Courtesy of Colbreen PC LLC
The Snyderville Basin Planning Commission on Tuesday seemed to agree with the overwhelming negative sentiment it heard at its previous meeting regarding a proposed 27-building apartment complex, unanimously declaring that the project does not belong across the road from the Highland Estates neighborhood.
The commission forwarded a negative recommendation to the Summit County Council, which will have the final say on the project, barring an appeal to district court.
Highland Flats is a proposed apartment complex with 410 housing units spread between 27 buildings just north of Highland Drive near the intersection of Interstate 80 and U.S. 40.
High-density housing with affordable units proposed for Park City
The project, which will go before the county planning commission on Feb. 23, has its share of critics.
(Courtesy of Adam Breen) Renderings of homes proposed for the Highland area of Park City.
| Feb. 14, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
A proposal for high-density housing could bring affordable rental units to Park City. Many people living near the project site are against it.
Developers want to build 410 new homes for rent, including 144 affordable dwellings, on a 41-acre parcel off of Interstate 80 in the Highland Estates neighborhood in Park City.
The Highland Flats project proposal comes as housing prices are skyrocketing and blue-collar workers and those in a host of service and hospitality jobs are increasingly unable to afford to live in the resort town.