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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, NOVEMBER 6, 1980 By MARK D. MICKELSEN - FARMINGTON Davis County residents who want to start their own businesses may soon get a home-operate- d boost from the county commission. COL NTY PLANNING com- mission leaders are recommending approval of an ordinance revision to cut unwanted .restrictions on home businesses. According to Albert Cole. Planning Department director, the revisions will both conti ol and give more flexibility to homeowners. The changes 'vill not. he noted, generate any more trail ic in subuiban neighborhoods or detract from the neighborhood's appearance. the county are limited by the current ordinance and that the planning commission's feeling is that a lot of home occupa- tions, currently restricted, HE SAID a lot of people in 300-to- actually "don't detract from the neighborhood. The old oidinance. Mr. Cole said, lists things "allowed and not allowed." but is embarrassingly vague in some respects Under the new revised ordinance. the types and conditions for home businesses would be precise. HERE IS what the new proposed ordinance allows. - A home occupation permit, required to assure compliance w ith the prov isions ot the ordinance. will be needed by anyone wanting to start a home business. - APPLICATIONS for ning commission for approval. Applicants will be asked to prov ide the names and addresses of all property owners radius of the within a a home occupation permit must first be submitted to the plan homeowner's business. If there is opposition from the neighbors, a public hearing can be held. The permit will he assigned only when the planning commission is satisfied that the candidate w ill meet all conditions required. - In addition to the permit, a business license will he required ot the applicant neighborhood in which cated - tation ot the permit, unless said violations ate collected within thiee davs ol leceipt ol the vs men notice Pei nuts may be levoked toi lepeated violations u is lo- THE HOME occupation shall be conducted uhollv within the priniaiv stuictuie on the premises, not to include garages or caipoits. and shall not exceed 2s percent ol the main floor atea to a maximum ol 3(H) equal e teet ot the pnm-ai- IN 1HE event ot denial ol any pei nut orol levocation bv the planning commission, y shall accompany the application lor a pei-nnAnnual lenewals theteal ter will be Ml) - The permit will be issued only it the home occupation will not physically damage the atmospheie or condition ot the v t HOME occupation permits will he good toi onlv one yeai and shall be lenew-ablat the time the business license is icnewed - Home occupation pci mils may be i evoked bv the planning commission upon violation ol am lequiiement. oi upon lailuie to complv with any ol the conditions' mi limi - - ONLY FAMILY members related by blood, marriage, or adoption, w ho are bona tide residents ot the dwelling unit shall be employed on said appeal mav be made to the count commission Accoidmg to Mi Cole, the entiie planning commission agreed to the changes He en couraged the coiuitv commis sioneis Iuesdav to tollow the lecommendatioiis and set a public healing toi adoption stuictuie. tee ol 52' - A AI I. e HE SAID "We have about 80 business licenses out and about Ml ot those aie in homes ole told the coumns-sione- i s t he i e ai e a lot ot people who as vet haven t qualified Mi C tor pei nuts under the old ordinance. but who might have a chance it the new ordinance is Federal Tax Refunds Remain Undelivered I he Internal Revenue owes moie than S '8.0(H) to 4b"t individual taxpavers in Utah and s6 businesses and doesn't know how to find them, accoidmg to Roland V Wise. IRS distiict dneetor for Utah MOSI R! 1 1 NDS are based on the 1980 tiling pei level ." W ise said, "but can't he dehveicd because the has moved and left no loiw aiding address with the post ottice W ise advises taxpayers who have not received their checks to get in touch with the Salt tnx-pav- Ponder Plans For Vocational Center By TOM BISSELBERG BOUNTIFUL Although nothing's official, preliminary plans are moving forward for Davis Area Vocational Center expansion. moves without a hitch including funding approval from the 1981 students could Legislature be utilizing classroom and work facilities by September, 1982, said DAVC Director Jack Shell in an interview in Bountiful Monday. If the preliminary "Phase plan as designed by Swenson Associates Architects in Salt Lake City is given the in the coming Legislature, it would include a more than tripling in space and facilities, said Glen R. Swenson. lette. Natalie e a n W M Matoi Donald and Valarie M. thews. 