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Show 3-- CCl-338-- 2rS MAKRIOT C COLUGWNS LIBRARY TRIALS CREEK SIV U OF U ur slc No one satisfied Zoning by Milt Policzer Enterprise Staff Writer Threatening to cut an object of dispute in half may be the wisdom of Solomon, but actually carrying out the threat isnt liable to make anyone happy. Salt Lake City commis- sioners found that out last week as caught between neighborhood residents who wanted a building moratorium continued and potential developers who didnt they continued the moratorium on construction that violates zoning requirements on eight R-5- A of the 16 blocks on which it had originally been imposed. The compromise, which Commissioner Jennings Phillips said didnt completely satisfy any of the commissioners either, called for a moratorium. The purpose this time was to allow study of proposed changes in existing zoning ordinances. y moratorThe previous ium had been to allow study of the area with an eye toward downzoning it (probably to from its current less restrictive The first moratorium affected an area bounded by 90-da- semi-resolve- d South Temple, 6th South, 11th East and University Street, plus the block east of 10th East between 3rd and 4th South. The new boundaries are 2nd South, 6th South, 11th East and the rear of properties with frontage on the east side of Douglas St. (which is between 12th and 13th East) plus the extra block. The study, part of which will be carried out by a committee consisting of representatives of the opposing sides and city officials, will focus on such things as the number of parking stalls which should be required in R-- 5 properties and the amount of usable open space. The first moratorium was Inside 90-da- R-5- A imposed after representatives of the East Central Neighborhood Council pointed out the current 5 zoning could allow for an increase in density far beyond what was called for in a "master plan" written in 1974 by the consulting firm Williams and Mocinc. R-- Review plans Council representatives were also worried about inadequate parking, an increasing transient population which didn't maintain residences, and a decrease in the quality of the neighborhood. One of their suggestions was to institute a neighborhood design review' board made up of residents who would review developers plans in advance. But property owners who wanted to develop their land came up with an abundance of s in a series of hearings on the issue culminating in the debate in the (Sec Zoning, page 5) counter-argument- y R-5- 81112 New Corps Mtg. Rates Opinion 16 16 18 Stocks .............. 19 ). , The trucking industry found it easier to get freight licenst during 1977 than in any other year in recent memory . Libera! stance at the ICC makes truckin easier Pressure from the White House and even the state legislature made it easier for the Marriott neglect causes Utahn to drop franchise The owner of the Roy Rogers Family Restaurant at 53 E. 300 South has dropped his franchise in an attempt to gain satisfaction from the franchisor, Marriott Corporation. M. Lowry Gilbert, owner of the Utah Roy Rogers outlets. says he is trying to nego- tiate".! re sonablc settlement." The Roy Rogers emerrd watrnn si un that marked the 3rd South location has been removed and Gilbert said he may drop the franchise at the other two locations he owns 10th East and 21st South in Sugarhousc and on Canyon Road in Provo. Penalized stemming from a sequence of events that began shortly after the Roy Rogers outlets were opened in Utah in 1968 and 1969. The Utah outlets were among about 40 Roy Rogers Restaurants that were franand chised or company-owme- d operated in the 11 Western states at that time. Local and national economic pressures d began to create a recession in the early 1970s, Gilbert said, the effects of which slowly squeezed out all the other Roy Rogers Family Restaurants in the West. Outlets in Seattle, Portland and California were closed, and one Utah store cstab-lise- d in Ogden in 1969 was fast-foo- closed after J. Willard Gilbert said he is being penalized for his success, with much of the problem VOLUME 7 NUMBER 25 Marriott visited it and even offered to defray the cost of (Sec Franchise, page 2) trucking industry to get freight licenses during 1977 than in any other year in recent memory. Nationally, applications to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permits to carry motor freight interstate arc up at least 35-4- 0 percent and applications in Utah have more than matched the national growth. The reason, according to John Surina. chief of the section for case control and information w ith the ICC in Washington, D.C., As well, he has been the "pressure." attributes the increase to the economic recovery and the "perception in the industry that procedures at the ICC are becoming more liberal." Applications to the Utah State Department of Business Regulation arc "up roughly 50 percent over the past year," said spokesman Ron Burrup. Although he didnt give any reasons for the jump, he did say "the commission has adopted a more liberal stance toward applications." Bruce Shand, an attorney who works extensively in the transportation field, said "I can't give you a percentage figure for the increase, but I can say its up a great deal over the past year." Theres no question about the pressure to Surina said, which will force the ICC to initiate more lenient application procedures. "The pressure began with Nixon and dc-rcgula- tc, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1977 continued with Ford. Now' President Carter has told the ICC it can make its reforms internally, but the pressure is still there both from the White House and from the Hill." The result has been a considerable reduction in the time it takes to get a license. Surina speculated the median age of an open case "has dropped from 7.1 months in June 1974 to five months in September, 1977." Furthermore. the number of closed cases rose during the same period, according to Surina. from 7,891 in 1974 to 9,856 in 1977. In Utah, the number of permits granted to trucking firms increased from seven in 1976 to 13 in 1977. A permit grants the trucker the right to haul for only one client on contract. The number of certificates, which allows the trucker to ship goods for anybody, increased from 16 in 1976 to 27 in 1977. Surina also said the economic recovery accounts for a great deal of the recent growth in the trucking industry. "More goods arc being moved, inventories arc being sold down, so the economy provides some natural increase in the number of applications we receive." But Surina said most of the increase comes from the policy of "easier entry control now exercised by the Commission." The industry, sensing increased revenue, has jumped at the chance. "The demand for transportation is way up because of the economy and because entry is becoming easier. Everybody wants a license," he added. 50 CENTS |