Category Archives: Treasure Hill News

He questions whether a shift program should give Sweeneys a 2-for-1 bonus

by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF

Mayor Dana Williams, revisiting his role as the development watchdog that brought him to political prominence in the 1990s, was highly critical Thursday night of certain parts of a program under consideration at City Hall that would allow some landowners to shift their development rights elsewhere.

At one point during a meeting about whether a program should be created, Williams said he was “absolutely freaking out” about an idea to give the Sweeney family an incentive to shift development rights away from the Treasure acreage on the slopes of Park City Mountain Resort overlooking Old Town.

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Key figures in district submit paperwork at City Hall for a massive redevelopment

by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF

The key figure in Bonanza Park on Monday filed an application at City Hall to redevelop a large swath of properties, a broad set of ideas that would involve demolishing the buildings now standing and replacing them with a project that would remake the district.

Mark J. Fischer, who controls large tracts of land in the district, and Park City Mountain Resort, which also has holdings in Bonanza Park, submitted a joint application to the Planning Department. The application covers three locales spreading through 11 acres:

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Planning Commissioner not interested in putting Treasure rights on his property

by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF

The Park City Planning Commission spent three months discussing the merits of a program that would allow certain landowners to shift development rights from their land to another spot in the city, a way, supporters of such a program say, to preserve prized ground like the Sweeney family’s Treasure acreage.

Comments collected by City Hall offer glimpse into the opposition’s thinking

by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF

There had already been meeting after meeting, hearing after hearing, about the Sweeney family’s blueprints for the Treasure development by the time City Hall and the family hosted two open houses last summer.

The testimony during Park City Planning Commission hearings had been overwhelmingly against Treasure, and Parkites in the last few years had been especially critical as it seemed a vote by the panel could be approaching.

The open houses were scheduled as negotiations continued between a City Hall team and the Sweeneys about the prospects of a conservation agreement for all or some of the Treasure land, situated on the slopes of Park City Mountain Resort and on a hillside overlooking Old Town.

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Proposed program would allow the square footage to be moved to Bonanza Park

by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF

City Hall staffers this week recommended half of the development rights attached to the Sweeney family’s Treasure land be put into play under a program that would allow the rights to be shifted to another location.

The recommendation comes as the Park City Planning Commission prepares for what could be a Wednesday vote on whether the municipal government should adopt a program allowing the shifts in development rights, a zoning tool that City Hall wants to create.

In asking that only 50 percent of the development rights be involved in a program, the recommendation will likely leave Treasure critics unhappy that all of the rights were not included. The Planning Commission is not bound by the staff-level recommendation, and any decision by the panel will later be considered by the Park City Council.

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The proposed Treasure Hill development would impact all Park City residents and would forever change the Old Town area.  All visitors would see massive excavation scars as well as a dramatic skyline of buildings on Treasure Hill – the signature mountain that lies just behind Main Street.  Here are a few of the newly released images (you can click on each image to enlarge it):

Proposed Excavation as seen from Deer Valley Drive

Proposed Buildings as seen from Deer Valley Drive

Excavation as seen from Main Street and Heber Ave.

Excavation as seen from the Roundabout

Note that the massive scars are still highly visible even after the proposed buildings are set into the pictures.

Also keep in mind that these renderings were created by the applicant – The Sweeneys.

You can also click on the link below to see more images of the proposed Treasure Hill project (I have posted a total of 9 renderings).  These renderings were done by the applicant and show just how massive the scarring will be if the proposed Treasure Hill development is approved:

The renderings include 3 views or vantage points:

1. From Deer Valley Drive
2. From Main Street
3. From the Roundabout

Each vantage point shows 3 pictures:

1. Current
2. With Excavation
3. With the Proposed Buildings

Here’s the link to all 9 images:   New Treasure Hill Renderings

To better view the images, right click on the first one and select Rotate Image.