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Show ' 4 ' t UTAH STATE PRESS ASSN. : P. 0. 1 SALT LANE BOX 1327 CIIT. UTAH 84110 Doirfiiidio Goiniilirffldls WMb Tm ion iGDDClft) THE ATTORNEY also said it was then up to the council to choose which company could give them the best deal and then contract with which ever or both they agreed upon. By MARGO MAUGHAN Kevin Porter and John Egbert, partners in Visual Advertising agency attended the Clearfield City Council meeting Tuesday night to discuss with the council a contract their company has had with Clearfield City since 1969. VISUAL Advertising Agency signed an exclusive contract with the city to place benches with advertising on them in well traveled areas of the city in 1969 and in that contract the agency agreed to pay Clearfield City one dollar per year per bench to insure that they would have exclusive rights to this type of advertising in Clearfield. It seems that the council didnt know of this contract and had also signed one with the 3M Company for the same type of benches. CITY MANAGER Gayle Starks spoke to the city attorney to see if they had violated the contract with Visual Advertising Agency and was that it stated in the contract the exclusive rights clause is only valid if the company paid the one dollar per year per bench agreement which they have not done. The attorney said that the contract was then invalid because the firm failed to keep its part of the agreement up to date as was stated in the contract. ad-4js- One of the beauties of spring is a lovely display of bridals BEAUTY OF SPRING wreath and pom poms at the Clyde Lundberg home in Kaysville. Its a shame they dont last all summer. At the Layton City Council By DAVE WIGHAM i 4 The County Attorney is in the process of drawing up a county wide fire protection agreement in an effort to bring better fire protection to the citizens of the county. The official name for the document is a mutual aid agreement, and it will be signed by all the city fire departments as well as the county fire department. THE BASIC idea behind this agreement is to cover for each other in the case of a major fire in a certain community in the county. For example if there was a major 1 i i 5 (i j fire in North Salt Lake, then every fire department would shift south. Bountiful would send help to NSL; Farmington would send a unit to Bountiful; Kaysville to Farmington and so on. This is so no city or community would ever be without fire protection. THIS IS not a new program for fire fighters, in fact, this type of agreement is common in California and back East. Property owners and the Kaysville City Police Department will crack down on offroad vehicles being driven in the areas surrounding King Clarion subdivision in the northeast section of the city, according to Chief Lyle H. Larkins. Privately owned property which surrounds King Clarion is being laced with trails, and ground cover and shrubs destroyed by the drivers of motorcycles, trail machines and other vehicles who are illegally using the area for their sport, said Chief Larkins. HE SAID the crackdown comes as the result of numerous complaints from the property owners to the west and north of the subdivision. He said riders are i Its always good to have backup, maybe not so much equipment wise, but its a definite advantage to have manpower to be in reserve. HE POINTED out that last The attorney is using one nia as a guideline to the countv Droposal. ALL OF the mayors in the using the property owned by the Davis County School Board in that area as an entry and exit to the hollow where they have made a series of trails in disregard of the property which is privately owned by the Kaysville Irrigation Company and several individuals. The School Board will post no trespass signs on their property this week and the trespass law will be vigorously enforced. THE AREA, which includes a reservoir of the Kaysville has Irrigation Company,a race increasingly become course for the vehicles with much damage resulting to the general terrain. Citations will be istwo-wheel- sued to offenders by Kaysville police. was in progress, fighters from as far as Layton were involved. Under this new agreement it would be fire departments closer to the fire. The main factor involved with the new agreement is that at no time will a community be without fire protection. With this new shift method every city will have fire protection at all times. ns SMi such agreement from Califor- Rian il i county have been notified and are in favor of the program, now the final agreement will go before all the various city councils for final approval. Bountiful Fire Chief Darrell Mcllrath indicated why he is in favor of the agreement. The West Layton Irrigation and Stevenson Ditch Cor- poration and 12 residents who own property along 1450 South in Clearfield have filed suit in 2nd District Court seeking $75,000 from Clearfield City. THE SUIT names Clearfield City and the Kent Smith Construction Co., developer of the Val Halla subdivision in Clearfield, and it charges the developer has constructed or has plans to construct subsurface