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Show The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 29-31, 2017 City Beat A-5 QUALITY WINDOWS & DOORS CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649-9014 EXT. 111 | citynews@parkrecord.com Staffers back event space on 5 or more installed Save $500 replacement windows or get 12 Months No Interest Financing W.A.C. Courtesy of Park City Municipal Corp. The redevelopment of the Old Town building that once housed the Kimball Art Center, shown in a computer-generated image, is underway. The Park City Council on Thursday is scheduled to hear an appeal of a lower panel’s approval of a permit to operate an event space in part of the redone property. People who live close to the site are worried about noise, traffic and other issues related to an event space. City Council urged to uphold panel’s disputed approval JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record City Hall on Monday issued a report supporting an earlier municipal approval of a permit allowing space for special events at the building that once housed the Kimball Art Center, arguing that the permit should be upheld as the Park City Council on Thursday hears a closely watched appeal. Anya Grahn, the historic preservation planner for City Hall, drafted the report. It backs earlier stands by officials in favor of the event space at the site, located at 638 Park Ave. The property stands at one of the corners of the busy Main Street-Heber Avenue intersection and stretches to Park Avenue. It is close to residential streets like Park Avenue and Woodside Avenue, leading to the conflict about the event space. Two individuals who live close by, Sanford Melville and John Stafsholt, and the Park City Historical Society filed the appeal against an approval granted by the Park City Planning Commission in December. The appeal cites a series of concerns about the impact of the event space on the neighborhood as well as the designs. Disputes about designs in Old Town occur on a regular basis, but the sections of the appeal based on the impact on the neighborhood offer intriguing insight into the long-running tensions between residential Old Town streets and bustling Main Street. Some people who live on streets like Park Avenue and Woodside Avenue, just steps away from Main Street, have expressed concern for years that the revelry of the shopping, dining and entertainment strip creeps into the neighborhood. The appeal claims the event space does not fit so close to a neighborhood. But the City Hall report recommending the appeal be denied provides a rundown of the reasons why the Planning Commission decision should be upheld. In an especially important section of the report, City Hall says the lower panel put a series of conditions on the approval meant to guard against impacts on the neighborhood. The report notes the Planning Commission capped capacity at 480 people and put time limits on the event space. The permit allows the event space to be used from 8 a.m. until midnight. Outdoor speakers are limited to the hours between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m., the report notes, saying the Planning Commission “shared the public’s concerns regarding noise.” The report also addresses issues raised in the appeal regarding traffic, saying that the event space would not attract more vehicles than those that drove to the site when the Kimball Art Center operated there. It says the Kimball Art Center regularly held events, including an unspecified one in 2015 that drew 697 attendees. “Many of the applicant’s anticipated events – meetings, cocktail receptions, weddings, etc. – will likely not meet the maximum occupancy load for the space of 480 occupants; however, others will. Guests and patrons using the Private Please see Appeal, A-6 Featuring ULTREX® 8x Stronger than Vinyl with Better Efficiency and Durability Vinyl ULTREX® Vinyl vs. Infinity Vinyl windows can arrive with messy welded corners, Infinity windows arrive wirh clean mechanically bonded corners Finish Comparison The Ultrex coating system resists the harshest weather conditions; a claim our competitors can’t match See It All In One Place! Visit our new showroom with Utah’s most complete selection from top manufacturers like Marvin Windows & Doors. At USI, you’ll find the quality you deserve with expertise you can trust. *Please call for details, some restrictions apply. 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