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Show Page A8 Thursday, January 28, 1982 The Newspaper JQj. gj fHQIlthS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN CUISINE Monday-Friday 11:30-2:30 5:00-10:00 Weekends 12:00-10:00 l,0 130 MAIN STBEET M& 6W"690fl Temporary hillside guide approved Claimjumper Restaurant 7 DAYS A WEEK 0-10 WEEKDAYS S -11 WEEKENDS Main Street 649-8051 The City Planning Commission Com-mission has unanimously approved an interim guide for hillside development that would preclude development above slopes of 35 percent until a six-month technical study of hillsides is completed. com-pleted. The six commissioners commis-sioners approved the guide last Wednesday night subject sub-ject to review by the city attorney. The commission also approved ap-proved the draft of a Developers' Handbook and changes to the Land Management Man-agement Code. But the group also called for the city and its consultants to study the problems of planning phased developments. Commissioner Commis-sioner Burnis Watts charged that many phased developments develop-ments are delayed or changed to the point that primary concepts behind the development are lost. The approved hillside guidelines, submitted by the consulting firm of Gage Davis, are part of a process to develop a comprehensive master plan for Park City. They must receive final approval from City Council. Bruce Erickson, from J.J. Johnson and Associates, opposed op-posed a freeze on hillside development above 35 percent, per-cent, and said development should be allowed as long as the builder supplied the proper technical data. But commissioners responded res-ponded that technical informationwhat infor-mationwhat could be done would not address the design questions what the city wants to do. "Technically, "Techni-cally, you can develop above 50 percent," said Commission Commis-sion Chairman Greg Law-son. Chris Cares, a consultant for Gage Davis, said the final Hillside Code would address itself to three areas: (l) planning code, (2) resign guidelines, and (3) the designation desig-nation of important hillside areas that should be considered con-sidered for preservation. The interim hillside code would require review processes pro-cesses similar to those for Planned Unit Developments and Conditional Use Review. In reviewing the Land Management Code, Watts asked the commission to reconsider the phasing method of planning projects. "As a sewer board commissioner, commis-sioner, 1 can tell you we developed plans for Deer Valley of 1800 units, and now it's up to 2200. That's where phasing goes to pot," he said. "Deer Valley worked, but that's because we spent every Wednesday for the last three years on it. I thought I was married to it." Phased projects are changed by economics or by neighboring developments until their original concepts are lost, Watts said. But Commissioner Rusty Davidson said that, in any event, such changes would come before the Planning Commission. Nolan Rosall, a Gage Davis consultant, said the city's planning staff is developing the capability to determine, through inspection, inspec-tion, that a project's original ideas are being carried through. The Planning Commission consultants also presented the draft of a Development Handbook, which is designed to acquaint the builder with the review process he must go through for his project. Even the smallest ads are read! Go Pock Your Ears! The Ear Candy Company brings to Park City an adventure in music. Lightweight Astraltune stereo cassette players available for rent on a daily basis at the Powder Room T-shirt shop on the Resort Plaza. Caution: Astraltunes may be habit forming. Give them a try! CALENDAR 28 THURSDAY Supper at the Senior Citizens' Center, 5 p.m. City Council, regular meeting, Memorial Building, 5 p.m. Basketball: Manila at Park City High School, 5 : 45 and 7 : 30 p.m . Basketball: Utah Jazz vs. Milwaukee Mil-waukee Bucks, Salt Palace, 7:30 p.m. 29 FRIDAY Wrestling: Region 11 tournament tourna-ment at Park City High School, 12:30 p.m. Folk Dancing: BYU International Inter-national Folk Dancers at the North Visitors' Center, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, 7:30 p.m. Hockey: Salt Lake Golden Eagles vs. Indianapolis, Salt Palace, 7:30 p.m. Opera : Utah Opera Company at the Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, 8 p.m. 30 SATURDAY Cross-country skiing: Mayor's Cup Citizens' Series Race, Brighton Touring Center, 10 a.m. Dogsled races: Heber Valley Classic, Midway, 10 a.m. Heber Creeper Snow Fun luncheon safari, Heber, 1 p.m. Folk Dancing: BYU International Inter-national Folk Dancers at the