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Show V Page 8 Wednesday, March 8, 1976 By Patricia K. Smith Park City's recent track record reflects a national trend more and more Americans want to live in small towns. Confronting urbanization, .welcoming it, resisting it, or being by-passed by it is just not the same as being highly urbanized already. Small town preservation efforts based on awareness and appreciation of a town's distinctive character can enhance the quality of PUERTO VALLARTA CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA MAY 4 -8, 1978 per person 269 double occupancy Puerto Vallarta is to enjoy during the Cinco de Mayo holiday. It is an unspoiled tropical paradise with miles of wide, uncluttered beaches, cobblestone streets, fun restaurants and flaming bougainvillaeas. Informality is a way of life in this peaceful fishing village. Take a boat excursion ex-cursion along the coast to Yelapa. the thatched-roofed Polynesian village with a 150-foot waterfall. Or cruise to Los Arcos, giant rocks in the Bay of Flags. Eat fresh-broiled fresh-broiled fish right on the beach or retire to an elegant repast featuring fresh oysters piquant with the juice of a fresh lime. Don't let the old-world charm lull you to sleep after dinner because there's still plenty of entertainment and disco-hopping left in every evening. PACKAGE INCLUDES: - Round trip airfare Salt Lake - Puerto Vallarta - 5 days 4 nights superior accommodations at .. . Hotel Pelicanos ; , , - Round trip transfers from the Puerto Vallarta airport to the Hotel Pelicanos, including baggage handling and hotel accommodations tax - Tequila cocktail party - Mexico tourist cards OPTIONAL TOURS AVAILABLE: $12 per person - Mismaloya Beach and sightseeir.g of the city - Yelapa cruise - Bora Bora"Sunset Cruise" Since space is very limited, call Beverly at 363-3131 or 649-8215 and make your reservations today. The dead'ine for reservations is March 30, and a $50 deposit is required to hold your space. qTq travel connection .sr) 352 South 3rd East Suite 4 QP Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Phone (80 1 ) 363-3 1 3 1 life there while stimulating economic stability.- The small society like Park City, with roots in industrial mining, has now entered the post industrial period of recreational economies. Some small towns similar to Park City have experienced boom or bust, being swallowed up by a hungry metropolis or dismantled piece by piece to make panelling for a den. Others neglected by all, will quietly stagnate into the future. Those, like Park City with the vitality and equilibriums survive as a functioning ecological unit, have discovered that historic preservation is a logical and valuable weapon in their self-defensetheir self-preservation. Most of the good, historic, architectural resources in the commercial and residential areas of Park City are simply in need of repair and maintenance. In addition to locally organized clean-up, fix-up campaigns such as the Main Street beautification plans through our redevelopment agency, local merchants may be willing to subscribe to our streetscape improvement and maintenance plan showing how each property owner could improve his place of business, if only by pointing or cleaning. Each individual effort complements the others, and each business benefits from the area's new attractiveness. The Tax Reform Act of 197(i puts emphasis on rehabilitation of historic buildings rather than new construction to keep small towns and districts active, viable centers for people. Well-praserved historic sites help visitors orient themselves to the nature of the town more quickly. Rehabilitation offers the following economic advantages to owners of historic properties: 1. Older buildings usually occupy a smaller piece of land than new buildings creating lower property faxes for -the owner. "-- f. 2. Construction costs for rehabilitation projects In Person On the Road to salt lake ciTYfor an Evening With You and Show's in the Round Friday, March 31st at 8:00 p.m. University of Utah Special Events Center Please send check or money order and stamped self-addressed envelope to: Snecial Events Ticket Office Sports and Special Events Center 1 02 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 For ticket info: 801-581-8314 ALL SEATS RESERVED $7.50 $8.50 $9.50 Carson- Marvin-Crill Marvin-Crill Production fr ir are generally lower than those for new construction. 3. Construction time is shorter (contractor interest rate is lower) on rehab projects. 4. Workers are protected by existing roof and walls allowing longer building season in existing structures. 5. Historic character of the building ups market price. 6. Energy use is less during construction since many of the materials are already on the site. 7. Existing services and facilities such as lights, sewer and police are already existent. 8. Rehabilitation brings into use the potential viable tax base. If the building or district in question meet the criterion and is accepted to be certified, similar to the National Register criteria, the owner is offered the advantage of income tax deductions on certified rehabilitation projects as well as accelerated depreciation or amortization on rehabilitation costs over a 5-year period. If the property in question is not significant historically or has lost is architectural integrity so it no longer contributes to its historic district, the owner may apply for decertification and demolition costs can be written off the owner's taxes and the advantage of accelerated depreciation can be applied to any new construction on that site. (Depreciable write-ofs are allowed only on revenue producing properties and this includes residential rentals.) Owners may apply at any time during a project for the tax advantages. An interesting study was made on how much energy it takes to build a building. A 1967 computer report from the Department of the Interior tells us: It takes 23 per cent less energy to rehabilitate an existing structure than to build a new one (when analyzing the energy consumed in extracting sand and lime from the ground to make new brick, for instance) 32 per cent of all construction costs are less on existing buildings Oldest buildings use the least energy (lower ratio of window to wall space in pre-1900 buildings exhibit best thermal qualities). The