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Show The Enterprise Review , December 22 , 1976 Page 4b First Securitys Redwood Office Under Construction Ordinances Passed to Silence Taxi Complaints Salt Lake City commissioners have passed about ten new ordinances to ward off numerous complaints from both taxi cab drivers and the public. The ordinances remove the limit on the number of cabs allowed to operate in the city, and they prevent other vehicle drivers from competing with cab drivers. According to John Wheat of the business license department, cab drivers were complaining that hotels and private individuals were chauffering passengers from the airport to ski resorts in direct competition with them, underpricing them in the process. Since the competing drivers were not regulated (as cab drivers are), the commission considered the competition unfair and passed several ordinances to solve the problem. They removed the limit on the number of licenses they may authorize, allowing anyone who wants to operate a regulated cab company to do so, and give existing companies an opportunity to add cars to their fleets. (City Cab has already requested eight additional permits. A hearing on its petition is scheduled for Jan. 5.) Charles Boynton, owner of Yellow Cab Company, has called the citys plan to lift the limit from the number of cabs operating Construction of a day. The new building, like the old one, will be a First Securitys newest branch bank is just off the in the city, irresponsible. But Keith Burnham, manager of Ute Cab Co., said the city w'ould not actually license more cabs. There is no Business is down. demand for more taxis in the streets, Burnham said. He cited competition from Utah Transit Authority as the major cause for a decrease in business. The UTA offers to take passengers from the airport to the ski resorts for $2.00, without stops. Theres no wray we could do it for that price," he said. frame structure. The 2,900 square foot building will accommodate four tellers and three drive-u- p windows with automatic ground, according to Robin Hunt, project superinten- dent, Omnistructures, Inc., Salt Lake. The new bank, located at 1700 South Redwood Rd., is scheduled for completion in April. Hunt said demolition of the old bank, at the same location took only half Hunt said. The foot 30,000 square property on which the bank will be located is ow'ned by First tellers, Security. No Charge for Service The Commission also passed ordid nances forbidding drivers of vehicles to charge a fee for their services. Wheat acknowledged the city has no way of auditing hotel records to determine whether managers are hiding the cost of operating vehicles elsewhere in their customer charges. But the new ordinance would at least limit the users to hotel customers, he hotel-operate- Qaut at said. Other ordinances refined and extended regulations of cab drivers, their methods of operations and their licensing and bonding requirements. now offers its rural setting two additional days each week. Enjoy French cuisine Gilmore Controversy Boosts Hiltons Income If he has done nothing more for the Utah economy, Gary Mark Gilmore is helping Salt Lake City's hotel industry. At least the Salt Lake Hilton has benefited from the Gilmore contro-verseHotel manager Mike Squires said the hotel has experienced a near full occupancy rate becuase of nearly 60 newsmen who have occupied separate rooms in the hotel during November and December, covering the case. y. Reporters, photo- graphers and technical assistants booked Hilton rooms for about four straight weeks, Squires said, and they will probably be back, he added. Most Salt Lake hotels reported an unseasonably low occupancy rate because g ski inof the dustry; not the Hilton. Squires attributes the Hilton's international fame as the "drawing card that brought media people from Wednesday through Saturday Brunch on Sunday and a Basque style dinner Sunday evenings at: the Tri Arc, Hotel Utah, Little America and Royal Inn said only a few they had media representatives staying over. Managers slow-startin- NBC, ABC, CBS, Time, Newsweek, and National news rooms people rented single for $23, $26, $29, $32, and Geographic. Most $35; some, however, chose rooms ranging from $70 to $100. wiM "WW ot ife v (wuhdmn) $9.00 Temporary and Portable Offices Come Under New Building Code Temporary banks and other portable office buildings are now subject to a new building code. According to Bud Scarlet, supervising building official for Salt Lake City, the city has been granting about 30 variances a year to allow' such temporary structures in the city. "We needed guidelines for construction of temporary' structures and for making the temporary building into a Phone permanent one, said Scarlet. "We needed to be able to guarantee adequate safety and construction standards. The new code refers to Relocatable Office BuildIt defines temporings. ary" as not more than 365 days. It provides for fees to be paid for installation and inspection of the structure, and requires the owner to obtain all proper permits before beginning fhont: 5i$ 5. u 355-101- $ 1 c. at 942-175- 1 for reservations. |