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Show Unlicensed Businesses Discovered in City inesses once a year for the license fees and there has been very little follow up in the past" he said. Jentzsch adds steps have been taken to rectify the situation and hopefully the problem will be under Operating a business without with-out a license in Park City constitutes a misdemeanor offense punishable by a maximum fine of $229 and or a jail sentence not to exceed six months. Business could also be closed by municipal law enforcement officers. Presently city councilmen are considering the adoption of a revised business license ordinance which could help finance the municipal bus system plus regulate transient tran-sient businessmen operating in Park City on a temporary basis. According to City Manager Man-ager Arlene Loble, almost 40 percent of Park, City's business community is operating oper-ating without a valid business bus-iness permit. A recent inspection indicated indi-cated 227 businesses were operating lawfully in Park City whiule an additional 171 were unlicensed altogether. Ms. Loble indicated even more unlicensed businesses have yet gone undetected by city inspectors. "The list is growing all the time", she said. The city manager said officials recently re-cently crosscd-refcrcnced Chamber of Commerce tn e m b e r s h i p rosters, telephone business directories direc-tories and state sales tax receipts with the city's list of licensed businesses. Not only was the vast list of unlawful businesses uncovered un-covered by the inspection, but also a great number of situations where business owners had under-counted their employees. Current business license ordinances require the owner to pay $75 annually plus an additional $15 for each full time employee and $7.50 for each part time worker. Last year the licensing fees generated over $50,000 in municipal revenue. If it can be assumed that a proportionate propor-tionate amount would have been generated by unlicensed establishments then it appears the city has unrealized almost $20,000 in potential revenue. . . Loble told the Record the city is contacting the unlicensed un-licensed businesses and is successfully collecting the permit fees. She adds that businesses are also being asked to revaluate the number of their employees and to make restitution for any past under counting. City Finance Director Rick Jentzsch said the problem arose because the city lacks sufficient personnel to " monitor the situation. "We only bill the bus- |