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Show Sieigii Hide Plans Presented i I . ; ; .. t ' I i Sleigh rides, of the one-horse open variety, complete with jingle bells, may soon become a part of the Park City scene, if Ron Cooper has his way. Cooper a native of New Jersey who has lived in the area a year, presented the city council last week with plans for a six-person sleigh ride to take people on three tours of Park City each day and serve as a shuttle service from Iron Horse Drive to Main Street in the evening. Cooper said the ride would originate at the Woodhaus ski shop on Park Avenue, travel down Park Avenue to Iron Horse Drive, circle back to Main Street The horse-draw.n sleigh is planned to leave at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. daily, with an abbreviated evening route circling continuously continuous-ly between the Woodhaus, Iron Horse Drive and the bottom of Main Street. Cooper and his partner, Mike Dolen, have applied for a business license for the ride and must still gain approval from the planning commission. Although they would not normally face the council at this early stage, City Treasurer Bruce Decker said he placed them on the agenda because of the "unusual" nature of their proposal. Cooper said he is the process of obtaining insurance for the ride and presented letters from the Utah Tax Commission, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Attorney General's office, showing that a horse-drawn sleigh is not considered consi-dered a motor vehicle and its driver does not need a driver's license. City Attorney Nick Colessides pointed out that the letters do not necessarily permit the sleigh to use a public street. The council recommended that Colessides consult with Police Chief Garth Wilkinson to discuss potential problems. Mike Dolen and Ron Cooper present their plans for a horse-drawn sleigh ride. along the railroad tracks, and continue through Deer Valley, where it would travel over the ridge to Prospector Square and return to the Woodhaus. |
