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Show - . ( - T7V1UL , fmm" r J. f -r&S " . 't 7 M &k Tr -! 'J ' 1 t M pi- ' Veteran hot dog vendor Dennis Feldman is keeping the faith although the city council banned all, well almost all, street vendors last week. poto by Christopher smart Council gives Dennis's dogs the axe by CHRISTOPHER SMART Record staff writer Dawg gone! The Park City Council has sounded , the death knell on Dennis Feldman's hot dog stand, usually located somewhere on Park Avenue, stating there are too many empty store fronts in town to allow street vendors. Don't panic, says Feldman. You can still get your Dennis-dog fix tomorrow and the next day and almost every summer day through 1987. While banning all street vendors, the council built into the new ordinance a grandfather clause that allows existing license holders three years of operation before the axe falls. Meanwhile, Mary Hogan is all : smiles at her new flower stand next to the Mt. Air Cafe. Mary's shop is called Mountain Flora and she isn't considered a street vendor by the municipality. The flower stand is called a "non-conforming use" by city officials. Mary recently purchased the non-conforming use. Dennis remains philosophical in the face of the ordinance. "I get along with the city council pretty well. I think they're supportive of my stand, but they're not crazy about other vendors that come and go and are tacky." Dennis has been selling hot dogs in Park City for five years now. In another three years, he just may want to move to Hawaii. But if he wants to stay and sell hot dogs, he'll find a way. "Who knows, in three years the council may want to work with me," Dennis said. And while Mary is glad her stand is a non-conforming use and that she isn't classified a street vendor, she would rather see Dennis stay. "Hike the hot dog guy. I think everybody in town loves that guy." Well, not everybody. The council voted three to one to pass the ordinance banning street vendors. Voting against the measure was Councilman Al Horrigan, who recently began eating Dennis-dogs. At the May 16 city council session, Horrigan said the dogs were some of the best he has tasted. Moreover, he said, the ordinance wasn't fair to Dennis. "We're saying that after building a business here for years, he can no longer do business," Horrigan said, . adding the decision was arbitrary. The previous ordinance limited to five the number of street vendor licenses the municipality would issue. One motion that failed to gain support at the meeting proposed that no new street vendors license could be issued but those vendors who had licenses could keep them . |