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Show Wednesday, AprllT; 1976 Page 3 Fifth In a Series Planner Scores Early Handling Of Master Plan , - ( , iff i f . Van Martin Continuing The Newspaper's News-paper's series of articles investigating the growth planned for Park City, City' Planner Van Martin this -week offers his insights concerning the communities planning needs. Before coming to Park City eight months age Martin served as County Planning Director in Cashe Valley for three years. He was born and raised "in Utah and was educated at Utah State University. Immediate Planning Needs According to Martin, Park City's most important short range planning need is the immediate adoption of the new master plan or an updating, up-dating, to the. existing, oiv dinance. The city ""planner me to think that we could go into the building season without some kind of zoning revisions." , Why the Delay Since almost everyone involved with Park City's future growth agrees it is imperative, to have a new, clearly defined ordinance as soon as possible, Martin was asked why the master plan has been emerging for the past three years. The city official . an-swered,"In an-swered,"In my opinion, the delay has resulted from the way the whole thing was initially handled. I'm sure Gene Carr (the professional planning consultant who was responsible1 for putting the new master pian lugemer; .-. approached the job in the best way he knew, but I think the end product was an awful lot to swallow. I've found people can adjust to small changes much easier than they can to larger ones. Ordinances are always cumbersome but the fact that the new one is six times as large scares people." Easiest Way "As far as I am concerned" Martin said, "the easiest was . would have been to make changes with the existing ordinance rather than trying to come up with a whole new master plan; By making revisions to the, present ordinance, or-dinance, a section at a time, I feel we could have gotten to the same place Gene Carr's proposed ordinance is now." The city planner added, ad-ded, "The old ordinance would have provided a good base to work from since it has been tested where as the " problems of the new ordinance or-dinance are yet unknown." Admitting that when a new project is undertaken it is not always easy 10 see me problems that will lie ahead, Martin philosophised,"Un- fortunately, we all have better hindsight than we have foresight." Involve the Community Offering his opinion as to how city planning should be approached, Martin stated, "My philosophy when creating a master plan is to ; involve the community , through citizens committies. I feel the more citizen in- " volvement there is, the more 'realistic and accurate the - f inal product will be. "People often have the misconception that ordinances or-dinances are the government trying to control the people when in fact they should be reflecting the interest and concerns of the people in the community. Planning is not a science, , it is an art. It is always changing because people are changing." Atrocities With regards to some of the planning decisions -the city has made Martin said, "The major mistakes the city has made have been the fault of the atrocities the developers have sold them. For example I don't know anyone that is pleased with the Park Avenue condominiums. Whan the planning commission approved ap-proved them they were ureseTrte-d wttira drawing-of -etie'cofcoWwWf a baekgrtund 8P ittounnsV'ThetlisTance and view from the road was unreal and out of proportion. The ' city was simply mislead." ' Commercial Space Asked whether he felt Park City could absorb the amount of commercial space that is planned to be built this summer Martin . replied,"I am trying to come up with some figures concerning that problem right now but I don't have anything definite yet. Basically though I think the economy will dictate the amount of growth that can be handled." ; Prospector Square "As far i as Prospector Square is concerned," the city planner said, "I think it will be a good may years before it will be the business district Main Street is. It will be a long time before they firmly establish themselves. "If Main Street continues to make improvements, which it, will have to do, I don't think ' Prospector Square could ever replace it." X .- Approval of Master Plan'?, . Asked when the public might expect final approval of the emerging master plan Martin answered, "Things being the way they are, a person can't attatch a date to it. If we could have something by June 1 1 would be pleased but I don't know if It can happen. The. public is tired of hearing about it and we can no longer generate imput from the community." Long Hange Planning Needs ' , According to Martin, "As a long range plan for Park City we need to establish the Utah Community Progress program. The program already tried in a number of communities and recently endorsed by the governor, sets up committies to work at improving the existing comminity at a grass roots level. It is an excellent way to insure that the people in the city are satisfied with how their community develops. If this program was implemented im-plemented I believe Park City would never have to go through this problem of a whole new master plan again, Changes and updating could be done, as the need comes along." County Asked To Vacate Disputed Land In a letter to the Summit County commissioners, Park City Mayor Leon