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Summit County Council upholds conditional‑use permit for cidery after appeal, adds conditions to limit food service
Summary
The county council denied an appeal and upheld a planning commission approval for a distillery, tasting room and guest lodge at 2617 State Road 32, directing staff to add clarifying findings and conditions to ensure the tasting room remains accessory and to address event limits and operations.
The Summit County Council on Feb. 1 denied an appeal of the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission’s conditional‑use permit for a proposed distillery, tasting room and guest lodge at 2617 State Road 32, effectively upholding the permit while directing county counsel to draft additional findings and conditions.
The appeal was brought by nearby residents, represented by attorney Dallin Peterson, who argued the project had been pitched as a small cidery and tasting room but, in their view, the site plans and building sizes indicated a restaurant or event center — a use they said is not allowed in the AG‑10 zone. Peterson said the planning commission’s record lacked specific findings of fact on several concerns, including potential flooding, traffic and the adequacy of the UDOT access permit, and urged the council…
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