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Show fork City's Only Locally Owned . Newspaper OaNIWEST CORPORATION 3322 SO. 3rd EAST STREET SALT LAKE" CITY, UTAH 84115 if Wednesday, November 17, 1976 Volume Two Number Nine 'US Rott.tgt-ftt-tt 1 1 Zoning Hearing Thurs. z For Village II A public hearing will be held Thursday night to consider a zone change request for the Prospector Village II area at the north end of the city which is slated for residential development.! If the zone change is approved, 91 acres of land currently zoned RD will be designated as RDM a newly created and less restrictive' zone. ' Prospector Village II has received Park City Planning Commission approval for 19B units on 32 acres. The previous plans called for the construction of duplexes, ' triplex and fourplex but the Amechor company tnpany, project, ! -single developers ; of the -now want- to build zoning, single family units require a minimum lot size of 12,3)0 square feet whereas a change to RDM would permit houses to be built on 9,000 square foot lots Revised plans call for 175 single family houses to be erected on 54 acres. The additional 22 acres would be annexed from the proposed site of the stalled continuing education center. The single family lots would average 9,3)0 square feet and ' would constitute a density of 3.3 units per acre. The multi-unit development which was approved for the same area but on less land computed to almost five units per acre. v. ; The planning commission, at its October 20 meeting, recommended that the rezon-ing rezon-ing be approved provided the subdivision plans comply with restrictions imposed by the commission. At that meeting, commissioner Wayne Iver-son Iver-son expressed several concerns over the proposed change. He said a single family development requires more road area than a multi-unit project and creates more automobile traffic, causes more gasoline usage and greater pollution and provides for less open space. Iverson also cited a critical need in Park City for monthly rental units, saying the multi-unit plan could help alleviate the problem. He stated a preference for a mix of multi-unit and single family dwellings and declared declar-ed he would oppose any plans which would call for a density exceeding five units per acre. ( The commission as a whole seemed in general agreement with the proposed switch to the less dense development but noted that it would probably require some alteration to the plans presented at the October 20 meeting. " ' Jack Johnson, consulting engineer for the project, said Monday that the owners of the land would consent to such a "contingent zone change." Smashing JEM DOLNEY aarvts dMMrt to Alan Crooks at tha Chamber of Commarco kick-off Stinnar. ,' " f I f I ( -f J - W af"!? OBVIOUSLY PLEASED I ? sr w y Park City's new Kimball Art Center will hold its' formal dedication ceremonies on. Saturday, November 20, 1976, at 2:30 p.m., with a reception and tour following. An open house and tour of the new facility is also planned for Sunday, November Novem-ber 21, from 1 p.m. 6 p.m. The public is invited to both events. Slated speakers for the Dedication Ceremony are: William Kimball, Chair man Kimball Art Center; Alan Crooks, Director, Kimball Kim-ball Art Center; Mayor Leon Uriarte, Park City; Ruth Draper, Executive Director, Utah State Division of Fine Arts. Kick-Off Diraer Success j J ) ' ' ' that ha could ba of tarvlce, Al aNttkifariacondi ' "The Kimball Art Center is a community-oriented cultural and educational facility. For this reason, we, want people to attend either or both events," said Alan Crooks, Director of the Center. "We invite area residents and visitors to browse through the Center and view the paintings in the Gallery which will be from the permanent collection of the Utah State Division of Fine Arts, the one-man show by Sausalito artist Noal Betts who will display his water colors, prints and weavings, the classroom studios, and the Gallery Shop." ""-A & ' if J m i ' V'i Jim baama whlla. would have any long-range MM The Gallery Shop will offer art of regional artists for rent or sale, plus numerous art books and supplies, cards, gifts and posters. Available in The Gallery Shop will be Noal Betts poster of Park City entitled "New Powder"; cost is $ 5 each. If you like painting or work of art but aren't sure it will match your decor, which will cause displacement of Aunt Sally's heirloom, or you simply must save for it consider renting the piece of art through The Gallery Shop. Select the painting or ceramic you would like for your home or office and give it a try. Rental agreements LACK ! DIFFERENT IMPACTS AMONG j LOCAL With, Thanksgiving approaching faster than a turkey trying to escape the 5 axe, brown is not beautiful in Park City. According to the brochures, the surrounding mountains are wrapped in a velvet white blanket this time of year. But Mother . Nature is risking indecent exposure charges and the impact of her antics is being felt in varying degrees by local lodge owners. The Thanksgiving holiday X is usually celebrated as the grand : opening of the ski season but the current dearth X of snow could well cause this 5 winter to begin with a whimper, not a bang. Should the white stuff fail to' be X forthcoming in sufficient J quantities," it will be the second time in three seasons that the business community ! has been denied Thanks- givmg gravy. Lots of Calls ft Val Chiri of Moana'i reser- vation department said Mon- day that she received "lots of calls" concerning J local conditions but that so far would-be Thanksgiving