biggest energy users are 1950-1975 buildings since lighting and comfort levels are higher post-war. It is a fact that new construction costs average $65 per square foot while it costs $41 per square foot to rehabilitate existing space. The following official historic preservation policy should be adopted by Park City. It is better to repair than to restore, better to restore than to reconstruct. From now on it is the individual's choice and expression of it that will determine how Park City looks. Choosing sensitive restoration and rehabilitation means we keep the qualities we came here for the qualities we show with pride to our friends, families and visitors. In my opinion, Park City has the magic combination of environmental benefits visitors spending vacation dollars seek. Capital improvements planning should complement comp-lement and support historic preservation goals. Such planning includes public acquisition and development of open spaces, public amenities such as street lighting and furniture, public facilities and others. Strip commercial development drains business from a historic downtown area and contributes substantially to its decline. It should be a policy of Park City to protect the existing economic base of the downtown area; all existing commercial zoning and all future requests for commercial zoning should be reviewed in light of this policy as well as reliable projections of area demand for commercial services. Neighborhood commercial development should accommodate only convenience items or those that appeal to vehicular traffic, not primary goods or those requiring comparison shopping. Convenience centers should be limited in number and extent to compJementthe function of the historic downtown commercial area. Primary goods of high quality should be emphasized in the historic commercial area. A thorough inventory of architectural and historic resources and a historic preservation plan are an important and needed part of the comprehensive planning process for Park City and a more comprehensive historic preservation ordinance should be adopted if Park City's unique character is to continue providing us a nice place to live. Thanks to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Crepe. & Fondue Featuring This Week FONDUE SUPREME For Two includes breast of chicken, jumbo shrimp, prime beef, loaf of hot bread, assorted sauces and salad 402 IVlSin Thursday March 9 we will open aFfi::tl) p.m. 7 Days a Week 5:30-10 Sheepherder Asks For Protection Sheepherders who must bring their livestock close to Park City limits have discovered that local dogs are mortal enemies, and the problem seems to be getting worse. "My father and I have been on the mining land for 60 years," began sheepman Cliff Jordan at Thursday night's City Council meeting. "Last spring was a near catastrophe I lost $25,000 in dead sheep," Jordan said dogs roaming in large packs last year, most were without collars. He has appealed for help from the Summit County Commissioners, who he said were very supportive, but the county has no animal control officer. Jordan said the dog problem was also "out of hand" in the Heber area. "If the livestock is forced out of here, I think you could see Park City burn down again," Jordan, adding that the grazing animals were a source of protection against brush fires. Jordan came before the City Council to request that Park City try to strictly enforce its leash laws. Police Chief Garth Wilkinson pointed out that part of last year's dog problem could be attributed to the city frequently being between dog catchers. Wilkinson Wilkin-son continued that state law gives a sheepherder the right to protect his animals if a dog is within 200 yards and the animals become jittery, the owner may shoot the dog. But that right ends at the city limits. Jordan said he brings his sheep to the Deer Valley area in May and June because it contains the only water supply between Park City and Keetley. Deer Valley is within the city limits. "The laws should be enforced so I don't have to shoot dogs," Jordan said. "I have dogs that's how I run my business." Jordan said last year he had to move his flock closer to city limits than usual in search of water and good grazing land. "I know the trouble you can get into when you crowd the town," he said. Wilkinson said many dog owners would let their dogs run free, when they knew the animal control officer was off duty. The dogs would then run in packs uncontrolled all night. "We almost had a range war last year between the dog owners and the sheepherders," Wilkinson said. "The big problem last year was the poisoning. Somebody obviously put it out and I'm not at all suggesting it was the sheep people." Mayor Jack Green said it was the city's responsibility to enforce the leash laws as strictly as possible. "We have a mutual problem," Green told the sheepherder. "Perhaps a joint advertising program to dog owners to let them know its entirely possible their dogs will be destroyed if they are near sheep." ' The sheepherder, who claimed he was forced to shoot eight to ten dogs last summer, said he will be moving his animals into the Park City area around May 10. : "Hopefully a lot of people learned a lesson last year," Jordan said. ''We should go 100 per cent on the effort to try to solve this thing." BomB Threats Reprinted From The Aspen Times $16.00 i W9-9998 -7 fiS :30p.m. F'our Colorado ski areas, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Vail and Aspen, received bomb threats last Friday night, Feb. 17, according to Pitkin County Sheriffwick Kienast. f A manila envelope with the threatening note contained inside was taped to the ski corp's office window at the base of Little Nell in Aspen. It was discovered by a ski corp employee who returned to the office Friday evening to get his coat, Kienast said. After sheriff's police were notified, he said, other ski areas in the state (were contacted at which time the three other ski areas ;men-tioned ;men-tioned they found similar notes attached to their respective res-pective windows. S The notes were unsigned and were not of a political nature, Kienast said. All of the mountains were checked out by ski corp and police officials. No evidence of explosives or any pother foreign material was found. FBI officials are investigating investigat-ing the four cases, Kienast said. |