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Show Wednesday , June 30, 1 976 Continuod from pago 1 Page 3 rotests Lodged Social Socurity Losing Support No Fun Ticket For O.D This Time Against Zoning I I ftck Prlnct, Warren King, Attomty Scott WoocHand and John Priea Master Plan Committee Chairman Jan Wilking stated that although already approved ap-proved single units will be allowed on the smaller lots, it is not the intent of the new ordinance to permit multiple units to be constructed on parcels of property not meeting the RD requirements. Prince said the Village land ; is "RM type property which everyone can afford to buy," and that a proliferation of RO zoning could make "living in Park City too 1 expensive" ; and "hurt the little people." The attorney characterized Prospector Village No. II as a "logical extension for less Prospector Village No. II is proposed as a multiple unit development. Reiterating his contention that there is a need for more RM zoning, Prince called RD zoning for the Prospector area"-""'too snould be some place where you don't have to be some big wig , from Chicago to buy some property." Already Sold Former Park City mayor, John Price, an employee of Prospector developer Ed Vetter, noted that duplex lots ranging from 9,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. have already been sold in Prospector Village. Price said he was protesting the downzoning from the present commercial recreational to the RD on behalf of himself as an owner of two duplex lots. He revealed he was obtaining financing to build a duplex, each unit of which would sell for approximately $40,000. Price cited duplexes on parcels of land smaller than RD lots as a means of providing the low :. cost housing advocated by the city council. As was their posture throughout the meeting, the committee members listened to the discussion without offering much in the way of commentary either - in defense of the proposed ordinance or-dinance or in support of suggested changes. Commercial Request Warren King of the Royal Street Land Company took exception to the Proposed RD . zoning of 19.5 acres of land in the Holliday Ranch area. King said the land is bounded by the city's sewage treatment plant to the east, the Holliday loop road to the north, the Conoco service station to the south and Highway High-way 224 to the west, and therefore, should be zoned commercial. . He added that the Summit Medical Clinic is located in the center of the property. "The only logical and proper use" is com-mercial.King com-mercial.King said. He dismissed the contention that "there is already too much 'commercial area" as "unacceptable and highly discriminatory." Adele Wolfberg countered King by saying too much 1 nwip( commercial zoning uuc cam and that the 19.5 acres are suitable for residential use. She pointed to the Thaynes Canyon development across Hwy. 224. 7 King responded that the Thaynes Canyon homes are adjacent to a golf course, have a buffer zone between them and the highway and do not have a sewage treatment plant and medical clinic next to them. ' Wolfberg said, "The clinic is not offensive to me," and King replied, "It is to people who pay $20,000 for a lot." Kathy Soares, who lives on upper Woodside Avenue, interjected "The medical clinic would . be preferable to what I have in my neighborhood." Attorney Prince said financing for homes next to the highway would be hard to come by and, if found, fences would be needed to keep children from the traffic. After asking if the committee desired fences along the entrance to town, he said the proximity of the sewage treatment plant would make lots difficult to sell. Estate "Since everybody is trying to get rid of RD property we'U " 'take iii''saiS aUomeyDennis Swope," representing developer Elwood Nielsen, in protest of proposed estate zoning of Nielsen's hillside property on the east side of town. Referring to difficulties which have arisen in the past between Nielsen and city officials, Swope said; "When personalities come into play, the whole purpose of the ordinance becomes moot." Swope mentioned houses constructed on hillsides in the older part of the city which are "unique types of homes which should continue" to be built to "enhance the town." The city needs a broad population base with a diversity of families and an "effective way" to provide ' this is a variance in housing, Swope said. Spot Zoning Former cpuncilwoman Mary Lehmer objected to the spot zoning of commercial property along Park Avenue and was supported by Wolfberg and Soares. Under the new ordinance, property which is currently zoned commercial on Park Van Martin ; - ' , -jr input . '; sjT!?' 1 " ' tf f .r7f. j a - Avenue would remain as such. ' Lehmer contended that land already developed commercially should remain as such but that undeveloped commercial property should be converted to residential. , "The whole purpose of the master plan is to enhance the quality of life, not to enhance the value of certain property," Wolfberg said. At one time the new zoning ordinance called for the action Mrs. Lehmer proposed but was changed after protests were registered by the commercial property owners. i Frandsen Alan Frandsen, as he has done several times in the past, appeared to request that eleven acres of land along Highway 248 And across ' from Prospector .Square be zoned commercial: the triangular parcel is presently forest estaWBnd is 'slated to beRD. Other Suggestions : Among other proposals