Melanie Platt looks out the window of her home
at back yards and the neighboring plot where a hotel development is
planned on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Lehi. Platt and some of her
neighbors oppose the building of the 4-story hotel.
Lehi City Council members ate crow
Tuesday night at City Hall, approving a settlement agreement with a
developer whose application they had denied the previous week.
According to the settlement, Glacier Investments and Lone Peak Investors will be allowed to proceed with their plans to build a Holiday Inn Express bordering the Thanksgiving Meadows residential area.
“Basically, we approved the process and both parties agreed to the settlement,” City Attorney Ryan Wood said.
There were no charges made to the city for damages and no money changed hands, according to the document.
Glacier Investment and Lone Peak Investors filed complaints in Utah County's Fourth District Court a few days after the denial because every city code had been met to build a Holiday Inn Express hotel on the site.
“They do have their rights to develop on that property, and legally they could probably sue us for a lot of money,” Councilman Johnny Revill said after Tuesday's meeting.
During the meeting, Councilman Chris Condie made the motion to approve signing off on the settlement agreement and Councilman Paul Hancock made the second. The vote was unanimous.
“It made sense. It was a way to meet in the middle,” Revill said about his approval of the settlement.
Those who weren’t looking for a settlement resolution would have missed the action because the item lasted less than one minute and had no discussion.
“I believe the settlement agreement is as stated and that is the only comment I have. It’s a matter of public record,” Councilwoman Paige Albrecht said after the meeting was adjourned.
Elected officials last week cited the applicants’ unwillingness to work with Thanksgiving Meadows residents whose land abutted the Holiday Inn site.
Disturbed by the behavior of representatives for the investors, a few of the council members had commented on the attitude displayed by the applicant during the Feb. 16 meeting when the denial was made.
According to the settlement, Glacier Investments and Lone Peak Investors will be allowed to proceed with their plans to build a Holiday Inn Express bordering the Thanksgiving Meadows residential area.
“Basically, we approved the process and both parties agreed to the settlement,” City Attorney Ryan Wood said.
There were no charges made to the city for damages and no money changed hands, according to the document.
Glacier Investment and Lone Peak Investors filed complaints in Utah County's Fourth District Court a few days after the denial because every city code had been met to build a Holiday Inn Express hotel on the site.
“They do have their rights to develop on that property, and legally they could probably sue us for a lot of money,” Councilman Johnny Revill said after Tuesday's meeting.
During the meeting, Councilman Chris Condie made the motion to approve signing off on the settlement agreement and Councilman Paul Hancock made the second. The vote was unanimous.
“It made sense. It was a way to meet in the middle,” Revill said about his approval of the settlement.
Those who weren’t looking for a settlement resolution would have missed the action because the item lasted less than one minute and had no discussion.
“I believe the settlement agreement is as stated and that is the only comment I have. It’s a matter of public record,” Councilwoman Paige Albrecht said after the meeting was adjourned.
Elected officials last week cited the applicants’ unwillingness to work with Thanksgiving Meadows residents whose land abutted the Holiday Inn site.
Disturbed by the behavior of representatives for the investors, a few of the council members had commented on the attitude displayed by the applicant during the Feb. 16 meeting when the denial was made.
The mid-priced hotel chain company has plans for a four-story hotel that will have a view of Mt. Timpanogos to the east and children playing in backyards to the west.
Neighbors had complained about the possibility of transient strangers watching their children from hotel windows and about a lack of privacy.
According to the developer, there is a setback of 90 feet from the hotel rooms to the property line. The indoor pool and food bar are part of a one-story extension at the back of the hotel.
The Lehi Planning Commission had recommended site-plan approval in January with conditions offered by the applicant for improvements such as installing landscaping trees to buffer the view and noise.
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