Uriarte has asked the county to relinquish their claim to a disputed ' parcel of land lying between Lowell and Empire Avenues. The land, which is bounded , by the two streets at their southern termination points, is the object of ; a three-way battle for ownership. Park City had commenced condemnation proceedings on the ground which is being used as a city street but both the county and Mr. A.J. Butkovich have laid claim to the land which is less than an acre in size. ' Mayor Uriarte wrote, "In view of the cooperative relationship that has developed between Summit County and Park City, it is requested that Summit County relinquish any claim to that portion of the real property presently consisting of a city street." Appeal Decision Delayed City Council : Water Shares Given City Attorney Carl Nemelka Thursday reported that Park City has been given title to 55 water shares in the Davis and Weber Counties Canal Company. The shares were contributed by developer Ed Vetter whose local projects include Prospector Square ; and Prospector Village. The quantity of water represented bjr the. 55 shares has not yet beeri dalculatedV Nemelka nojgd that, asa shareholder, Park City possibly could acquire additional ad-ditional rights from the water company. Brent Gold, whose plans for a 16-unit apartment complex were recently approved by the Park City Planning Commission with the stipulation that each of his four buildings be equipped with a fire-fighting sprinkling system, appealed the commission's com-mission's decision to the city coucnil Thursday night, April 1. . . . In presenting his appeal to the council, Gold said, "I believe the planning commission com-mission made an illegal decision and I hope to make it obvious to you.", Gold, who serves as Park City's Justice of the Peace, told the council, "Municipal governments cannot go beyond the powers delegated to them by state and federal laws, likewise the planning commission can only impose conditions that are within the limits of their powers given to them by the city council.' Consequently Gold argued, "Since there is nothing in the building code or in the city ordinancee that I violate I feel the commission acted arbitrarily and illegally." Pointing out to the council that the commission has already approved a half dozen buildings that exceed the 35 feet height of his buildings, Gold explained, "If I came .in with a permitted use the commission couldn't touch me." Although the planning commission was not officially present to defend its decision the council was informed that the condition of the approval was based on the inaccessibility inac-cessibility of Gold's two rear buifarngs2 ahi5 the danger itf5f toadjaeitfpiperty. - ' Both the council and Gold agreed that resolution of the problem hinges on a deter- w IrJearing continued from page 1 n 1 I potato John's llioWbor ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY UTAH'S BEST PIZZA & MEATBALL SANDWICHES BUDWEISER SPECIAL THE REAL THING FROM ST. LOUIS 6.4 Beer available at the Corner Store Only $7.99acaso VSS1SKI FILMS SHOWN NIGHTLY Brant Gold mination of the planning commission's authority to impose . the sprinkler stipulation. ' 1 . While Gold contended that the commission cannot act outside its prescribed 'standards and guidelines, City Attorney Carl Nemelka said he was unsure of the commission's exact legal basis and suggested the council abstain from any ruling until he can investigate the matter. When Mayor Leon Uriarte asked Gold if he could wait two more weeks for the council's decision on the appeal, Gold , answered, "Certainly," but added, "I request that you do not remand this back to the planning commission because you have all the information they have." It is expected that Park City Planning Commission Chairman Burnis Watts will present that body's arguments at the April 15 council meeting. Witt "II Jf (i JI II II Ili & ,1 John Newland jeopardy. It is my recommendation to you ladies and gentlemen of the City Council to drop the public hearing matter. I will at this time make a public apology to all members mem-bers of, the City Council for any embarrassment this incident might have caused, and also make a guarantee to any and all present, in the future, situations of this magnitude will not be tolerated by the Park City Police Department. In the event of future hearings on police matters the Police Department will be not only prepared, but overly prepared." Noise A complaint registered by Alvin Young concerning noise levels produced by the Motherlode had also been cited as justification for the public hearing. City , Attorney Carl Nemelka revealed that the revised city ordinances, which should be completed "within 30 days," will contain an anti-noise provision. Upon cancellation of the hearing, the council observed that Mr. Young will have legal recourse once the revised ordinances are enacted. 1 1 ' 1) REALTORS ynnipilOdlCJC, SILVER KING STATE BANK BUILDING SUITE 208 P.O. Box 755 Park City, Utah Phone 649-8550 Condominiums, houses, lots, commercial property SPECIALS OF THE WEEK PARK CITY'S OLDEST established restaurant now for sale-owner has been in continuous business at the same location loca-tion for 1 3 years. You can now purchase this building and successful business on reasonable terms - Ideai family operation. ONE OF PARK CITY'S quaint new buildings build-ings now available for purchase. 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