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Show i Ob-90 C .-cnrr AT I ON m TTTAH PRESS UTAH 1 cn,,TH 467 EAST 300 .OUIH SALT LAKE ClW, Ui 5 84111 ALT liAhE- - -J l-N jxi p mn Volume 110, No. 56 3 Sections, 48 Pages Thursday, March 1, 1990 TTTn Governor enacts liquor reforms by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer Utah Gov. Norm Bangerter's signature Feb. 21 set in motion a new liquor law which bans minibottles, most brown-bagging, happy hours at bars and the retail sale of beer kegs, but allows wine service by the glass at licensed restaurants. Lawmakers have hailed the bill as a measure which eases the public's access to a drink while dining or while visiting a private club, but it limits the amount of alcohol contained contain-ed in each drink by requiring that metered machines dispense one ounce of alcohol per serving, instead of the 1.7 ounce contained in the soon-to-be outmoded minibottles. Minibottles will not be stocked in state liquor stores except for the most expensive types, the larger sizes of which are prohibitively expensive. ex-pensive. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has scheduled a slate of meetings to be held across the state designed to help licensees understand the numerous details proscribed by the new law. In Park City, a meeting will be held March 16 at 2 p.m. in the Marsac Municipal Building. Portions of the bill which immediately im-mediately became effective with the . governor's signature are as follows : Restaurant liquor sales may begin at 1 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. Beer keg sales are banned. Grocery store checkers who are minors must be supervised by an adult. Consumption of alcohol is allowed allow-ed in limousines and chartered buses, but passengers must bring their own booze. Wine may be sold in the five-ounce five-ounce glass in restaurants. Patrons ' no longer will be required to buy the 350 milliliter "splits," although they still will be available, as will wine bottles ' containing up to 750 milliliters. Licensees may begin to convert to liquor-dispensing systems after gaining type approval from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. By July 1, 1991, all establishments must have installed qualified dispensing systems. Liquor imbibers will have until Jan. 1, 1991 to brown-bag their liquor in both licensed and unlicensed establishments. The only exception to the brown-bagging ban will be cork-finished wines. Beer taverns will have to obtain state licenses to allow any brown-bagging brown-bagging or to sell liquor by the drink. Because the rules prohibiting brown-bagging likely will adversely affect taverns, those establishments will have the first shot at obtaining some of the new liquor licenses being be-ing allowed. Effective last Thursday, Thurs-day, the quota for restaurant liquor licenses doubled to about 380 licenses, and the quota for private club licenses rose by about 40, to 210. The quotas are based on population, so as the state's population rises, so should the number of allowable licenses. There has been a spurt of requests to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission which awards licenses to businesses since the new law was approved by the legislature in their most recent session which ended last week. The new law also changes the parameters in the way beer, wine and hard liquors can be advertised,; mainly by banning liquor advertising advertis-ing on billboards. Billboards, as defined by the law, constitute any "light device, painting, pain-ting, drawing, poster, sign, signboard, scoreboard or other similar public display used to advertise," adver-tise," according to Earl F. Dorius, DABC compliance manager and a drafter of the law. Exemptions from this law are beer trucks which carry company logos, and neon signs in taverns and private clubs that do not show to the outdoors. Advertising restrictions already in existence prior to the passage of the new law will stay in effect. A new limitation will focus on promotional schemes such as beer companies that sponsor public events and sporting spor-ting activities. Athletic events still will be allowed to solicit beverage sponsors, but companies will only be able to identify iden-tify their sponsorship, not promote their product, in relation to the event. These rules, of course, will not af-LIQUORtOA2 State purchases Heber Creeper In the final hours of the Utah Legislature's 1990 session which ended Feb. 21, lawmakers passed House Bill 418 which approved state monies to purchase the Heber Creeper scenic railroad. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Beverly Evans and Glenn Brown, was named the Heber Creeper Procurement Appropriation. Ap-propriation. It called for the transfer of general fund monies to purchase the railroad, which has been privately owned. Negotiations for the purchase have been going on for several months under the purview of the state attorney at-torney general's office. Under HB 418, the state will purchase the railroad from its current stockholders, then it will let a contract for a concessionaire to operate the railroad under state supervision. Last year the state appropriated money to buy railroad ties to repair sections of the aging railway. During the recent legislative session, Representative Evans argued that there are numerous advantages to purchasing the Creeper. For one, she said the railroad is of significant historic importance, dating back to the early years of western travel. Additionally, she pointed out that it holds economic importance in Wasatch County, and that tourism and job opportunities are enhanced by it. Most importantly, she said the Creeper is part of Utah's history that should be protected and shared with the rest of the nation. "This is a transitional time for the