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Show Antelope Drive extended By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON Thursday evening the Layton City Council voted to give a second extension to a C-X zone on property located at 800 East Antelope Drive. City ordinances require council action on C-X property that has not shown any development within the zone for a period of six months. This is the second extension of six months granted on this particular property owned by Robert Jay Harris. After three extensions, the property reverts back to the origin- al zone if no development takes place. The C-X zone allows for commercial com-mercial use only. There can be no development of residential units or nursing homes, retirement complexes com-plexes or other housing units. When the property was originally zoned C-X, a developer showed interest in-terest in constructing a nursing home and retirement housing complex. com-plex. This proposal did not materialize. mate-rialize. Jay Harris attended the council meeting and said he understood under-stood the new master plan would not allow the development of this type of project in the C-X zone. The council vote on the six-month six-month zoning extension was fo'ii in favor and one opposed. Counct man Jerry Nebeker cast the negative nega-tive vote. , In other council action, it was decided to lower the speed limit on Antelope Drive from Church Street east to the dead end to 30 mph. The current speed limit along the city-owned portion of Antelope is 40 mph. A group of citizens living at the Continued on page 7 Council extends Antelope Drive Continued from page 6 east end of Antelope complained that this speed is too high for a residential area. Councilman Jerry Stevenson recommended re-commended lowering the speed limit to 30 mph until Antelope Drive is completed to Highway 89. When the street is completed, Councilman Stevenson said the police department should complete com-plete a study to determine the appropriate speed limit. Councilman Kent Smith said Antelope Drive is a collector road now even though it dead ends before be-fore reaching Highway 89. "Changing the speed limit would shift the problem from one area to another. We would end up with complaints that people aren't abiding abid-ing by the speed limit and requests for patrolmen in the area constantly," constant-ly," Mr. Smith said. Jerry Nebeker, another council member, said parents would have to educate their children that Antelope Ante-lope Drive was a main road and that they should be cautious in this area. When the council took a vote, Jerry Stevenson, Bob Stevenson and LeGrande Simmons voted to lower the speed limit to 30 mph. Councilmen Nebeker and Smith voted against the lower speed limit . |