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Show Mileti's balcony proposal decked by City Council The City Council last Thursday denied an appeal of a Planning Commission decision by restaurateur Otto Ot-to Mileti, who asked that he be allowed to expand his existing private club by adding a balcony that would hang over the Main Street sidewalk. The Planning Commisson had denied Mileti's proposal at its May 26 meeting, after reviewing the use of the proposed balcony, not the design. Based on comments made by Police Chief Frank Bell, the commission unanimously unani-mously agreed that the proposed addition posed health, safety and welfare problems. Last Thursday, Mileti appeared ap-peared before the council to appeal the commission's decision. He reminded the council that his private club is the oldest in Park City and that he struggled to keep his business open during the town's early, lean years. Now, he said, three new private clubs with outdoor decks have opened in town, and he feels he needs to be competitive by adding a deck of his own. He commented that Chief Bell's objections to a balcony were based on problems experienced at The Club. "But I don't think we'll have those same problems," Mileti Mil-eti said. "For one thing, we don't have three happy hours a day." Chief Bell agreed that "my reluctance does indeed revolve re-volve around prior problems with The Club," adding that Mileti's has never posed a law enforcement problem to the police department. However, How-ever, the design of the proposed balcony was an issue with the chief. The plan calls for the balcony to extend over the existing ground-level deck and out over the sidewalk. It would be entered from the bottom deck up a staircase, which Bell said might allow underage under-age or non-member drinkers to enter the private club undetected by the owner. Further, said Bell, drinks, debris and people have a greater tendency to fall from balconies than first-floor decks. City Councilwoman Helen Alvarez said that use of city property, in this case the sidewalk, was a decision made at the discretion of the How the City Council MOTIONS Approve plat approval for Solamere JIA subdivision Approve appeal of Planning Commission decision on Mileti's Approve request for state package liquor store by Prospector Athletic Club Amend ordinance 8-8DA to allow drive-in restaurants restau-rants as conditional use in GC zone Table ordinance establishing establish-ing beer and liquor regulatory regula-tory licenses Deny exception to open container law for Park City Arts Festival Adopt FY 1983 general fund budget at U ,841 ',! '60 Adopt FY 1983 Revenue Sharing Budget at $220,000 Adopt Mill Levy for FY 1383 at 20.32 mills Award contract on Judge Tunnel repair to Bahk Ltd. Award contract on Park Avenue repaving to Gardner Gard-ner Construction council. Because of snow-plowing snow-plowing and parking difficulties difficul-ties posed by balcony supports, sup-ports, Alvarez said she was not in favor of granting use of the sidewalk. Councilman Bob Wells added that while he favors balconies in general, gener-al, his responsibility is to all citizens, many of whom have complained about noisy bars. He said he felt approving approv-ing a balcony for a private club was not an appropriate use of city property. But Councilman Bill Coleman Cole-man said that until the Land Management Code is changed chang-ed to disallow outdoor dining on a balcony, the city would have to deal with requests like Mileti's. He made a motion to override the Planning Plan-ning Commission's decision, subject to Chief Bell's review of the railing and safety design of the upper canopy, and adequacy of law enforce Council adopts budget, sets new mill levy In a work sesison held just before its Thursday meeting, the City Council again revised the city's proposed General Fund budget to be adopted that day. Those efforts ef-forts allowed the council to reduce the proposed mill levy discussed at a public hearing the previous Thursday Thur-sday by 1.5 mills. Unamimously adopted was a general fund budget of $2,847,760, which is $450,000, or 14 percent, less than was expended in fiscal year 1981-82. 