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Show AROUNDlDAVIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1999 A3 CLIPPER TODAY Group wants trees to leave Davis County Health board looks at regulating 'body art' BY MARK WATSON Clipper Today Staff Writer filling the hole and replacing concrete. member Stephen Whitesides said he agrees with the mayor. I dont think the citizens of Kaysville should have to pay the bill to remove 15 trees, he said. Council member Arthur Johnson said if the city decides to take out the trees it should coincide with other city beautification plans for Main Street. Council member Bob Rees said the idea to remove the trees may be good. He said the city would have to e look at the cost along with the plans for development of the area. Cook countered that many businesses do well despite the trees. Call said the sentiment along this area was unanimous among business owners for removal of the trees. He said if the city keeps the trees they should maintain them. In other council business: The city approved amendments to its sign regulation ordinances advertising open houses for real estate and political signs. Real estate open house signs cannot be more than six square feet, may only be displayed for five hours or less and cannot be located at more than four separate areas. The signs must be Council A group of merKAYSVILLE chants want the City of Kaysville to cut down 15 trees on the west side of Main Street between 1st North and Center Street in front of their establishments. They say the trees are wreaking havoc with their businesses. Thirteen business owners along this section of Main Street signed a petition seeking removal of the trees. The petition was given to council members during their meeting long-rang- Tuesday night. Jeff Call, of Kaysville Theater, told the council the trees blocked visibility of their businesses, made visibility difficult for pedestrians, were a safety risk, destroyed the sidewalk, made poor visibility for police officers, creat- ed maintenance problems, created flooding problems and caused rodent problems. Mayor Brian Cook said the trees were planted several years ago at the request of merchants in that area He said the trees make for a more attractive Main Street. City staff reported that it would cost $500 to remove each tree. The cost would include taking out the tree. within 1,000 feet of real estate open for inspection. They must be on private property not closer than one foot to sidewalk or property line. Regulations are the same for political signs. Political signs can stay up for 14 days prior to the election and must come down within five days after the BY NQIISA VMLUAM5 - WEST POINT Well, it is final. Two unanimous votes from the city council Tuesday night approved the General Plan and land use map as well as the zoning ordinance and clustering will be allowed following comments from Council member Farrell Cook. He questioned the logic in allowing people to build on something that has been deemed unbuild-abl- e by the Army Corps of Engineers. You dont make allowances for unbuildable property in a proposed-subdivisiohe said. If you leave it (allowances for wetlands), you can inflate property prices in one area with wetlands and then land next to it isn't worth as much...If it is unbuildable why put it in there. Council member Gary Kapp argued against zoning almost half the on the land use map. city That's a lot of land to tie up in it, Council member Kapp said. He said hie fear was that the city was going to penalize developers of large lots ,0and develops rs.pf the sewer lift sla- - City approved the final plat for Wilkie Estates No.5 subdivision at Anita and 450 North Streets. City approved the final plat for Blooming Grove subdivision, 300 West Bardee Lane. City approved a request to rezone 5.4 acres at 1683 W'est Angels Way from A-- l to City approved a final plat for Angels Way subdivision at 1683 W'est Angels Way. City' approved preliminary plat Brook Autumn for Ouster n, map. However, approval didnt come without several amendments, many lengthy discussions and meetings. Some of those changes were made Tuesday while others were made about a month ago when Mayor Jay Ritchie proposed adjustments to the General Plan and zoning ordinance which reduced the amount of proposed commercial property, added 0 and zoning and deleted a 2 proposed zoning below the Bluff Road. This week's modifications started when the council deleted a goal from . the General Plan which called for the design of a gravity fed water system to serve the western portion of town (usually termed as the area below the Bluff Road). It continued when it altered verbiage throughout the plan that used 4500 W as a borderline for development. Council members instead chose to use the North Davis Sewer District west outfall line as the preferred border. In addition, they pulled 200 S. from a list of intersections with proposed commercial development. It was decided that the existing culinary water mains on 800 N., 300 N. and 2000 W needed to be enlarged to meet an increased demand for drinking water and fire protection as development occurs. The council contested two issues which centered on special allowances for wetlands in 0 zoning areas below the Bluff Road and the need for the zoning. It decided not to make special allowances for wetland areas where A-4- R-l-- R-l-- R-l-- R-l-- tions. , . . Subdivision. City denied providing water service to an area in Farmington for Don and Linda Boyce. The Boyces did not show up to discuss the issue with the council. The council set a public hearing to discuss a request to rezone 22 acres at 1527 West 200 North from A-- 5 to 30-fee- 25-fe- et 40-fo- ot conduct the public hearing McGarvey said the proposed regulations provide the minimum standard for the protection of public health. They cover permits and technician registration. They also cover issues such