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Show www ..;. : " ' " 1 . '"' ' - : ' ' . ' ' ' ' .- : . . 1 -', ' ',,'...-'. ,f"-'; t .'-. - . r- . . . . ..- "' t ' " 1 . ..--'.. Kdi WS ffieMeiat List Problems mendations which are listed below. 1. Traffic Survey: We urge that the City Traffic Engineer survey the area. Note should be made of the dedicated roads and how they and the existing roads conflict. The width, traffic flow and capacity and access of the existing roads should be studied to see if they can handle the projected developments. devel-opments. 2, Review of Zoning Ordinances: We believe, that the present zoning ordinances allow for. more density than Rossi Hill can handle. It is unreal to believe that a 4 plex will have only 8 cars, even in the energy crunch. On-street parking will be . obligatory. Our streets can't handle on-street parking. . We would selfishly like to see Rossi Hill remain a single unit dwelling area, but realising that this is impossible, impos-sible, we would recommend that not more than duplexes be allowed. The letter concludes with an invitation to City Council-men Council-men to take a walking tour of the Rossi Hill area to become more familiar with the problems first hand. Helen Alvarez, one of the more outspoken of ' the concerned residents told the Record that the constant parade multi-family dwellings dwell-ings proposed for the Hill acted as a catalyst in sparking the residents into action. "Right now the area just can't accomodate four-plexes four-plexes and six-plexes everywhere" every-where" said Mrs. Alvarez, "there has been virtually no planning in the area; there is no traffic pattern and every new building only serves to make the problem worse". Mrs. Alvarez asserts that it is "ridiculous" to continue to allow building in the area until the problems can be satisfactorily delt with. Helen Hel-en Alvarez concludes that it is the hope of their group that Old Town can be enhanced as an area of family neighborhoods rather than developed, as a hotel-apartment hotel-apartment district, adding that she feels that the problems encountered, on Rossi Hill are also present throughout the older sections of Park City. "The City Council seems to think that no one wants to build a family home in Old Park City" says Mrs. Alvarez, "and I think that is a very wrong assumption". Mary Wintzer, another Rossi Hill resident who favors the moratorium maintains main-tains that the group Js not opposed to development but stresses that It is important that development doesn't happen haphazardly and without; forsight and plan- . hing.''"Our area just can't handle " the traffic 'and con-gestin con-gestin created by the pro- . posed new developments" sjjd Mrs. Wintzer. A - newly formed home . owners association comprised compris-ed of Rossi Hill residents is urging the City -Council to undertake a comprehensive study of their neighborhood with an eye towards solving "several major existing pro- blems" afflicting that area. Some, but not all, of the residents are also strongly advocating a building moratorium mora-torium on the Hill to be in effect mjil which point those problems are solved. In a letter sent to Majoy Jack Green and members of the City Council June 19, three main problem areas have been outlined by the 4 thirteen Rossi Hill residents whose signatures the ; document docu-ment bears. Those Problem areas are as follows : K Access The dedicated streets on Rossi Hill are totally undeveloped. unde-veloped. Access is by prescriptive pre-scriptive easement only. . These easements drastically reduce the size of some of the building lots in the area. Of the two existing roads. McHenry is a dead end and Ontario is a sub-standard dangerous road approximately approxi-mately 15 feet wide at one point and exceeding 20 percent grade at the north and south end. The ownership owner-ship of the. third road, the railroad grade from the Ontario Mifisite to the Snow Park subdivision, seems to be in doubt. " "2. Fire Hazard Because of the limited access to Rossi Hill, fire is a major hazard. We have had a number of fires in the past years and on more than one occasion once the fire fighting fight-ing equipment is on location it is locked in by the parked vehicles of the fire fighters, police and spectators. Due to this, additional equipment is .denied access or at best is markedly delayed. t We have added worries because to date adquate water "pressures have not been demonstrated." "3. Density The present zoning allows for a density greater than the existing roads and: facilities can accommodate. The traf-, traf-, fic generated is excessive for these narrow roads. The parki ng re gulation o f & 2 spaces per unit means' that on-street parking will be obligatory. Picture the problem pro-blem on the present Rossi Hill access Road in th e middle of the winter virtually impossible. No ; one could move." Apart from inumerating the , above mentioned problem pro-blem areas on Rossi Hill, the letter which will be the "subject of discussion at the July 5 City Council meetin, ' constructively two recom- |