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Show CHALLENGE PULL-OU- T ! The comforts of this modern world produce a cushy lifestyle for most of us, but for a few, the call of the wild still beckons, inspiring steps that lead to a life in the wilderness. See Lifestyle, Page IB ! Youll find your weekly TV Log in a special pull-osection this week, along with articles sharing opinion in columns and reviews. See Special Pull-ou- t ut STATE: Vying for honors at state is the focal point of the high school basketball scene this week, with both girls and boys in 3A and 4A competing for a rung on the ladder of supremacy. See Green Sheet Sports sv Single Copy 25c Volume 31, Number Thursday, March 13, 1986 6 A Small Lot Bid Rejected; City Not Am 'Easy Mark' surrounding zoning, city planners concluded. Burgess explained, however, that the subdivision had been designed to accommodate homes compatible with those in the neighborhood. These homes, he said, would be fronted with brick, with the remainder surfaced with aluminum exsiding for a maintenance-fre- e terior. Some would be two stories high, with eight to 10 models from which prospective buyers may choose, ranging from about $60,000 to $80,000 or more, he added. Weve consulted appraisers and there is little difference in appraised value between an 8 and an 7 home, he alleged. As for the five-acr- e commercial by Ralph H. Goff Green Sheet Staff Writer WEST VALLEY. In an apparent move to signal developers the city is not an easy mark, the City Council here Thursday unanimously denied a proposed small lot subdivision. Holmes and Perry representative Dean Burgess had presented a petition to rezone nearly 28 acres of a parcel on the northwest quadrant of 4100 So. 4000 West - a piece of land presently zoned 8 (single family residential homes on 7 8,000 square foot lots) - to ( single family homes on 7,000 square feet). Another five-acr- e piece on the corner itself was proposed as a 2 (neighborhood commercial) zone to accommodate a shopping center there. An 7 lot is compatible with the neighborhood and more acceptable to the public, Burgess alleged. The product does not have to be diminished to be on smaller lots because lower land costs allow us to be more competitive in the price of our homes. With an 7 we can put more in the product itself - attached garages, more luxuries inside the homes with less yard to take care re R-l-- R-l-- R-l-- C-- parcel, meetings V A R-l-- R-l-- of. I N ATTEMPT ... Developer Nathan Coulter explains benefits of small lot sub-d- i vision, but council unanimously ject. rejects the pro- sion approved the zone change, he told council members. The master plan indicates low density single family use for this area and the 8 to 7 issue is not in conflict with the plan but does not reflect the R-l-- In January the Planning Commis- - But By 4-- 3 Margin Weve had several with (neighborhood) residents to work through concerns they have had, Nathan Coulter explained to council members. I feel we have arrived at an accord with neighborhood and have planned a good development proposal, he added. The commercial corner would be integrated into the surrounding residential subdivision by street layouts and landscape buffers, he said, while maintaining the residential character of the neighborhood. If these homes are to be compati- - - Day Care Center Is Okayed by Ray Friess Green Sheet Staff Writer ble, they ought to be the same, Councilman Duane Moss told fellow council members following closure of the public hearing. I have an excellent reason for not wanting to allow this development in there -- 1 oppose the 7 zone, he said. Explaining he felt the smaller lots degrade the city and the size of the lot alone would limit the homes SALT LAKE. A day care and preschool operation for up to 120 children received approval from the County Planning Commission here Tuesday. La Petite Academy, 3488 W. 6200 South, has also received approval from the Sandy Planning Commission for a similar school at 11325 So. 1000 East. Commissioners also postponed for two weeks consideration of a request from Taylorsville Cove for a 30-lsubdivision at 3400 W. 4850 South. The problem is that there is a one inch strip of ground going around the area that belongs to someone else. Right of way or ownership of that strip must be cleared up before approval can be given, county officials said. Hearings were held on two proposed zone changes. Harold Irving is requesting a change from A-- 2 to 7 for 10 acres of land at 5300 South and 1320 West. He is proposing to build single family homes on the land. Another hearing was held on a request from Prestige Builders. The company wants to put twin homes on three acres of land at 4850 So. 3200 West. They are requesting a zone to change from the current 8 R-l-- which could be built there, Moss said, It appears to me the word is out that West Valley is an easy mark. We as a council need to take a stand somewhere to let these developers know we are not an easy mark for an Moss said the original plans for the development contained a portion intended for apartment development, but the Planning Commission process had eliminated the apartments in favor of the smaller lot concept. I dont like the idea the developers used these apartments