Heber Creeper," she said. "State ownership and direction of the railroad will ensure that we can share this part of our history with many future generations." Sen. Alarik Myrin was the Senate sponsor of the bill. agle IRiage plan denied by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer The Summit County Planning Commission Tuesday evening denied a developer's proposal to build more than 100 new homesites near Pinebrook subdivision south and across from Interstate 80 and Jeremy Ranch. By a 3-2 vote, the commission blocked developer Bill Adams' request re-quest for preliminary approval of the Eagle Ridge development. That vote came after several residents of the Pinebrook area voiced concerns over Adams' plans to obstruct the predominant ridgeline with new homes, and his apparent lack of planning for recreational facilities and aesthetic architectural designs. The planning commission had tabled Adams' request at a meeting two weeks earlier, when the developer said he needed more time to review his proposal. At that meeting, held Feb. 13, some 20 disgruntled Pinebrook area residents objected to Adams' plans. Adams returned to Coalville for the Feb. 27 meeting asking that the area be rezoned from AG-1 to SR-1, in order to bring it into compliance with a master plan of the entire area. He came armed with some concessions conces-sions to residents' previous concerns, con-cerns, saying that he would delete one proposed access road from his plan, and build any ridgeline homes only one story tall in order to keep from protruding above the natural mountain line. Addressing concerns for recreational areas and open space, he said one potential building lot, bisected by a power pole, would be left open and "as maintenance-free maintenance-free as possible," with swings, sandboxes sand-boxes and picnic tables for family use. Regarding a request by the Pinebrook Homeowners Association that any new housing be charged a $1,000 fee per lot to pay for recreational recrea-tional amenities, Adams said he wasn't opposed, as long as it is charged uniformly throughout the entire Pinebrook area. "Any charge needs to be equitable throughout," said Adams. Planning commissioner Larry Shafkind took more exception to the proposed development than other commissioners, saying, "I think the ridgeline area really, truly has to remain re-main inviolate. I don't see something being placed there that might be placed in California or the Salt Lake Valley." Shafkind also said issues raised earlier by Pinebrook residents hadn't been resolved. Planning commissioner Jim . . . . Soter, who chairs the Summit County Coun-ty Commission (the body which has to approve actions of the planning commission), echoed Shafkind's concerns. "The appearance of that whole development would be a Sandy City in the pines," said Soter. "It's getting get-ting to be quite a site from the freeway and it looks like a gobbled up mess... It's getting quite conglomerated con-glomerated with close housing that is stacked up. There's also mismatched mismat-ched types of colorings, and stuff just doesn't look good there." At the planning commission's request, re-quest, county engineer Rick Noll commented on the Eagle Ridge proposal. pro-posal. "From an engineering standpoint, stand-point, I can't take shots at it. It's really a subjective decision," said Noll. "The issue is, do you want a road on the ridge?" Noll did say the proposed development doesn't comply com-ply with county codes, but neither does other parts of the Pinebrook area already developed. Bruce Conerd, who lives in an area called Sunbrook which was earlier built by Adams, opposed the developer's plans for Eagle Ridge. He told the commission his was the fifth house to be built in Sunbrook, and the natural environment and low density of housing is what caused caus-ed him and his wife to move there. "We feel we have been betrayed by the developer, because now the area is starting to get the 'Sandy' look. Ironically, we moved from Sandy to get away from that. But what's being developed is house on top of house, and large houses on very small lots." Conerd also cited his , concerns about artificial siding on homes, snow removal problems, a lack of planned open spaces, and construction construc-tion going on during evening and night hours. "I can't put up with this for another two seconds, but we're looking at 115 new houses being put up." Adams defended the allegations made against him, saying the rushed rush-ed building practices last summer resulted because people purchased lots in July and wanted to have homes to move into by October. He said his company had "gone to great efforts to comply" with county building regulations, saying construction con-struction is allowed between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. The developer also conceded to using cedar siding on future homes, saying it is actually cheaper than the masonite used on some existing homes. Shafkind made the motion to deny preliminary approval of the project, saying the zone change requested by Adams would only pertain to flat ter David Schultz rain and areas which receive commercial com-mercial services. "I also think the plan concepts are weak and unacceptable," unac-ceptable," said Shafkind. Soter seconded the motion. Park City and Summit County occurred Tuesday afternoon outside of Albertsons grocery store in Park City. Kamas woman shot Tuesday, ex-husband is arrested A Kamas woman was shot and killed by her ex-husband Tuesday afternoon in an apparent domestic dispute outside Albertsons supermarket super-market in Park City. According to Park City Police, the deceased's former husband is being held at the Summit County Jail in Coalville as the suspect In the case under $100,000 bail pending arraignment arraign-ment on murder charges that were