North Visitors' Center, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, 7:30 p.m. Hockey : Salt Lake Golden Eagles vs. Indianapolis, Salt Palace, 7:30 p.m. 31 SUNDAY Cross-cc-. ; skiing: Telemark race, Brig i,owl, i0 a.m. Cross-co i 'in 5: relay race at White PL . ing Center, Park City, lOa.m Dogsled races: Heber Valley Classic, Midway, 10 a.m. Heber Creeper Snow Kin luncheon safari, Heber, I p.m. Kids' Town Race, Park City Ski Area, 1 p.m. 1 MONDAY Supper at the Senior Citizens' Center, 5 p.m. Basketball: Park City Bums vs. The Uncoachables, Valley Junior High School, 6 p.m. Basketball: Park City Mens' Recreation League, Carl Winters Middle School, 6:30 p.m. 2 TUESDAY Motor vehicle registration, Memorial Building, 9 to 11 a.m., 1 to 4 p.m. Summit County Commission, regular meeting, Summit County Courthouse, Coalville, 10 a.m. Open volleyball, Park City High School, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. School board: Park City Board of Education, regular meeting, district offices, 7:30 p.m. 3 WEDNESDAY Historic District Commission, regular meeting, Marsac School, 5p.m. Basketball: Park City Mens' Recreation League, Carl Winters Middle School, 6:30 p.m. ONGOING U.S. Film and Video Festiv al, in Park City, through Jan. 31. Winterskol at Snowbird, through Jan. 31. Ed Maryon Watercolor Exhibit, Kimball Art Center main gallery, through Feb. 4. BrunjesMartin sculpture and watercolor exhibit, Kimball Art Center lower gallery, through Feb. 2. Nathan Oliviera Print Retrospective, Retro-spective, Salt Lake Art Center main gallery, through Feb. 21. . Clayscapesby John and Dian Shaw, Salt Lake Art Center sales gallery, through Feb. 7. Ansell Adams, private collections, Salt Lake Art Center, upstairs gallery, through Feb. 21. Utah Winter Landscapes, Glendinning Gallery, Utah Arts Council, Feb. 1 through March 12. 4 Changes to the Land Management Code included the following: A new provision allows the City Council to "call up" (request a hearing) on PUD conditional use applications, and other such items reviewed re-viewed by the Planning Commission. This change came as a surprise tc Commissioners Rusty Davidson and Burnis Watts, who said their impression was that final decisions on those items always came from City Council. "Our past city attorney has stated that on 100,000 occasions," said Watts. "That's why he doesn't work for us any more," said Mike Vance, director of community development. Chris Cares said that project plats approved by Planning Commission went to City Council to be signed. Only in that sense did the council ratify them. The Council can only "call up" a matter after the Planning Commission has delivered a yes-or-no decision, and can only do so for 14 days after a decision. If a builder submits a development plan, his property prop-erty must be posted with a sign stating "Review Applied Ap-plied For" and letters should be sent to owners within 100 feet of the proposed development. develop-ment. Planned Unit Developments Develop-ments will be permitted in all zones, and there will not be a minimum size for PUD. However, bonus densities and height exceptions can be granted only in certain zones. The Special Exception section has been deleted, and the exceptions for hotels and moderate-income housing mentioned there have been incorporated in the Code as special planned units. Rosall said that if the City Council approved the changes, the next step would be a seriefe of public meetings meet-ings on the Master Plan. Moratorium lifted Council adopts time-share ordinance Following a sometimes heated discussion, the City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance last Thursday that regulates the development of the increasingly increas-ingly popular time-share projects in Park City. The most fervent discussion discus-sion came over the council's decision to stand firm on excluding the development of time-share units in the Residential Medium Density (RM) zone, which currently allows nightly and monthly rentals. The council said that if time-share conversions are allowed, the available housing for the city's employees em-ployees could be jeopardized. jeopar-dized. Property owners, however, argued that the city was infringing on their right to put their property to its highest and best use. George Gamble complained com-plained that the city was discriminating against time-share time-share projects, which, he said, have a greater economic econ-omic advantage to both property owners and the city. He claimed that time-share time-share projects provide year-round year-round employment and an economic stability for Park City, which experiences