The 12,000-acre parcel, owned since 1972 by Alvin Cobabe, is already familiar to members of the Cache County Planning and Zoning Commission, whose members heard the presentation Monday. That group had changed Powder Mountain's zoning from forest to recreation resort three years ago. But then a developer - faced with area residents' opposition and a troublesome post-9/11 economy - walked away.

Cobabe, 88, has since looked for a buyer who shares his vision of what Powder Mountain can become. On Monday, his daughter, Aleta, announced that the family instead will maintain ownership and share profits with partners and investors Craig Cox and Mark Arnold.

Aleta Cobabe said the partners plan to build on 7,960 acres in Cache and Weber counties, nearly 3,600 acres of which rest in Cache County, six miles north of Eden and 19 miles northeast of Ogden. The property is adjacent to private ranches and the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

The first of seven planned phases calls for ski-area expansion and construction of 100 houses, 75 apartment buildings, 30 condominiums, plus a corporate retreat and commercial village, according to the plan presented Monday to planning commission members.

Eventually, the project calls for 15 ski lifts, two golf courses, 415 hotel and apartment units, 195 houses, six corporate retreats, an equestrian facility and 150,000-square feet of commercial space.

Brooke Hontz, project manager with the Park City design firm Jack Johnson Co., said the group's goal is to get the Cache County Council's OK for a conditional-use permit and break ground on Phase One next spring.

Commissioner Jack Draxler said Monday the revamped proposal is more palatable because developers are taking into consideration concerns of Cache County residents.

The commissioners still have questions, though. Commission Chairman Lee Nelson said his greatest concern is the impact of the development on Cache County's water resources.

"Once you get a bunch of nice homes up there, they're going to take the water," Nelson said. But the developers included in the proposal letters from Weber-based water and sewer districts that claim to have the means to supply all that's needed.

Another concern of residents has been the possible paving of a road that is passable only in the summer months.

"Paradise would look 100 percent different in a very short time," Paradise Mayor Lee Atwood said.

The developers said access is not an issue, and they would not push for improvement of the gravel road.

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