submitted to the committee was Jim Carr's suggestion that lot requirements be based solely on total square footage and not on minimum width and , depth measurements as well. John Price asserted that the proposed 90-day waiting period, plus a possible 30-day extension, for planning commission approval of buildings in the historic district was too long. He said a month would be adequate and that the . "excessive" waiting period would "fur- ther oroblemize the downtown area." ' , Next? ' , i The master plan committee is scheduled to meet next week to consider the protests and recommendations made at the public hearing and will make any changes to the ordinance they feel to be warranted. Barring complications, com-plications, the new zoning ordinance could be voted on by the city council at its July 15 meeting. Because of rapidly rising costs and uncertainties regarding the solvency of the system, many governmental units across the nation are dropping out of the Federal Social Security program. This was reported by Utah , Foundation, the private research organization in a study of social security and public employees. The Foundation - analysis shows that 138 cities, counties, coun-ties, and other jurisdictions have given up their membership mem-bership in social security during the past two years. In addition, another 207 governmental units, in-. in-. eluding New York City, have filed notice of their intent to follow suit. In Utah, the question of dropping out of Social Security will : be carefully reviewed by public employees and public officials of-ficials in the months ahead. According to the Foundation Foun-dation study, the option of canceling social security coverage is unique to state and local governments. For . most employed and self-' employed Americans working in the private sector, payment of Federal social security taxes is mandatory. Under Federal law, however, state and local units may withdraw from the program by declaring their intent to do so at least two years in advance. ad-vance. Currently, every employee pays up to $895 per year in social security taxes. This sum is matched by the employing em-ploying unit. These amounts are scheduled to rise in the years ahead. Thus, over the next five years, up to $10,900 in employee and employer sOCtal security taxes could be " saved for eacR6 public employee em-ployee or teather who is withdrawn with-drawn from the system. The report points out that all or part of these funds could be used to set up a supplemental system to replace social security coverage. A major attraction for withdrawal, according to the Foundation study, is that the Federal social security system has accumulated an actuarial deficit of between . $2.5 and $3.0 trillion over the past 40 years. This is the difference between the present value of benefits social security has promised to current workers, and the present value of all scheduled future taxes that it expects to collect from current workers and their employees. Withdraw! from the system would allow a governmental unit and their employees to excape this long-term obligation. Thus, many of the governmental units which pulled out of Social Security have found that by starting from scratch they have been able to establish systems that . will out-perform Social Security on a cost-benefit Foundation analysts warn, however, that there may be some drawbacks to employees em-ployees who withdraw from Social Security. For example, benefits, under any new system may not be tax exempt; retirees may not receive free medical hospital insurance; and work credits may not be as readity transferable as are Social Security credits. As a result, the Foundation report suggests that the pros and cons of withdrawal should be carefully examined ' before any final decision is made. At the present time there are 344 state and local governmental units in Utah that are covered by the Federal social security law. ' These units currently employ about 80,000 individuals, and social security taxes paid by these units and their employees em-ployees amount to about $71 million a year. The Utah Foundation study emphasizes that the option of pulling out of Social Security affords these state and local units along with their employees a possible .opportunity for ' savings that is not provided to those who are employed in the private sector on the economy. fix xiTN . , t' V'- .:- CD. ; ! Richard Meehan, known in Park City as O.D. McGee, ' was arrested Thursday morning, just outside Peoa, and charged with driving under the influence of alchol, avoiding arrest, driving without ; a license and " operating an unlicensed ."' vehicle. McGee, who ran for mayor of Park City last November , on the Fun Ticket of Graft ; and Corruption, was apprehended ap-prehended after a high speed chase that originated in Swede Alley. According to Park City Police Chief Thayle Lund, McGee was pursued by Sergeant Mike. Crowlgy and officer Bob Berry with CALL FOR RESERVATIONS: or 649-96 13 1064 Park Ave. CLOSED on TUESDAY DESSERT: AND SUNDAY EVENING Al m "DBS FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE flashing lights and siren for approximately 11 miles ' before he was apprehended. He was eventually caught in Brown's Canyon by a road block set up by the Summit County Sherrif's department," Lund reported. When contacted by The Newspaper McGee said, "All of these malicous acts are obviously the deeds of an imposter." 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