as a crutch to get an 7 - which is what I think they probably really wanted all along, he said. In my mind, to make this development compatible with the area, it needs to be an 8 zone, and its about time we took a stand in that direction. Im more concerned with the commercial part of the proposal, Councilman Claude Jones noted. Im not sure what I expected it to be, but Im not really fond of what is being proposed. I cannot vote, in good faith, to change an intact 8 zone in a good V Councilman location to an Janice Fisher added. Continued on page 5 R-l-- R-l-- R-l-- R-l-- R-l-- Look Again! BEAR NECESSITIES? R-l-- R-l-- 7, WEST VALLEY. In a move which may portend future difficulties, the City Council here Thursday took a faltering step toward the process of building a new structure to house city government. This finally gets us going, City Manager John Newman told the council prior to its vote on the matter. This is the first step to finally getting the new City Hall built on the Granger park site. Newmans remarks prefaced formalization of a contract for architectural services, construction drawings and other documents for the proposed structure between the city and Scott, Louie, Browning Negotiations had taken place over the past several months and all that was needed was council approval before final inking. Counciman Pete Winder moved the contract be accepted - a motion which Brent Anderson seconded. The motion, however, did not go unopposed. On behalf of myself and for the hundreds of citizens who have contacted me to voice their opinions, I must vote No, Councilman Janice Fisher stated. - I have also been contacted by many people I represent who have expressed their opposition, and I Councilman LeLand vote No, DeLange added. Mayor Mike Embley and Councilman Duane Moss siding with Winder and Anderson in approving the proposal and Councilman Claude Jones joining Fisher and DeLange in opposing the measure, the contract was narrowly approved by a 3 margin. While the architectural contract passed Thursdays council vote, there may be more difficult hurdles to cross before ground is broken for the structure. City Hall now goes to Planning and Zoning for a conditional use hearing, Fisher explained following the meeting. With a Planning Commission hearing, we will finally know where the public stands on the City Hall issue, she added. With 4-- Green Sheet Publication r . . . Stacy tho Boar appears to give .Nathan , Pouillon .. .a big lilt (photo is actually Inverted). See related story on page 5B. Decisions on the requests will be made in a future meeting. In another matter, the commission put off until the next meeting a request from Mas Namba for a use permit for construction at 2510 W. 5400 South. Commissioners also dealt with a request from the Utah Music Amusement Assn, that the present fee imposed on arcades be removed. Continued on page 5 New Pool For Cyprus Not j In Picture For Near Future by LaRee Pehrson Green Sheet Staff Writer MAGNA. Theres no good news on the subject of a new swimming pool for Cyprus. That was the observation of Miriam Farnsworth, Granite School Board representative who spoke to the Magna Community Council here Thursday. When the school was rebuilt, we put five million plus into the building and other construction around the area, she said, which included the buildings on the east side of the gymnasium and a whole new electrical energy system that had to do with the whole plant. Much of the money is underground where it cant be seen for pilings to get the stress factor we needed, she commented. The pool was closed at that time and retiled and we took care of any leakage, we refurbished the ventilation system and repainted the dressing rooms that are also used in connection with the auxiliary gym for the total physical education program. She went on to say that at that time the board was approached to get more money for a pool, but there was no money available. In the meantime Granite district residents passed a $59.6 million bond election, but all of the money has gone for schools with the exception of a therapy pool at Hartvigsen school for handicapped children. The facilities there makes it possible for them to do exercises that they cant do just sitting, she said, and every day we get requests from veterans organizations wanting to come in with their people and make use of that facility. According to Mrs. Farnsworth, all the bond money is committed with the exception of the high school at 4100 South and 5600 West. And we really dont have enough of that money left to build the kind of school that we want, she added. The bottom line is were not thinking of a new pool at Cyprus at this time because there simply arent enough funds. But we are restructuring our bonding so we can save the citizens in Granite district some money. After 1990 when the new high school is scheduled to open, the capital money will begin to grow. "Now Im very sympathetic with the idea of wanting a larger and better pool for this area, but the Granite School District doesnt have the funds and I dont know how we could possibly do it. We see too large a need for just schools to be built, she added. Mrs. Farnsworth then announced Continued on page 5 Night Court Proposal Aims At O vercr o wded