"There are a lot of people who want to keep it, but they don't have a lot of ideas about how to keep it or what to keep it for," the developer said.

Historic preservation groups such as the Utah Heritage Foundation so far have not gotten involved in efforts to save the building.

The carriage house is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places because past and present property owners have not sought a nomination, Dansie said.

Commissioners also attempted to ease another residents' concern about the project — increased traffic on Forest View Avenue.

Plans call for the gated driveway at the east end of Forest View Avenue, a dead-end street, to be expanded for access to the new residences. Residents who live on the street are worried that the project will put more cars on their now-quiet cul-de-sac.

"We moved there because of the dead-end street and the fenced yard," resident Benny Keele said. "This would directly affect the value of my property."

Planning commissioners required that the developer reduce visitor parking for the complex from nine stalls to six. Under the revised plan, visitors would access the complex from 1000 East. A pedestrian walkway would connect the visitor-parking area and the residences.

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