as required permission for such procedures in the case of underage clients and other prohibitions regarding clients. Body art procedures may not be performed on any person who ts impaired by drugs, alcohol or impaired m any other way so as to endanger a person receiving a procedure Also prohibited is conducting such procedures on skin that has been sunburned, has a rash, pimples, infection or open lesions. Health Board President Beth Beck questioned why the regulation governing body piercing does not apply to ear singlpiercing with a sterile, disposable, e-use stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle through the eaif McGarvey said that practice is so widespread, conducted in jewelry stores and kiosks in mails, that requiring the full regulation for ear piercing would put mod proprietors out of business. He told Beck the regulation will require such technicians to use a spring-loade- d gun. McGarvey said enforcing the full regulation will require some training for health department staff. Hometown Service 'tr w fh Y) vh s' as 3? IT 3 Xp 1 yjf provi- sion. It stated: For development required construction of offsite lift stations for sewer systems, a bonus of up to 15 percent is allowed up to a 3.5 maximum density In another part of the overlay, a sentence which would have required a developer to pay West Point the cost to seal coat the streets and parking area of a development was deleted. The dty doesnt want to get involved...we shouldnt approve it until it is done, Council member Cook said. The city should pay to get it done. Once the vote was taken on the zoning ordinance. The council decided to talk about road widths before approving . the General -- Plan. Jt on decided to keep the road-widt800 N. wide as well as the on 3500 W Previously, it was proposed to allow the widening of the roads to With Over 205 Years of Utah Banking Experience. Discover the Difference! 'IRST 1VTATIONAL BANK rJ; , Wti iTfc 66-fe- et Kapp's comments encouraged the council to table consideration of a vote on the General Plan until a vote was taken on the zoning ordinance. The council amended several items in the zoning ordinance. First, it changed the minimum setback for front yards from to t, deleted a conditional use for group homes with exception of assisted living facilities, and clarified that a building height maximum starts from the foundation or main floor of w ho w as not at the meeting. Harv ey will of ear piercings. A Dec 29 public hearing has been scheduled for 6 p.m. in the County Commission Chambers on the guidelines which mirrors basic standard of in the industry: Delane quality McGarvey, director of the Bureau erf Environmental Quality for Davis County told the Board of Health 5. council opted to add one more for McGarvey was pinch-hittin- g of Richard director Harvey, Environmental Health for the county From tattooing FARMINGTON to branding, to piercing body art is becoming more popular To address the health issues surrounding these cosmetic practices, the Davis Board of Health is looking at regulations which will affect all facilities performing body art, with the exception election. West Point finally approves its new planning ordinance and map BY MELISSA K. Clipper Today Correspondent Tuesday Clipper Today Staff Water 12 S Mjm. Lav ton 9S0 S Fairfield. Lav ton 544-12- 41 a 1601 N' Hillfield Road. Lav ion 546-54- Member f0 2v7 S Main. Bouiuilul 72S-30- C Eooa Ccoc (wvww.FNBUTAH.COM) 84-fe- 690 S Stale Cleai field 0 Houemo CSCLCEZERlZCilCSCE FBDFDDD: C3n fetlQDD ten a house. Second, it changed minimum lot areas with A-- 5 zoning to five acres an set the minimum lot width at 300 feet for - 3.51 acres or larger. members set Additionally.council zonminimum lot areas with ing to 20.000 square feet and established a minimum lot width of 100 feet for lots larger than 20,000 square T 6 CHRISTMAS R-l-- . as ah cggjpfgyafr u A g- feet. A planned urban development overlay was also discussed. At the urging of Council member Kapp. the gets high marks in auditing of its finances DESIGNER SOFAS LEATHER SETS rp-i- V A S Was JOSS' 30 OFF F.H. - FRUIT HEIGHTS The City of Fruit Heights received high marks for its annual audit that covered July 1, e 30, 1999. CPA Steve Davis said the city was in excellent financial shape, that the city is well managed, noted City 1998-Jun- Manager Richard Marchant Because of the citys high unappropriated balance, Marchant said the current budget will be amended later in the fiscal year to provide for additional spending. That will include the addition of personnel, including a recreation director, and may part-tim- e also involve finishing to the basement of the city building. In other city council business Tuesday night, the council set a public hearing on the condominium ordinance for Jan. 4 during the regular 7 p.m. meeting. It tabled the fence ordinance, meanwhile, because some council members believed that ordinance needs to be In an unusual twist. Mayor Richard Harvey was able to attend the meeting via cell phone. The city manager explained that a speaker phone was set up in the council chambers. He then called Haneys cell phone number, connecting with him in Los Angeles, where the mayor was on business. Statutorily it is proper. He is not a voting memberi Marchant explained. He listened to what was going on, responded, just as if he were here. Man dies in by LEATHER RECLINING OFF in 40 early Monday morning at approximately 850 E 5(X) N Brown said a witness who was leaving a home around 2 am in the vicinity e saw a dark car without its lights on and a 1980 era Mazada RX7 behind 8:30 it Ogden Regional Hospital were he was pronounced dead No citations were issued, according to Layton Sgt Steve Brown. Elsewhere in Layton, police are investigating t drive-b- y shooting which He also said the witness told officers that three shots where fired from a car. 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