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Show THE PARK CITY Wednesday, March 13, 1974 master plan to remain valid. The current effort to the master plan is several years overdue. It is our hope that the MASTER PLAN up-da- new plan will undergo continual review and modification, r To underscore the importance of establishing a continuing, of the plan, review and one should compare the projections and recommendations of seven years ago with the realities of today. In 1966 it was estimated that the population of Park City was approximately 1,410. The starting projection was made that by 1980 the population would be somewhere between 1,845 and 2,796. For the current plan it has been estimated that the high 1980 projection of the earlier plan has already been surpassed. The present estimate is that the average year around population of Park City is about 2,800, and EDITOR'S NOTE: Tbit article has beea compiled and written by Gene Carr, representative of the Architects Planners Alliance. APA has been commissioned by Park City to update and expand the existing Master Plan. ii up-datin- M A fr. The previous article (Feb. 27) of this series pointed out some of the reasons why a community undertakes so monumental and controversial a task as preparation of a comprehensive plan. One has but to observe Park Citys, experience of recent years to verify to himself the need for a national ' continuing community planning process. Frustrations similar to Park-City- s are plaguing local throughout the especially in resort governments country areas. The first effort at development of a comprehensive master plan for Park City was initiated in the mid 1960s. This took place not long after the opening of the ski resort when it became apparent that Park City Was about to prove that there is such a thing as a resurrection. recommendations truely prophetic, it has been recognized that seven years is far too long a time to expect any community g during peak periods probably . The 1966 Comprehensive Plan was ah excellent first attempt to identify the potential growth areas of the city, though it fell any short of anticipating the dimensions to which the growth pressures would reach. The 1966 Plan did recognize, very wisely, that specific steps would have to be taken if the unique historic character and natural beauty of the Park City area were not to be sacrificed to growth and greed. Though the quality of this first plan was good, and some of its te reaches 5,000. It is the philosophy of the current master plan that making projections as to how many bodies will occupy Park City by a given year in the distant future would be only misleading. Too many variables and unforeseeable events could alter the course of Park Citys growth. The current master plan, therefore, identifies developable areas within Park Citys limits, assigns a typical residential density to them, and suggests a potential population that will occur when (and if) such areas are developed. The point of time when such a population is reached would be for the community to decide based upon the amount of growth that can be successfully accommodated and assimilated. Growth levels should be achieved by design and not accepted as inevitable. Page 4 COALITION and development pressure near the north end of Park Avenue In the previous article, the goals and objectives for the Park City Comprehensive plan update were presented. These statements were based upon a thorough review of the goals and objectives could not have been anticipated in 1966. This area is becoming the focal point of Park City. The current comprehensive plan continues the goal of a viable and attractive Main!;Street business district, and recognizes the critical need to improve Main Streets attractiveness and accessibility. Some of the present growth areas were anticipated in the 1966 .plan. Recreational development in Deer Valley, for instance, was foreseen, but without a significant amount of residential activitv. of the 1966 plan and discussions with the Planning Commission, city officials, and citizens. Some of the objectives of the current plan were initiated by the 1966 plan and were found to be still valid. Significant among these was the expression of the desire to preserve the mining town appearance of Park City. What was lacking in the 1966 Plan, however, was a definition of mining town appearance. ; Perhaps the most monumental changes in Park City that left the 1966 plan hopelessly antiquated were the annexations of the golf course area, Holiday Ranch, and the tailings pond flats. These annexations nearly doubled the land area of the city (2500 acres to 4200 acres), and created the potential for an increase of four or five times the current population far beyond the projections of the 1966 plan. This has been a very brief review of the original Park City master plan, and, hopefully, suggests the importance of the current effort to bring it up to The 1966 plan recommended that regulatory considerations be developed for the purpose of the preserving or historic character of the older sections of the city and especially the business district. The present Park City Zoning Ordinance, which was intended to implement the 1966 plan, gives the Planning Commission the authority to review plans for new structures. What the ordinance fails to provide, unfortunately, is a set of criteria by which to evaluate proposals, or a specific historic district in which to enforce them. This lack has resulted in constant problems for the Planning Commission as it attempts to fulfill its legal responsibility. Hie 1966 dan stressed the encouragement and preservation of Main Street as the primary ng business district of the date. 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