highs and lows throughout the year because of visitor traffic. "As a City Council, it is not solely our duty to look at the economic welfare of the individual," said Council-woman Council-woman Helen Alvarez. She said the council is constantly looking for strategies to increase the availability of rental housing, and "you won't ever convince me that there should be time-sharing in the RM zone." Ennis Gibbs told the council coun-cil that many time-share proponents had taken their comments to the Planning Commission, and that the ordinance drafted by the commission had included time-sharing in the RM zone. He complained that the ordinance being considered by the City Council had excluded that Commission recommendation. "Is this a farce? Is this public input session tonight a farce?" he shouted, intimating in-timating that the council had turned a deaf ear to both residents and the Planning Commission. He added that he hoped voters would remember re-member the council's attention atten-tion to their problems at election time. "I hope people do remember remem-ber this at election time," countered Councilman Bob Wells. "I've had in the last nine months a 10-1 reaction against any kind of timesharing time-sharing in Park City. There are more people opposed than there are residents in favor of time-sharing. ' ' "I hope I've used my best judgment to sift through and come up with this document," docu-ment," he continued. Gibbs said that he "got carried away" and admitted that the council had made a number of concessions since the original draft of the ordinance. "It just looked like there was something going on Police Report Ski thieves prOSper Legislature behind the backs of the public," he said, referring to the council's decision to ignore one of the Planning Commission's recommendations. recommen-dations. "All commissions and councils don't necessarily agree, as evidenced by the Historic District Commission Commis-sion and the City Council," said Councilwoman Tina Lewis, pointing to the fact that the council recently rejected a plea for a moratorium mora-torium in the Historic District. Dis-trict. The ordinance approved by the council now allows new time-share projects as a permitted use in the RC, GC and HCB zones, while conversions con-versions will be a conditional use. The ordinance ends a six-month moratorium that had been placed on all time-sharing as a result of complaints that single-family single-family homes were being sold to multiple owners. Those complaints raised concerns con-cerns that time-sharing needed to be regulated before development continued. Ski thefts remain a problem prob-lem in Park City, and local police officers suggest that unattended equipment be locked at all times. In the last week, four thefts have been reported, with a total of more than $1,400 in equip-, equip-, ment stolen. . Those people who reported thefts include Diana Davis of Park City, who left a pair of Rossignols outside of the Park City Ski Area offices on Jan. 23, and when she returned, they were gone. Her equipment, valued at $450, was engraved with her name. Donald Young of Dallas lost a pair of Olin Mark VI with Salomon bindings and a pair of poles when they were taken while he was getting a hot chocolate at the Park City Ski Area Jan. 23. That same day, JoAnn Mulreman of Minneapolis was robbed of a pair of Olin Mark IV skis worth $300 from outside the Holiday Inn. Wendy Carman of Salt Lake City lost a pair of K2s on Jan. 23 when they were taken from the Park City Ski Area plaza. The skis were valued at $350. One ski was engraved with "Wendy", the other "Carman." While some people were losing their skis, a Salt Lake City man lost his car on Jan. 24 outside of the Egyptian Theatre on Main Street. According to the police report, Ren Anaton left his car running on Jan. 24 while he took some music into the theatre. When he returned several minutes later, his 1978 Ford Mustang was gone. Officer Dan Henley found the $4,200 car abandoned at the intersection of Marsac and Hillside Avenues several minutes later. There was no damage to the car reported. The snow made roads slick last week, and many accidents ac-cidents were reported. Among the most expensive c wrecks were: A 1976 Cordoba driven by John Zmuda of Salt Lake City received $1,100 in damages dam-ages Jan. 25 when it smashed into the rear of a 1977 Subaru owned by Karl Jacobson. The Subaru was parked in the 1100 block of Park Avenue at the time of the accident, and it received $700 in damages. Zmuda 's car continued across Park Avenue after the impact, and knocked down a corner of a fence apd a stop sign. The driver was cited