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Show L(JJ Y.'EST Porlals Cri:r Division l.7i Ju 3 JN!VES!TY it Llirry f v y i i IfT'il L1 MIJLK U I i'rfj FJ 'H Volume Two rr 10 CENTS MAI L FOfjTAfjL No 4 Mut i P.lfk (,ity Utilh "'I Wednesday, December 18, 1974 Number r Forty-fou- SERVING: Mi T-oX4- m uniTED AiRLines WEATHE- R- " Considerable cloudiness with periods of snow thru Saturday A CONDITIONS BASE PARK CITY SNOWBIRD ALTA BRIGHTON Good 4i Excellent 73 74- - Good-Excelle- nt Excellent 59 SUNDANCE closed PARK WEST 42 - Good-Excelle- nt ROAD CONDITIONS 328-584- 1 PARK CITY Summit County Sharitf Marshall Flra. Ambulance .... ....649-956. . . . 1 649-93- .649-921- 1 ....649-921- ALTA Ganaral amargancy numbar . .. 742-333- 1 3 SNOWBIRD Ganaral amargancy numbar . . . . 742-323- 2 . 359-326- 3 BRIGHTON Ganaral amargancy numbar SALT LAKE County Sheriff Intermountain Ambulance Service City Adopts New Business new business license fee was finally adopted by the Park City Council at a special meeting held December 12th. Goaded by the impending January 1st deadline for resolution of the A ordinance matter, the Council arrived at a method of licensing which was acceptable to both the citys Administrators and merchants. The final decision was somewhat anticlimactic. The vociferous discussions which had accompanied every other license fee proposal were strangely absent as the new rates were made law. Feei Under the new ordinance, all businesses will pay a yearly fee of $75. Each business will also pay $15 for every fulltime employee. which sell Establishments beer will be assessed an Those additional $100. businesses wishing to obtain license will pay a set-u- p another $50, and a private club license will cost $250. It is anticipated that imposition (A the new schedule will nearly double the present $17,000 the city receives annually in business license fees. Unanimous The new fee structure was passed unanimously by the Council, and compliance will begin January 1st by which time all licenses must be paid. Original Proposal Debate on the fees began several months ago. At that time, the Council was leaning towards a fee based on the gross revenue of each business. Local merchants expressed strong opposition to this proposal, and they recently submitted their own rate structure. Merchants Proposal The fees suggested by the merchants were smiliar to the rates which were approved. It called for a base fee of $75 and a charge of $5 per employee. In addition, those merchants conducting more Continued page 2 Residents of Daly Avenue registered opposition to a proposed apartment building on that street at the December 11th Park City Planning Commission meeting. Congestion & Precedent Mr. Wayne Thornton has presented preliminary plans for the construction of an apartment building to be located at the bottom of Daly Avenue near the Slain Street turnaround. eight-un- it Mr. Dick Miller, who lives 162 Daly, expressed concern over the change such a project would bring to the character of the canyon." He cited the continuity of at single-famil- which y line dwellings the Empire Canyon road. Mr. Miller advocated the preservation of the smaller unit structure" typified by houses the old mining-type- " on Daly. He said approval of Mr. Thorntons apartments would set a precedent for future in Empire construction Canyon. Traffic congestion at the base of the canyon, along with snow removal difficulties, were cited as other undesirable conditions which could be brought about by the project. Snow removal has always been a problem on Daly Avenue, Mr. Miller stated. Children Mr. Miller's wife Pattie 5 1 J ITS STILL OUT THERE PARK CITY BRIEFS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WASATCH SKI FRONT NEWS CLASSIFIEDS SCHOOL NEWS ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION PROGRAMS CANINE noted the high concentration of children who live on Daly Avenue. She said additional traffic in the area would compound 328-705- INSIDE Proposed Apartments Raise Protest License Fees . . . ....322-115- . . the SPORTS COALITION COMIC CITY GOVERNMENT already existing problem of young children walking to school down a very narrow road which has no sidewalk. The hazard is particularly acute during the winter months, sh-- e remarked, due to the mounds of plowed snow which further reduce the width of the street. Quite Street" Mr. J.W. Bloom told the Commission, We bought (property) up the canyon because it was a quiet street. We would like to see it kept Continued page 3 J THE COVER QuWlC' Photo: Stan Avery Alfa |