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Show City Position Reassessed issue will be a two-part float, totaling $360,000. The bonds carry an annual interest inter-est rate of 8 percent. Also under "old business" route schedules submitted by Dave Novelle for Park City Traction was approved. approv-ed. Some discussion was raised over the fact that private shuttle services are picking up passengers from Novelle's bus stops and offering of-fering free rides to prospective prospec-tive Park Transportation customers. No action was taken on this but Attorney Carl Nemelka was instructed instruct-ed to investigate the legality of private shuttles soliciting Novelle's customers. The City Council, last week, voted to reassess their positions with respect to the new business license ordinance ordin-ance and the recent hike in water rates. The current business license li-cense ordinance levies a fee of $75.00 for an initial license, li-cense, coupled with a head tax of $15.00 per employe. Since every business has at least one employe in the form of an owner, merchants are arguing that the initial license fee is actually $90. Councilman Jan Wilking made a motion to instruct City Attorney Carl Nemelka Nemel-ka to draw up a new ordinance ordin-ance further clarifying the fact that the initial $75. fee includes one employe or an owner. The term 'owner" was excluded ex-cluded in lieu of "first employe", em-ploye", after Carl Nemelka brought to the Council's attention at-tention a possible loophole, in that many businesses, particularly corporations, have many employes who because be-cause of a stockholder status would also qualify as owners. After the wording was clarified the Council voted four to one in favor of the "first employe" exemption in the new business license fees. The Council also instructed instruct-ed Nemelka to further investigate in-vestigate the new water rates. Apparently the Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Main Street Merchant's Mer-chant's Association, are seeking legal advice pertaining pertain-ing to the legality of a municipality mun-icipality to charge a monthly month-ly water fee to those businesses busi-nesses who do not have those facilities. Councilman Leon Uriarte moved that Nemelka Nemel-ka give the Council a legal opinion as to whether or not those who do not have water or sewage facilities need pay for them. Mr. Uriarte's motion passed unanimously. The Council entertained a recommendation from the Planning Commission to schedule a public hearing to discuss a zoning proposal from Greater Park City Co., for currently unzoned property prop-erty they own in Holliday Ranch. The recommendation came from Planning Commission Com-mission chairman John Strand in the form of a letter-reiterating letter-reiterating the necessity of rapid zoning of all unzoned property in Park City. However, it was brought to the Council's attention that a proposed zone must be specifically submitted before be-fore a public hearing can be slated. GPCC has not specified what zoning they wanted. The Council voted not to schedule a public hearing hear-ing until GPCC had submitted to the Planning Commission specific zoning proposals, and a new recommendation made to the Council by that body. A recommendation to raise the Police Department's Depart-ment's clothing allowance from $50 to $75 per quarter, was defeated in a three to two ' ote. Clem Hansen, Leon Uriarte and Mary Lehmer voted nay while Jan Wilking and Rich Martinez submitted aye votes. Under "old business" the Council voted unanimously to accept the Main Street and Lowell Empire avenue bond issues. (See accompanying accom-panying story page 1 ). The bond issue which will finance the LowellEmpire as well as the Main Street improvement districts. The |