Kohler, proprietor of Park City Nursery. He is asking to preserve a small building to the south of his tree lot and revamp it as a coffee shop.
The building of 476 square feet, known as the Pace-Archibald Store or General Store, was reportedly built sometime between 1880 and 1900, operated up until the 1920’s, and the planning staff indicates it could be seen as an artifact from the Basin’s ranching and farming life in that period.
The Snyderville Commission is being asked to judge whether the building is Historically Significant and whether it meets the six criteria for re-use.
At a discussion in January, the Planning Commissioners had questions about some architectural items the applicant wanted to put on the reconstruction. Staff is asking the Planning Commission to resolve them.
Previous to that, the panel is being asked to recommend two multi-family projects in the Canyons Resort Master Plan. The Viridian Townhomes along Cooper Lane would have 22 multi-family units on two parcels, with a maximum height of two-and-a-half stories.
Next, the Ridge Townhomes on Red Pine Road, in the Resort Core, will have 44 units up to two or three stories.
The panel is being asked to recommend a Final Site Plan and Condo Plat in each case. They go on to the county manager for final approval.
This is the final meeting for Snyderville Commissioner Bea Peck, who is moving out of the area. Last week, the county council appointed Crystal Simons to fill her position as of the March 12th meeting. Council member Glenn Wright told us last week that Simons is well-qualified for the post.
“Crystal has a really amazing background in planning and environmental issues,” Wright said. “We looked at her resume and even before we started interviewing people her resume was twice as long in the areas that we were concerned about than anybody else. She’s really super qualified.”
