Big housing project proposed near Pinebrook

(Park Record) Property owners rallied last week to tell Summit County officials they are against a proposal to build a 207-home subdivision at the entryway into Park City.

Those against the project are mostly concerned that the 70-acre subdivision would be too dense. The project would be situated near Kilby Road between Pinebrook and Timberline.

"It's right on the entry corridor into Park City. It's on the main highway that all the tourists and visitors use. There is very limited open space left there," Snyderville Basin resident Art Lang said. "I don't think that is an appropriate place."

The housing project would cater to homebuyers with lower incomes, and land along U.S. 40 near Silver Creek is more suited for the development, Lang said.

The Weilenmann subdivision is proposed on a hillside near Parleys Summit, south of Interstate 80. Zoning on the 70 acres currently allows the builder to develop about four houses.

But the proposal before the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission includes 49 houses, 62 townhouses and 96 senior-housing units.

"I can't think of a single person who has been for this large increase in density," Lang said. "In every case that I can think of the neighbors are against it."

The Summit Park Homeowners Association expressed opposition to the project in a March 7 e-mail to Summit County planner Kimber Gabryszak.

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