The intended development of a 16-resident treatment facility for “troubled teenagers” on Covecrest Drive poses serious safety and traffic concerns for residents in the entire surrounding community.  There are several logistical aspects of this enterprise that seem to be in direct violation of County codes, yet the project is clearly proceeding without scrutiny from any governing agency.  The recently purchased home they are currently preparing for this facility sits on a cul de sac at the end of the street, which is the only means for a school bus and all public service vehicles to turn around.  By law, the cul de sac area cannot be used for parking for this business, while the driveway area(s) of the home are clearly insufficient for the volume of staff and visitors expected according to their license application with the department of health.  This area is unique in its snow accumulation, realizing three or four times the amount of snow that normally falls in the Salt Lake Valley.  It is typical for the already narrow street to be reduced to one usable lane of traffic during the winter when plows come through.  Considering the parking and traffic issues that are plainly visible at another of the Eva Carlston Academy’s locations on Wasatch Boulevard—a facility which is zoned to house only 8 treatment residents—it is literally inconceivable how they plan to deal with this issue, among many others.  The residents on this and dozens of surrounding streets in this community will be affected in real and negative ways, yet we are being told that because of the Academy’s claim to be serving people with disabilities (i.e. an ADA-friendly establishment), they are not subject to some of the same civic standards as a regular commercial enterprise.  The appropriateness of the “disabilities” argument aside, the compliance of this group’s building plans with County code should certainly be their burden to prove, and we are requesting that the proper agencies—including the county’s public works (planning/zoning division) and the health services department (per ADA compliance)—make a genuine effort to look into these issues as part of their most basic public service obligations. We are confident (and adamant) that upon your diligent review, you will find that this is an ill-conceived location for this type of enterprise, and worthy of more intense scrutiny before this group is able to proceed with their plans under the protection of their ADA assertions.