for improper im-proper look-out. Bruce Baughman of Bountiful apparently made too wide a turn in his 1981 Toyota Jan. 22 and struck a car driven by John Quinn of Park City, causing $40 in damages to Quinn's Volkswagen. Volks-wagen. Baughman's car received re-ceived $700 in damages. Police said he tried to turn left from Empire onto Park Avenue, striking Quinn's car, which was opposite his, also attempting to make a left turn. Baughman was cited for an improper left turn. Lorraine Sorensen of Murray, driving a 1978 Chevrolet van, pulled out of a driveway and onto Park Avenue on Jan. 25 and struck a liraa Volkswagen driven by Raymond Miner of Park City. Miner's car received $500 in damages, while Sorensen's van received $50. Sales tax bills are are losing ground One's dead and the other is ,4ying, as .far as Mayor, Jack , . Green is, concerned,, ibat's . good news. - , : ,, What Mayor Green was talking about Tuesday were two bills introduced in this year's budget session of the legislature that could have a major impact on the sales tax revenue Park City receives. re-ceives. Both bills proposed that the method the state uses to return a percentage of sales tax revenues to local governments be changed from a point-of-sale to a population basis. That would mean that a city like Park City that has a high volume of retail sales would suddenly sudden-ly have to share its portion of the state's revenue with towns that have less developed devel-oped commercial districts. And while Park City has a wintertime population that can top 10,000, it would receive its portion of revenues reven-ues based on its permanent population of 2,823. As a member of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, Park City backed HB 25, which would have created a lesser hardship on the city than HB 74. HB 25 proposed that the shift from point-of-sale to population take place over a five-year period, while HB 74 suggested that the revenue sharing be on a solely population basis by October of this year. Based on the HB 74 formula, the city would lose 88 percent of its expected $500,000 in sales tax revenue in October, while HB 25 would cost ,.$58,000. .the first year., On Tuesday, Mayor.Green explained that both, bills went to the House Rules Committee for a determination determin-ation on whether they should be considered in this year's budget session. The league-supported league-supported HB 25 came out of the committee as a non-budgetary item, and needed a two-thirds vote by the House and Senate to pass an enabling resolution for consideration con-sideration during this session. ses-sion. Green said the enabling resolution did not get the votes needed, and HB 25 died in committee, opening the door for the more damaging HB 74. Green said Tuesday that HB 74 was out of the Rules Committee and in the house for consideration of the enabling resolution, since it too was deemed a non-budgetary item. "Hopefully, HB 74 will share the same fate as HB 25," said Green. So what happens if the second bill is unable to gain , support before the end of the legislative session this week? "Then it all starts over again next year," said Green. "But maybe then we'll have the time to get in on drafting a decent bill." Green added that it is the hope of park City and other resort towns that a compromise com-promise bill can be drafted that will reduce the loss of the sales tax revenue. City Council Upcoming Agenda Meeting to be held Jan. 28, 5p.m., Memorial Bldg. 1 3 p.m. Executive Session - Personnel Matters - Pending Litigation 3 - 5 p.m. Work Session - Council Priorities for Future Action 5 p.m. Regular Meeting AGENDA I ROLL CALL PUBLIC HEARING - Park City Neighborhood Development Plan - Amend Ordinance 8-80A with Modification to the HRI and Clarification to the HCB Zones Regarding Ski Lifts PUBLIC INPUT II MINUTES OF MEETING OF JANUARY 21, 82 III APPROVAL OF VERIFIED BILLS AND PRIOR CHECKS WRITTEN IV PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS VI VII VIII IX 1. Plat Approval -Iron HorseBonanza Road- Dedication. 2. Plat Approval - Iron Horse Condominium- ization. COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS FROM COUNCIL RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS 1. Appointment of 2 Members to Library Board 2. Appointment of Alternate to Board of Adjustments ORDINANCES 1. Park City Neighborhood Development Plan, of the Park City Redevelopment Agency, dated December 3, 1981. UNFINISHED BUSINESS () NEW BUSINESS 1. Resolution Adopting the Park City Redevelopment Redevelop-ment Agency, Neighborhood Development Plan, Implementation Program, and budget for Fiscal Year 1981-82. |