The Park City Police Department last weekend responded to a series of cases that appeared to have been related in some fashion to the Park City Kimball Arts Festival, which was staged along Main Street from Friday until Sunday.
The festival brings large crowds to Park City annually and the police respond to cases that are typical for crowded periods. Public police logs show there were calls to the agency about access to Old Town and issues with bus lanes, as examples. There were also calls from people with questions about the logistics of the event.
Some of the cases:
• On Friday, Aug. 2, at 3:46 p.m., someone contacted the police wanting to “talk to whoever is in charge of the traffic for this event.” Public police logs did not provide details about any issues the person experienced. The person was apparently somewhere in Deer Valley.
• On Aug. 2, at 3:31 p.m., someone on Heber Avenue contacted the police with questions “concerning access to his business during” the festival.
• On Saturday, Aug. 3, at 11:31 a.m., someone contacted the police about needing a “parking pass” for five “groups of guests” on Park Avenue.
• On Aug. 3 at 8:26 a.m., someone on Park Avenue inquired about “how he can get resident passes to get back into their houses,” an apparent reference to an access-pass system that was in place for the event that allowed holders to proceed through checkpoints.
• On Sunday, Aug. 4, at 2:39 p.m., the police were told of cars that were left outside a house on Park Avenue without the required passes. The person told the police she wanted “them ticketed or moved,” according to public police logs.
• On Aug. 4 at 12:01 p.m., a police officer pulled over a driver in the area of Main Street and Deer Valley Drive after observing the vehicle “using the bus only lane to avoid traffic,” the police logs said. The officer issued a warning.