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Citing that 56 million Americans employed in information areas, she said that includes all kinds of information, how to get, organize, control it, how to use it, how to sell it. $2-$- THE BUSINESS of information has become a source ot ' , That w ould allow for all center programs to operate from a centralized facility and not depend on outside work projects in many cases as at present, Mr. Shell said. programs include building trades including masonry, plumbing, commercial painting, carpentry, cabinet making and housewiring. wealth and power never dreamed of before the age of the computer. W'e have become an information societv Notine the power of information Mrs. Durrance quoted a TV commentor who said. "Fortunes are made or lost because of information or the luck of it. The bloodiest battle of the War of 1812 was fought one month after the peace treaty ending it had been signed The sailing ship carrying the news arrived too late to prevent it. g NO space exists for those program currently meaning instruction must take place on outside projects often dependent on weather. The new facility would include classroom and mock building space for the classes and administration and business departments would be temporarily placed in a portion of the new building pending construction of a second phase. THE BANK of Rothschild made a fortune by having earner pigeons carry the news of the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo to them before any other financial institution learned of it. Today, the President holds a news conference and within minutes financial markets around the world AS IT stands now, the Legislature has approved completion of preliminary plans for the project. Work has been collaborated with the State Board for Vocational Education. the Davis Area Vocational Center and the State Building Board. Pending legislative approval final plans could be prepared and bids opened by July , Mr. react." The deluge of information stored in computers, that she said duplicate the work it would take five trillion people to accomplish, is a figure that is "awe inspinng almost as the number of stars in a galaxy and worrying too." The information explosion may reach home when you contemplate the amount of 1 Swenson said. Final plans mail that reaches your door- step. Mrs. Durrance said "Sometimes I feel as if my would include building materials to be used and heating, for example. DURING THE past school year, nearly 1,300 students were enrolled at the center, about 300 at any one time, on the average, Mr. Shell explained. Students generally attend for about three months. VOCATIONAL CENTER PLANS FOR GROWTH Facilities at the Davis Area Vocational Center are tiLed to capacity with waiting lists for some classes. If this plan gets funding approval from the Legislature, new classrooms and work areas could be serving students by September, 1982, officials predict. The new facility would 1 the Davis School District will transfer the 25 acres on which the first phase would be built and receive $800,000 from the DAVC for the first two buildings, constructed by the school district. Until 1978, the vocational center was operated under the "TAXPAYERS WHO tiled on time and still haven t their W9 tax lelunds should check with us as soon as possible, because lelund de lav s can also be caused bv lost or stolen checks." W ise stated 'I he distiict dll cctoi said that it that is the case, the IRS can put tiacers on the missine checks OIHIR RIIl NI) delaw are caused by enois oi onus sions on the tax letuin. such as illegible names oi addi esses ' "When on cal the IRS Wise suggested. ' pnnide the names and addi esses as thex appear on the letuin the actual names and addi esses it difterent. the social seaum numbers and the t pe ol toi ms filed I NDELIY ! RED 1980 cheeks tor Davis C'ountv are as tollow s. L PROJECT COST for the first phase would be around $5 million with equipment adding 3 another million, including landscaping, he said. But space would be increased from a current 20,000 square feet in the two existing structures to of the expansion, m I Bountiful' THE ALTO body program would continue in the present facility, the first building constructed on the Kaysville site. Welding would move into the facility currently utilized for business education and administration. Auto diesel would move into its own new building along with separate facilities for building trades, related studies, and temporary administrative headquarters. The buildings would be tied together by corridors that would not only protect students from outside weather but also provide more energy conservation and efficiency, Mr. Swenson said. AS PART 524-406- Amacher. Miti I Busch. Joe W. and Jane Caldwell. Diane G Gentrx. ictona vnn Gil 1 not allow for ,500 students many more than at present, but all within a centralized facility with classrooms and work areas nearby. Lake City Districi Ot ice Those calling from the Salt Lake Citv area should call on 1 hose liv mg outside this dialing area can call toll free d AND IF everything 72,000. voted toi the public hcaung to be scheduled in eailv adopted COMMISSION! RS Glen flint and Ernest Eberhatd school distnet. It formerly was housed in the old Verdeland Park School adjoining the Layton City Hall. The DAVC was formed by the Legislature and State Board for Vocational Education. 