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Show Lakeside Layton Won't Change Rail-Hom- LAYTON After months of debate and controversy, the City Council has decided not to pass an ordinance regulating the distance of new homes from railroad tracks. The council was considering creating such an ordinance to lessen the danger to people in the case of train derailments. , The council instead directed the Planning Commission to draw up an ordinance requiring that no new mobile home residential units be placed within 30 feet of railroad right-of-wa- The only regulation presently governing the distance of homes from tracks states that all single family dwellings must be set back 30 feet. Mobile homes are only required to have an eight-fosetback. The council was considering passing an ordinance which would force all new homes to be built 60 feet back from railroad However, they were convinced by the railroads and by property owners along the railroad tracks to leave the setback requirement intact. Property owner Bill Day, who attended two special meetings at which those interested in the issue were consulted, said he was upset by an apparent lack of communication with the Planning Commission. He pointed out that after the first special meeting June 3, at which property owners recommended that no changes be made except with regard to mobile homes, the Planning Commission voted to recommend a setback requirement to the council. City Planner Scott Carter explained that the Planning Commission had not acted in bad faith, but that it had simply carried out its assignment to make a recommendation to the council. ot He pointed out that the Planning Commission had been considering the question for two years, well before property owners were consulted. Mayor Lewis Shields noted, Weve had a lot of confusion, explaining the intent right from the beginning has been to make a safety situation pertaining to the railroad He said some people might have felt things got out of hand as the discussion progressed but indicated that in the end the involvement of affected property owners, had been successful because their opinions were heard. Shields said he had originally favored passing an ordinance forcing new homes to be set back further than 30 feet but now realized such a move would have been a mistake. The Utah Parks and Recreation Division will be able to occupy Antelope Island as soon as it deposits a check for $1,8 million with the Davis County Clerk, according to an order of occupancy signed last week by 2nd District Judge J. Duffy Palmer. The state has been seeking to buy the island from Antelope Island Cattle Co. and from the Anschutz Corp., which owns all oil, gas, and mineral rights to the property. The matter ended up in court when the property 30-fo- 60-fo- ot Busing Continued From Page 1A Board President Max J. Malan said the parents input was helpful to the board. The district had tried to cut the budget in other areas, he said, but had been unsuccessful. We had to make a decision, he said, and I dont know if we will make it now. He told the parents the board had studied the transportation problem. Nothing new has been said here he said. He invited the tonight, parents to choose a few people who could look at the budget and try to find the funds necessary for busing. The budgets a public document, he said. Its been available since we passed it. owners refused to sell the land, which the state wants to use for park and recreation purposes. Palmers order states that the Parks and Recreation Division may take immediate occupancy of the property and may keep the land pending further hearing and trial. Condemnation proceedings are currently pending in Palmers court. The state has 20 days to deposit $1.8 million with Davis County. Without that deposit, it cannot occupy the island. , EVER!!! right-of-wa- right-of-wa- Page 3 A 11, 19110, Utah Can Occupy Antelope Island Setback e Reiew, September Come Down To Either Location What are you going to call it, Wheel? To SAVE EAR PIERCING Merger Petition Might Be Turned in Monday Like Never Before. EAST LAYTON The head of a Layton-Eas- t Layton merger group says he hopes petitions calling for an election to be held on the question of East Layton disincorporation can be turned in Monday. The petitions, which must contain the signatures of 25 percent of East Laytons registered voters, have to be filed at the 2nd District Court in Farmington. Leader Kim Henderson said proponents of dissolution have already obtained about' 300 signatures calling for a disincorporation vote. However, it appears that about 350 signatures will be needed, he said, since the number of registered voters in East Layton is larger than had originally been estimated. The group had previously set 300 signatures as its goal. Once the petition has been submitted and the petition signatures have been verified, a 2nd District Court judge will set a date for the disincorporation vote. Henderson favors disincorporation and annexation into Layton for financial and quality of life reasons, he said. Includes solid gold earrings. FREE EYEBROW WAXING ALL 3 DAYS (RAN BROWV nO'i and COMPANY LAYTON TWO LOCATIONS: KSVJLLE 766-060- 3 766-222- 1 766-212- 2 Roy Hikes Fees For Services ROY The City Council has approved fee increases for several city services that have rates tied to the national Consumer Price Index and an increase in city sewer fees prompted by higher North Davis Sewer District rates. The council approved rate increases of 13.2 percent for storm sewer fees, park fees, effective immediately and business license fees, which will take effect Jan. 1. The storm sewer fee, including the increase, will be $510 per residential building lot of 4.5 cents per square foot, whichever is greater. For lots with greater than frontage, and for commercial lots, the fee is now 4.5 cents per square foot with a $510 per lot Jii Sept. 12th thru Sept. 19th DM SALE & 80-fo- minimum. The new fee for parks acquisition and development will amount to $270 per residential lot on new con- THANKS! FOR struction. All business owners will pay 13.2 percent more for business licenses effective Jan. 1. The North Davis Sewer District, which includes Roy residents, has approved a rate increase of 75 cents per unit per month effective Oct. 1. The city took action Tuesday to immediately pass on that increase in higher city sewer rates of $4.70 per unit per month. Current rate is $3.95 per unit per month. Twb SEMI-TRUC- K Kh A tJ FULL Shorter Hours OKd at Center The City Council Tuesday ROY - COUPLED WITH YOUR SAVINGS MAKES WAY FOR THIS GREAT ANNIVERSARY SALE! FULL YEARS OF FINE BUSINESS VOLUME SALES t 0U UPHOLSTERY; approved shortened Saturday hours for the Roy Recreation Center and changes in rates charged school and private swimming teams for use of the center pool. Virgil Howe, center director, told the council the center is used very little before 11 a.m. on Saturdays. Opening hour has been 8 a.m. on Saturday with closing at 9 p.m. He suggested the council approve a change to 10 a.m. opening, with closing at 8 p.m. Only 3 to 4 percent of our Saturday use comes before 11 a.m., he said. That amounts to maybe 10 people. He told the council the center requires a staff of three people during those slow hours. A $2,000 to $3,000 yearly savings could be realized by reducing hours of operation, he said. He also explained to the council that the Weber School District had cut funding for athletic programs and had eliminated rental of the center facilities for the coming school year. He said, however, that the schools swimming coaches had approached him about possibly using the facility for practice and swim meets. Howe said he had worked out a rate feor the school groups, according to a percentage of the centers expenses. He said, basically, he had taken the $1 per day individual student pass and deducted 65 cents because 65 percent of the expense to run the center goes for salaries, and the teams bring their own supervisors and staff, eliminating the need for center employees to supervise them. The rate figure he recommended to the council was 35 cents per visit per student or $15 per visit for the entire group, whichever is greater. Howe indicated that the coaches had recently learned that the school district will give no monetary support at all to the swimming team. Costs will have to be picked up entirely by the students. Howe said an Amateur Athletic Union swimming team, comprised of about 65 or 70 members, most of them Roy residents, had been using the swimming pool free during the slowest hours of operation. He recommended that the AAU team be charged a flat rate of $10 per visit. He said the lower rate is justified because the team uses the facility daily and Howe can control what hours they visit the pool. I also feel the AAU team represents the entire to the city, he community, and brings recognition said. They are rated about third in the ! state now, he said. Howe said the center is still geared to serve the use the general public first and said the public can the in are pool, groups facilities when the swimming but said that as long as he can control when the groups hold their sessions, conflict with the public will not be a problem. 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