J ail by Richard R. Adams Green Sheet Staff Writer RACE AGAINST TIME . at Ploosant Groan park . . Construction workers in Magna faco an April 15 In Pleasant Green Park deadline for completion of an irrigation project which will become part of the park's parking area. - Work Is Progressing On Magna Recreation Facility by LaRee Pehrson Green Sheet Staff Writer MAGNA. With an April 15 deadline Doming lor irrigation water to come nto the canal, workers at Pleasant Jreen park are doubling efforts to t. omplete the ditch phase of the pro-ec- For the past two weeks they have ieen clearing the area of trash trees md digging trenches to lay pipe that rill handle the irrigation water. The contractor was given 60 calen-la- r days from Feb. 24 to complete he project and, if the weather rarms, will continue with the for ;rading temperatures the parking lot. of at least 50 degrees (and rising) are required to lay asphalt, so a delay in completing the project is possible. Although Community Development funds were rescinded for further work on the park, the Magna Community Council and the County Parks and Recreation Department intend to resubmit the proposal . According to Miriam Farnsworth, Parks and Recreation Board chairman, if the salary summary now in progress, to determine if the area qualifies for CD funds is to the affirmative, the work will go forward. If not, the project will be submitted to the County Commission in the fall as something that the Recreation Department would like to see done with capital improvement funds. there If the money is would be a picnic pavilion, games courts, volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, play apparatus and landscaping. Flood control insists on a retention basin in the northwest side of the park, Mrs. Farnsworth said, but there is a lovely basin at Hunter park that is two soccer fields and the dirt dredged out for the retention pond makes a wonderful sleigh riding hill in winter. The summary is expected to be completed by April 1. Further development at Pleasant Green park will rest in the hands of HUD officials in Denver. full-size- d SALT LAKE. A proposal to create a night court to reduce the number of people being booked into Salt Lake Countys overcrowded jail was discussed here Thursday by county commissioners and mayors during a monthly meeting of the County Council of Governments. The proposal calls for a night court to be established and operated on a trial basis for three to five months. It would serve all of the jurisdictions in the county and would relieve pressure on the current jail facilities by providing a mechanism for dealing with certain classes of misdemeanor offenders, the proposal says. Functions of the court would be as broad as possible and would include the setting and acceptance of bail, arraignments, issuing search warrants and providing a review of all misdemeanor arrests, constable or police, to determine which should actually be committed to jail. It is believed this process will result in a significant reduction of persons booked into the jail for petty offenses, thus helping to alleviate the jail population problem and also reduce the incarceration fees which will soon be imposed upon all the progovernmental entities, posal says. According to the proposal, a justice of the peace, rather than a bail commissioner, should be used ?r,d because of safety concerns, a t Klliff should be on duty at all times the court is in session. South Salt Lake Mayor Jim Davis said the night court experiment should be implemented because of It costs its financial advantages. $36.50 for each person who is held in jail overnight. We should not be putting people in jail who can be handled another way. The temporary night court could be set up by the end of March or beginning of April. The proposal says the physical facilities will be provided by South Salt Lake and will include some provisions for temporarily detaining arrestees. Salt Lake City Police Chief E.L. (Bud) Willoughby said he applauds the idea of a night court, but said it is likely a night court could actually put more people in jail who dont have the money to pay fines, therefore they should have a proper Continued on page 5 - Taylorsville-Bennio- n Council Meet Set TAYLORSVILLE. During the first in what is expected to be a series of special sessions dealing with development matters, the Taylprsville-Bennio- Community n Council will meet at 7 oclock here tonight (Thursday). The meeting will be held at Eisenhower junior high just prior to a regular session of the United Assn, of Community Councils. On the agenda for tonights council session is a proposal to construct a professional office complex at 3457 W. 4700 South, where a representative of ERA Vista is seeking RM zoning. Also, the council will con- sider a proposal by Trendsetter to build single family homes at 5600 South and 3200 West. In addition to the regular meeting on the fourth Thursday of each month, the council plans to meet in a special session once each month to consider what it anticipates to be a high number of proposals dealing with development of property. Among matters the council Intends to address during its next regular session - March 27 is how to cope with the speed of traffic on -- 4800 South. - |