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Show Wednesday, August 12, 1998 The Park Record A-5 CITY EDITOR: Jay Hamburger 649-9014 ext. 1 1 1 'City Beat Skateboard park to get final hearing Condominium complexes are trying to Stop resort from building new activity ; by Jay Hamburger 1 OF THE RECORD STAFF ! Thursday night, the Park City ! Council will wear a different hat, act-, ; ing as a quasi-judicial body to determine deter-mine if Park City Mountain Resort can build and operate a skateboard " park. The City Council will rule on several sev-eral appeals to the skateboard-park ; approval granted earlier in the sum-'rner sum-'rner by the Park City Planning '. Commission. ' The two appeals came from 'PCMR-area condominium complexes com-plexes that argue the noise created by the park, as well as the number of ) skateboarders that will be cruising through the neighborhood, would ; permanently damage the tranquil '' summer nature of the area. ' The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the City Council's chambers ; at the Marsac Building. The appeal hearing is near the end of the City ' Council's agenda for the evening. Should the City Council rule favorably, the resort could open the park this weekend. "If the City Council says 'We uphold the Planning Commission's decision' the skateboard park's a go," Park City planner Kevin LoPiccolo said recently. Both the Snow Flower Home Owners Association and the Three Kings Homeowners Association have appealed the Planning Commission's approval. Both are located across the street from the resort's lower parking lot, where the skateboard park is proposed. The two appeal letters had similar simi-lar tones, saying that a skateboard park should not be located adjacent to a residential area, even though few full-time residents occupy the Snow Flower or Three Kings complexes. com-plexes. "... The concerns are with the negative impact this type of facility will have on our ability to rent to our long term visitors, our loss of property prop-erty values and overall impact the use will have against our physical property," the appeal from the Snowflower Home Owners Association states. The appeal from the Three Kings Homeowners Association delves into details concerning the noise levels lev-els that will accompany the skateboard skate-board park. It states that neither the city or PCMR properly measured the amount of noise that the park may generate, such as the sound of skateboard wheels on the ground and on the ramps that will be available avail-able at the park. The park, as approved by the Planning Commission, includes a bowl, a mini ramp, a vert ramp and a street course, which includes several obstacles that skateboarders can maneuver on or above. An ampli-fied-music system, which was part of the resort's original application was withdrawn. That appeals were submitted to the city was not surprising, the application appli-cation almost immediately drew fire from both condominium complexes. "I think it was expected," said Doug Clyde, president of Powdr Corp., PCMR's development wing. The Planning Commission, Park City Community Development Department and City Council all received dozens of letters against the park during the few weeks between PCMR's application and the first public hearing. But the Planning Commission sided with the resort, granting a permit per-mit for the skateboard park. The approval allowed the park to operate oper-ate from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. for one season sea-son only, possibly this summer, pending the City Council's decision. One factor that weighed on the Planning Commission's granting of a one-season permit was that the Snow Flower complex is under construction con-struction this summer. The one-season provision affords the resort and city a chance to study the impacts of the facility on the area and to measure sound levels generated gener-ated by the park. There are currently no skateboard skate-board parks in Park City or the Snyderville Basin, but for several years the city has been researching the viability of constructing one. A City Park or Racquet Club site were possibilities, but the city scaled back its planning efforts as soon as PCMR submitted its application. Park City Leisure Services Director Bob Johnston said the city would wait until a decision was made concerning PCMR's application applica-tion before moving forward with a city-constructed park. '1 Wake Up To Postcard Views H, .ave you been thinking about buying a home in one of Park City's most desirable areas. How about a three bedroom home on a quiet cul-de-sac with golf course frontage in Thaynes Canyon. It is pretty close to perfect. This home benefits not only from its outstanding location, but also a major remodel in 1992. It is spacious and light and has been thoughtfully priced at $469,000. Come take a look. This home is spotless and always shows great! For an appointment, call your realtor or CALL Tom Ward at Jess Reid Real Estate. 435-647-3727 or toll-free 800-647-3727. Police Blotter A Rail Trail flasher is again reported to the Park City Police Department - For the second time recently, a man exposed himself to a woman . -on the Rail Trail. Police report that at 2:41 p.m. on Friday, August 7, they received a report that the man had been hiding in the bushes adjacent to the Rail Trail. The victim described the sus- pect as in his mid-20s, 5'10" with - sandy' short hair and tan. - 1 Other incidents reported to ' the police last week included: -' On Sunday, Aug. 9 at 1:16 a.m. two juveniles were arrested on . the 400 block of Main Street for disorderly conduct. The two were cited and released to a sober adult. At 12:54 p.m. police arrested two people at the China Bridge "Tp"arking structure One was 1 "arrested for possession of mari- juana and possession of drug -paraphernalia. The other was '-arrested for possession of mari juana. A purse and its contents, valued val-ued at over $3,700 was, taken from its' owner on Main Street at 2:43 p.m.- Police say that the purse, which belonged to a 37-year-old female Salt Lake City resident, contained hearing aids and eyeglasses. Police cited a person in Old Town for possession of drug paraphernalia at 3:23 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 8 police were called to the 1300 block of Park Avenue, where an intoxicated male had been reported. When police arrived, a roommate of the suspect had taken him in for the night. On Friday, Aug. 7 a person came to - police at 9:47 p.m. reporting that their '87 Chevrolet had been stolen from the 800 block of Park Avenue. An officer went to the scene to aid the person, per-son, but the Chevy was soon spotted. In fact, it was parked only a few blocks away, but the person had forgotten where they had parked. Parking problems kept police busy through Art Festival weekend. week-end. On Friday at 7:54 p.m. police were called to Swede Alley and 5th Street, where a person was reporting that he could not move his car because of the tight parking park-ing situation. The person, though, must have had sharp parallel-parking parallel-parking skills because police say the car got out of the parking puzzle. Police cited six vehicles for parking violations at the site. A road-rage-induced fight broke out on the 300 block of Main Street at 7:28 p.m. Police report that a person was cut off on Main Street, then both drivers got out of their cars. One of the drivers began strangling the other, but by the time police arrived the suspect had fled. Oh, to wake up hearing noise from a construction zone. Police were called to the intersection of 10th Street and Empire Avenue at 6:36 a.m., where workers were reported using loud construction tools. When police arrived, they told the workers to stop, citing the city's construction ordinances. ordi-nances. . On Thursday, Aug. 6 at 10:57 p.m. police chased a vehicle in the Park' West Village area. The driver, police said, evaded police and eventually navigated his vehicle onto someone's lawn, where the suspect was taken into custody. Police cited the driver for speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol and evading police. The suspect was released to his mother. At 3:55 p.m. a person on the 1300 block of Empire Avenue reported that a camera had been stolen. A woman, reportedly with a removable tooth, fled a Park City convenience store with an 18 pack of Budweiser. The suspect headed to an apartment complex but police did not spot her. 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