drains that convey underground water from other property to the defendants to the Stevenson Ditch. The suit also claims the discharge increases the amount of water in the ditches and constitutes a continuing trespass against and is a nuisance on the property belonging to the (individual plaintiffs property owners). THOSE FILING the suit allege that by refusing to stop the construction company from its subdivision plans and the construction of the drains that Clearfield City is violating the citys division ordinances. sub- Also stated in the suit is a request for an injunction permanently enjoining the city from issuing building permits or giving orders of occupancy or approving subdivision plats which would convey water into the ditches or the property belonging to the plaintiffs. ALONG WITH a permanent injunction the suit requests $50,000 in general damages and $25,000 in punitive damages, mnm Its 76 On The Hills Two energetic Fruit Heights boys, Jed Barker and Brian Law were determined to leave a Bicentennial memento to Kaysville. They climbed one of the foothills above Fruit Heights, cleared a piece of ground and planted seed - forming the letters 76. The 76 is located about east of the Abrams in Fruit Heights onproperty the mountain side. Councilwoman Marlynn Lema made a motion to reaffirm the contract with Visual Advertising Agency with the exception of the exclusive contract clause. CLEARFIELD City now has contracts with both Visual Advertising Agency and the 3M Company. The city council has the to approve of or disapprove of any location for benches that either company submits. Clearfield Mayor Ross Sanders opened a public hearing during the council meeting in discussion of the rezoning request of property behind Lakeside Square approximately 500 East from right R4 zone to C2. Contractor J. Ron Stacey made the request for the rezoning of the property presently owned by Myron Mabey. Mr. Stacey has a 55 year lease with Mr. Mabey for development of the property to which is connected Lakeside Square Shopping Center. MR. STACEY plans to con- struct some small business areas along with professional offices along the shore of the pond at 500 East. Layton Is Still Waiting On Hillside Study meeting last Thurs. night. Councilman John Baker year when the Val Verda fire M wisoiM reported on an Animal Control meeting that he had at- tended. He stated that a penalty of $15 was established for anyone not obtaining a license for their dog on time. He also said that Layton had the highest number of dogs picked up in the county for the month of April. There were 73 picked reclaimed. up and 16 Robert Scott from the Davis County Planning Commission attended the meeting and gave the council a report as to the progress of the Mountain and Bench Land Study. This study was originally supposed to be completed by March 15. At the last council meeting the council extended upon request from the Davis County Planning Commission the completion date to June 1. Mr. Scott stated that this date will also be impossible to meet. HE STATED that the study was broken into four groups: Hydrology; Vegetation; Wild life and Geological. He said that the weather had been a factor in the delay and that the aerial pictures were taking longer than they had planned. MEMBERS of the council ask if he could give them a definite time that the study would be completed. They stated that they had been waiting for this report for guidance of making a decision on some property east of highway 89 owned by Mr. Lee Liston. Scott said that he could not give a definite completion date at this time. Bill Day, chairman of the Layton City Planning Commission stated that he did not think that they could give us any information of any help until the entire study was completed. Scott will arrange the the Co. be No. Main Street and Antelope Drive be changed from a C& RIB to 3 for the purpose of building a restaurant, mo-l C-- tel and apartments. Councilman Baker made a motion that the recommenda tion of the Planning Commission be honored and that the progress of the building be reviewed in a one year period of time. The motion was seconded by councilman Harris and was voted on 3 to 1 in favor. A PUBLIC Hearing was set on June 17 at 7:30 for a rezone request made by Capital Equities. Also a public hearing was set for June 17 at 8:00 p.m. on the extension of Antelope Dr. (North). Ladd Scoffield recommehd-e- d to the council that the fee for a rezone request be raised from $50 to $200. He also recommended an amendment to a proposed city ordinance whereby the city would collect a fee of $135 in the summer ($270 in winter) from contractors who wish to dig in city streets, digging up the asphalt. The fee would be kept by the city and the public works would either make the repairs or contract the work out. MAYOR Shields said that the city council would take recommendations under advisement until the Fire chief, John Adams, recommended an ordinance updating the Uniform Public Fire Code, recommended by the State Fire Marshal. He stated that there was a definite need for the update. The council will review this