The request was made at the last minute, according to Planning Commission Chair Bruce Carmichael. About a half dozen residents walked out of the Sheldon Richins Building when the announcement was made.
Makena Hawley, who worked for the Park City Planning Department between 2014 and 2017, was selected by the Summit County Council to fill a seat that belonged to Planning Commissioner Joel Fine, who did not seek another term. The County Council also reappointed Bruce Carmichael and Thomas Cooke to the commission with a total of seven candidates vying for the three open spots.
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The owners of the former Colby School have received a permit from Summit County to open a bed-and-breakfast, which, barring an appeal, ends a multiyear, multi–lawsuit fight regarding the Victorian-style mansion that has been empty for years.
The site has been used as a hotel and a school in the past, but the county has recently and repeatedly denied the owners’ applications for commercial uses, and the main building has been empty since 2008, according to a report from county staffers
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The 5-acre site is across S.R. 224 from the Canyons Village base area and includes three outbuildings and the Victorian mansion.