Mountain Land Development Services

Snowbird's Coaster, which has been relocated to the Peruvian lift area, received unanimous approval today from the Salt Lake County Planning Commission. The Planning Commission toured the new project site and heard testimony that the development is a low-impact, accessible use concentrated within the resort's existing developed base area.
Mountain Land Development Services assisted Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort with the 18-month zoning application process, which included a modification to the FCOZ land use ordinance to protect the resorts' historical rights to provide summer recreational uses.
Testimony from members of the Wasatch Adaptive Sports Community, hosted at Snowbird, was especially powerful today. I am fortunate and grateful to have a client who's mission includes donating facilities and providing deeply meaningful mountain experiences for wounded veterans and disabled athletes!!

And so it begins: Salt Lake County begins the process of revising FCOZ and land use plans guiding the Wasatch front canyons.

Watershed is top priority in plotting canyons’ future | The Salt Lake Tribune West Valley City • For a panel discussion on the complex topic of revising a Salt Lake County ordinance governing private land uses in the canyons, moderator Ken Verdoia brought out some balls and started juggling. His point: To keep the act going, it’s important to keep an eye on all of the balls.

Salt Lake County Council navigated its way thru the morass to uphold the resorts' rights for summer uses, clearing the way for Snowbird to build its coaster (next to the Peruvian lift, NOT across the road!). Save Our Canyons may never be happy as long as there are commercial resorts in the canyons, but we worked diligently with SL City Public Utilities (watershed), SL County Planning, and several Council members to craft a narrowly-focused tweak that will - in spite of what the article says- for now stave off new resort proposals. Also, I personally have requested the County defer any discussion of SkiLink and other interconnect proposals into the on-going Mountain Transportation Corridor Study, where they can be addressed as part of an overall stakeholder-driven transportation/transit framework. That is the best place for that discussion... and should help alleviate concerns.

Snowbird coaster is coming as county tweaks rules | The Salt Lake Tribune Snowbird is poised to get the mountain coaster it wants to bolster summer business. The Little Cottonwood Canyon resort will be able to restart the process of seeking a permit for a coaster — planned now for private land next to the Peruvian Express chairlift rather than the lower face of Mount Supe...

The Hampton Inn and Suites held a Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting event last night. Its a beautiful hotel, and I hope you will encourage your family and friends visiting Salt Lake City to stay there.