matter and take action in the next council meeting, dc taken. tended the hearing and stated that they had no objections to the rezoning of the area or the building planned to be done there as long as a concrete retaining wall and chain link fence is built along the boundaries of their property. MR. STACEY assured the residents that he already has plans to build a concrete wall and fence the area and landscape it, that he will work with the property owners in order not to infringe on their property or privacy. THE COUNCIL passed the request for zoning change. Ed Rogers and Bud Allison, directors for Clearfields School attended the Clearfield City Council meeting Tuesday and made a request for $2600 to aid in the Community schools expenditures. CLEARFIELD IS the only school in the county that has two community school directors. In the next year the community school plans to expand into a high school completion program so that the residents in the north end school credit for classes Last year Clearfield City gave the school $2600 but Gayle Starks told the directors that this year the city had cut $80,000 of the budget and at the present time is looking for other ways to cut expenditures. ALL THAT has been budgeted for the school is $1800. Councilman Gene Fessler made the comment that the council should look into the budget and see what could be done to help the community ' school financially. MAYOR ROSS Sanders opened sealed bids submitted to the city by Clearfield State Bank and Bank of Northern Utah both of Clearfield for the financing of a garbage truck compactor. The new garbage truck will cost the city $35,448. THE BID received from Clearfield State Bank was 6 percent interest and from Bank of Northern Utah 5 y4 percent interest annually. Councilman Gene Fessler moved that the council accept the Bank of Northern Utahs bid for financing the new truck. VOTING WAS unanimous, mnm ta By DAVE WIGHAM approved, that property on next council meeting. RESIDENTS from the area adjoining the property Mr. Stacey plans to build on, at- County Hide Animal Control Law THE PLANNING Commis- these of the county can receive high school credit for attending the community school instead of having to travel to Davis High School to receive any high A a meeting with the Council and the geologist. sion recommended that rezone request made by Layton Development Adams) (Dave At the present time he has dentists, doctors, a jewelry store and a hobby shop interested in leasing space along the water front. After several months of the discussion and Davis County Council of Governments passed a new county wide animal control ordinance at the monthly meeting of the group. THE BIGGEST change with this new law comes in the fees charged to the animal owners. The license fee is now $10 for an altered animal and $5 for unaltered. The impound fee is up to $10, with a $3 per day board charge. Also a penalty for any animal without a license is now $15. This means that if you have an unlicensed dog that is picked up by the control officers and impounded for three days it will cost you $43 to get that animal back. THESE NEW fee rates and the new ordinance go into effect on Juanuary 1, 1977. The idea behind the new fees and ordinance is to try to make the animal control program a program. In past years the program has had an income of around $30,000, with the new additions the county plans on about $90,000 income. THE VOTE on the adoption of the ordinance was extremely close, 9 were in favor and 7 were against. Those against the new ordinance were concerned ovei the type of service now being offered by the program. Clinton, for example, felt that by raising the fees it was putting those who live by the law at a disadvantage. Others agreed noting that the pound or shelter should have better hours, that it was impossible for a working man to get a stray animal to the shelter. ANOTHER complaint from the various communities in regard to the control program was that several citizens claim when they call the pound that they are instructed to catch the animal and that the control officer would be out to pick it up. Director of the program Noel Evans, noted The dispatcher might inquire if it was possible to catch the animal, but by no means should he tell the caller to catch it. Ill check into that problem and straighten it out. MR. EVANS then pledged to the group that he and his staff are trying everything possible to bring better service to the county, and that any suggestions were welcome. dw Layton Writer Needed The Reflex Journal needs correspondents in the east and west area of Layton to work on a part time basis. Applicants must have or be willing to develop contacts in order to supply social and personal news to the Reflex Journal. PLEASE call Fri. between 376-913- 9 more information. 3 and 12 on for DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 "B" North Main St., Layton PHONE 376-91- Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Stable. Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out of State Subscription $5.50 Overseas Subscription $15.00 (Payable in Advance) |