skiers are holding the line." S Mrs. Chin noted that Moana has had no individual X cancellations as yet but two weeks ago one group did reduce the number of condo minium units it had reserved. She said this could have been attributable to a lack of people able to come rather than a lack of snow. Mrs. Chin said Moana would begin returning money on November 22 if the Resort is not operating by that time but added, "No one has asked for their money back yet." She observed that people making reservations . for Thanksgiving "know its chancy" and "they know what happened last year," when things also looked bleak but saving storms allowed a pre-Thanksgiving opening. ' Asked whether a late start J effects, Mrs. Chin replied, "I don't think so. It will are available in The Gallery Shop and all rental can be applied to the final purchase price. The Gallery Shop will open daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Don't forget to present your Kimball Art Center member ship card, as all members are entitled to a discount. This month, the Gallery Shop will feature works by the following artists: Sharon Alderman, Salt Lake City -weavings; Bowman Barlo, Provo oils; Milt Beens, Durango, Colo, ceramics; Noal Betts, Sausalito, Calif, water colors, prints, weavings; OF SNOW CREATING LODGES AMD HOTELS increase bookings later." She said she is not receiving numerous reservation inquiries for the traditionally slow period in December prior to the Christmas rush. Moana is 3) to 60 percent booked for Thanksgiving at the present time. "Already Hurt" "We're already hurt." said Treasure Mountain Inn manager Bill Shorter, "and we will lose approximately $5000 if we're not open for Thanksgiving." . Shorter said a ski group from Baton Rouge, La. canceled two weeks ago, cutting his holiday bookings in half. The TMI will grant full refunds if there isn't any snow but he thought the group "was afraid to get tied up with the airlines." "The thing that's tough is that you go out and generate business for Thanksgiving I and then if there's no snow it takes two. or three years to ' get the people back.'U ?HmAr nharvMl tht th impact Would be compound ed if other areas, such as i those in, Colorado, are open ' for the holiday. He said even;' an eleventh hour resort-opening storm could result in a 20 percent increase in occupancy occupan-cy if travel agents are contacted immediately and the overflow from other resorts is tapped. . Saying that Thanksgiving is the "icing on the cake" that "makes for a good start and carries you to Christmas," Christ-mas," Shorter philosophized about the possibility of losing it. "You can't get upset about it. There's nothing you can do." Wrong Foot Ed Hosenfeld at the Chateau Apres summarized the Thanksgiving period by saying, "It's worth a lot." Hosenfeld is fully booked and has had no cancellations. "Some people are not even aware that we don't have any snow," he said. Hosenfeld thinks the loss of Thanksgiving adversely affects later business, "especially the first two weeks in December." After Dorthy Berenson, Salt Lake City ceramics; Angelo Caravaglia, Summit Park sculpture and) drawings (not for sale); Marianne Cone, Park City water colors; David Chaplin, Park City -acrylics; Ron Clayton, Salt Lake City acrylics; Roger Davis, Alpine, Utah ceramics; David Fernandez, Park City ceramics; Jack Goodman, Salt Lake City prints; Janelle Kensler, Weiser, Idaho weavings. making a comment about "getting off on the wrong foot," he reflected on last season when the fair weather "wiped out" his bookings just before the snow hit. Considerable When asked what degree of impact the drought has had on the C'est Bon, Bob Wilde replied, "When you have to send money back, it's a lot." Wilde said he has had a "considerable number of cancellations" but that many , people are still "holding." "Another week of this and it will be a diferent story," he added. ,', Being closed on Thanks, giving can have a "snowballing "snowball-ing effect that can cause you to loose everything up to Christmas." Wilde said, "but " not much after Christmas." Ed Erie of Park City , Reservations commented ' that a lack of snow into late December would cause "tremendous fallout that you can teei in o January. everyone else, Erie said he is Viiist waiting. ' y , Not That Bad Park City Ski Corp. marketing market-ing director Craig Badami predicted the loss of Thanks-, giving "won't hurt us that bad" if there is plentiful Music Man Big Hit! LEAD WQ MAN Mark Lindsay baatowa roaaa upon hla laadlng lady, Pattl Prlnca (story on paga 8) mm. Fair through tht wttkond with llttla or no chanct for snow. High's In tht 50't, tow's In tht 20's. ; soon after the Badami sympathized with the smaller lodges and businesses that need the Thanksgiving "front money" but said the Resort can recoup a November setback through increased skiing throughout the remainder of the season. ' "I've seen areas lose Christmas Christ-mas and then get a lot of ' snow and do better than they did the previous year." . Randy Montgomery, Ba-dami's Ba-dami's counterpart at Snowbird, has estimated that being closed for the Thanksgiving weekend could cost up to $3,000 a day but Park Cify's marketing director declined to estimate possible lost revenues. : "There's no dollar figure I can give," Badami said. Thanks Although assessments of a Thanksgivingless season are o, . , consensu opinion on what ranxs numoer pne on Park City's priority list snow. And it could still happen before Turkey Day, giving the local, citizenry a little something extra to be thankful for. snowfall holiday. |