expected to be filed Feb. 28. Police Chief Frank Bell said Wednesday that Nadalee P. Noble, 43, of Kamas, had had a restraining order served on her former husband, Donald A. Noble, 52, of Samak earlier Tuesday. At approximately 5:30 p.m. Noble accosted his ex-wife outside the market and a struggle ensued. "She yelled for him to 'get away from me' and told a witness to 'call the police.' She broke away from Teachers accept funding package by ROBIN PORTER Record staff writer Utah Education Association members voted Monday to accept the Legislature's package for public schools, and the organization's Board of Directors lifted its strike alert on Tuesday. State-wide, 84 percent of UEA members voted to accept the package. In Park City, a significantly lower percentage 67 percent favored the proposal. Park City Education Association members' final vote tally tal-ly was 45-30, according to a KPCW interview of PCEA President Pat Horyna. Commenting on the impact of Legislature's actions on public schools UEA President Jim Campbell Camp-bell stated in a press release, "Everyone should understand that this was not a vote on whether the legislative package solves education's educa-tion's needs or fulfills teachers' highest expectations. Utah teachers voted on what was done by the Legislature in light of monies currently cur-rently available." According to the release, lawmakers appropriated 60 percent of new money for public education. That translates to a 9.7 percent increase in-crease in public education spending state-wide. The package includes a $1,000 raise, a basic state school subsidies increase and additional taxing authority. But the new taxing authority will not benefit Park City School District because its voted leeway presently levies the maximum max-imum 10 mills allowed by voted leeway law. UEA's Board of Directors stated that, "We remain deeply disappointed disap-pointed and angry that $38 million in needed surplus money was not earmarked ear-marked for education last fall. That money would and should have made a tremendous difference for education educa-tion and for teachers. Instead the Republican Legislature cut taxes by $38 million. "The 'rainy day' fund had $48 million, and the legislature did not see fit to use any of that for schools, either," the board's release stated. Horyna told KPCW that teachers are still "frustrated" because some package items will not benefit Park City's unique situation. Forty-eight 4 A -1 I i law officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting which him and that's when he pulled the gun from his waist and shot her in the head," said Bell. She was pronounced dead on the scene. No one else was injured in the incident. Ms. Noble had been shot several times with a .45 caliber semiautomatic semi-automatic gun. Bell said he had been , told there was a history of threatening threaten-ing behavior from Donald Noble whose stated occupation is a firewood merchant. Albertsons manager Mike Massimino told the Record Wednesday Wednes-day that he witnessed the incident and called police to the scene. He said following the shooting he did not see the suspect leave the scene since Massimino himself fled the area to safety. After the shooting, Noble unexpectedly unex-pectedly appeared at the Marsac Building (City Hall) where he was arrested by off-duty police officer percent of Park City teachers, she has said, will be at the upper end of the district's salary schedule and will not receive successive increases after their initial $1,000 raise. Now that the most recent battle at the state level has ended, teachers will begin preparing for local negotiations with Board of Education Educa-tion representatives during March. 'We remain deeply disappointed and angry that $38 million in needed surplus money was not earmarked for education last fall. That money would and should have made a tremendous difference for education and for teachers.' -UEA Board of Directors UEA leaders also commented on the existing condition of overcrowding over-crowding that will "take commitment commit-ment from the public to move toward a solution." By UEA board members voting to call a strike, during dur-ing its negotiations, the organization believes it won a commitment from the Governor and legislators to reduce class overcrowding. They stated that this item had not been included in-cluded in the original package and that it now is. UEA members say they will continue con-tinue to work toward holding the Governor and legislators to a five-year five-year commitment, creating a "complete and succesful program for Utah schools." On Feb. 16, 81 percent of Park City's teachers voted to support a state-wide walk-out if legislators and UEA leaders could not reach an agreement before the legislature's session ended Feb. 21. At the session's ses-sion's end, UEA leaders had placed its members on "strike alert" pending pen-ding further notice. That alert status was lifted Tuesday. f J 1 1 ' K "'' ''V RonQaorg Bill Bryant. According to the assistant manager of Herman's sporting goods store, Dee Offret, where Ms. Noble had been employed for more than a year, the suspect had allegedly alleged-ly threatened to kill Ms. Noble a week and a half ago. Offret said Ms. Noble had moved to a Salt Lake City women's shelter at that time, and the night she moved to the shelter, Mr. Noble allegedly made the threat. She had been commuting from Salt Lake City to work after having had a week off to relocate, - and she was riding with other Herman's Her-man's employees to her job in Park City. According to Offret, the day Ms. Noble died was the first day she had driven her own car to work from Salt Lake City. Offret said Ms. Noble is survived by her five children, who range in age from eight to 25. A mother and a sister reside in Salt Lake City. V; 1 Mm |