1981-82. The mill levy was set at 18.23 mills for the General Fund, and 2.09 mills for the Library Debt Service, for a total mill levy of 20.32. According to City Manager Arlene Loble, the 4.98 mill levy increase will cost the taxpayer who owns a "typical" home with an assessed valuation of $15,000 an additional $74 a year in city taxes. In addition to the property tax increase, the city intends to increase the franchise tax from 2.5 percent to five percent, per-cent, and to lay off three employees. em-ployees. Those employees Alvarez Lewis yes yes no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes W( WiWJh ment control. But the motion was voted down by Council-men Council-men Tina Lewis, Alvarez, and Wells. Following the decision, council members reiterated to Mileti their desire to encourage the upgrading of his business, but not if it depended on the use of city property. They suggested he work with Chief Bell and Chief Building Inspector Ron Ivie to redesign a deck that would be more acceptable. On Wednesday, Mileti said he will be working on a redesign over the next few weeks to submit to the Planning Commission for reconsideration. (The final design approval would have to be given by the Historic District Commission.) But while he plans to refine the entrance design, he said the use of city property is necessary to make the proj have already been notified, and are all clerks, said Loble They currently work in the Police, Building and Planning, Plan-ning, and Finance Departments. Depar-tments. The mill levy increase and the lay-offs were considered necessary by city officials to offset the expected dramatic downturn in construction-related construction-related revenues over the next year. If that downturn does not materialize, said Loble, further lay-offs should not be necessary. However, the adopted budget does provide for the addition of a police officer, for which the city currently is advertising. Loble said that the council was able to reduce the proposed mill levy by 1.5 mills in part because the bids received on the repaving of Park Avenue were substantially less than anticipated. As a result, the money that was budgeted for that capital expenditure was used to reduce the principal on the $720,000 library bond that was approved by voters yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Coleman ect economically feasible. If, after redesigning the project, proj-ect, the sidewalk use is not approved, he said he may consider legal action against the city. "The city has set a precedent prece-dent by letting otner clubs build balconies." he said. "They can't let everyone else do it and then refuse me. "I think the city has got to realize that next to the ski resorts, the number-one drawing card in Park City is the bars, and then the restaurants," he continued. "The attitude they're taking is that the bars are a nuisance " Mileti said that if he can't build the whole deck that he has planned, he won't build at all. "I'll put my money into Salt Lake City instead and not spend another penny in Park City." last summer, rather than reallocated for another project. That rebudgeting item saved taxpayers one mill. The additional half-mill savings was realized by removing some expenditures expendi-tures from the Planning and Building Department and placing them in the Capital Improvement Budget. In addition, the City Council Coun-cil also adopted the fiscal year 1983 Revenue Sharing Budget. Those monies are given to local and state governments from the federal government to be spent as officials see fit. The city voted to allocate the $220,000 Park City has received in the following way: $40,000 for building improvements im-provements on the Marsac School; $65,000 for moving the Streets and Police Departments from the Memorial Building into Marsac; $26,300 for street reconstruction; $56,000 for street signage and lighting; and $32,000 for firedepart-ment firedepart-ment equipment. Thursday, June 10 Wells yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Sliellenbersjer him mm $190.00 per single $325.00 per family Save $400.00 Package includes: Tennis - 7 outdoi r courts 4 indoor court1-full court1-full tennis program Racquctnall - 2 indoor i nurts The vacation lasts a full year. Join the Park City Racquet Club during the month of June, and give yourself or your family a vacation for a full year, and we'll waive the $400.00 initiation fee! Oft it gnuj thruwli f iO SHOULDN'T YOU BELONG? The Park City Sue Hay good, Chef at the Grub Steak Restaurant, invites you to Sunday Brunch, every Sunday, April through November ... Adults $7.95 Children $4.95 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. LUNCH 11:00 a.m. Monday WMA Swimming l.irye outdi r pool full swimming insmntion Saunas Whirlpool Vollryhall Racquet Club 649-8080 We appreciate and encourage sour contrihutions of neu s tips, stors ideas, calendar et ems and it information and material that u ill truly make this a community ncupapcr. But, please, it must he on time'. 649 The Newspaper Thursday. June 17, 1982 Page AS K I S I K I at Prospector Square SERVED to 2:30 p.m. - Saturday 649-8060 Prospector Square, Highway 248, Park '901 4 City |