65 ACRE site was acquired including the two existing buildings. It is located east of Davis High School. A Although detailed plans have not been prepared, a second and third phase have been tentatively outlined as part of a "megastructure including all buildings that may be constructed on the site in the future, Mr. Swenson said. IT YYOULD include expanded administration and library facilities, he said with all phases to be tied together as one unit. Some 2.000 could probably be housed with completion of a second phase. Val VAL VERDA Verda Meet Val Verda set for Nov. 12 at 7:30 p m. in residents will have their the South Davis Jr. High chance to give and take as far as the proposed master plan is concerned in a special meeting next Wednesday. A PLBLIC hearing has been School's cafeteria At that time, county planning officials will outline proposals that could be included in the area master plan. In addition, time will be for comments and questions. Planners hope to available implement the master plan by Jan. 1. A public hearing last month drew sparse attendance. prompting rescheduling, tb name and address were that one small piece of data that computers are fighting over. as she then listed ten pieces of mail received in one dav most of it unsolicited and unwanted. THIS INFORMATION age we are in has not only put us on the mailing list of every company that wants to send us mail we dont want, but has also data filed aw ay on our medical marital status, our even if police records, they're only parking violations," she continued. All of this has many of us histones, frankly worrying about the invasion of privacy aspect of modem day life, certainly one of the major issues in this Age of Information." ANOTHER ISSUE she raised was tetmed "intoimu turn overload " he federal government is said to use 66 billion pieces ot paper even year Mush ot the inhumation on these 66 billion pieces ot paper is ted into computet' which turn out millions ot iccls ot tapes that take up space in thousands ol slot age looms " And as von all know paperwoi k begets mote papei-he government has oi k nianv believe, grown so big so bogged down in led tape and bureaucra.v lhat its abilitv to tunction ett icientlx oi rapidlv is otten parulved." she said " AI I OF this has resulted in a shattering lack ol confidence not onlv in government but in almost all our mnioi institutions Is there too much inhumation being gathered to feed insatiable machines oi have we just not learned to use mtormution properly'1" she aksed "I heard a radio report about four reporters fiom the 'Portland Oregonian' who had completed an indepth studv on the inst etuption of Mt St I Helens 1 hese repot ters learned that devices that had been monitoring the volcano had ic'corded information two davs betore the f.rst violent eruption that cle.trlv showed the distaster w ould take place I nfoitunatelv that data was never transmitted and 14 people died that might otherwise have been save, it onlv the ' warning had been given . H RNIM, 1 (),i m.qor problem she said ' one in eveiv five adult Americans is lacking in even the simplest skills." terming it "information overload 'The information revolution divides us between the information nch and the information poor W e cannot atloid to see the world dominated bv smaller and smaller groups ust because thex control the info' Mrs Durrance rmation emphasized "Bl T THIS is a form ol class distinction that can be eradicated through education And that is our challenge, to learn how to use our vast stores of information to redistribute opportunities to those who don't have access to it " But some don't want information in anv form and others although thev attended school, won't read, etc "The proot anv periodical that has as manv as 500.000 readers counts itsell as doing amaing-Iwell AND OTHERS feel that ignorance is "just as good as your knowledge." she continued "What can we do about this sorry situation We might begin by asking ourselves whether ignorance is so wonderful after all. and whether it makes sense to elitism (or knowledgeable people). "That is certainly another major challenge for our schools: to help all students become members of the intellectual elite. Only then will a phkase like 'the people's right to know ,' or any true concept of democracy have any meaning." Mrs Durrance said. |