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Show l I Ell MiMG &Ep Ml Iraa By GARY R. BLODGETT ifl BOUNTIFUL - A proposed amendment to the con-veil con-veil oversial Hillside Ordinance was defeated 3-2 by the ountiful City Council Wednesday night. ir tx!'! '"ft A FOUR-POINT amendment was made by Councilman iiisii aul B. Allen, but the motion failed when opposed by K mncil members Phyllis Southwick, Don Perkins and ardeTolman. Councilman Jay Bingham voted in favor. onlSt: The amendment dealt primarily with setback "n(m quirements and evolved from a request by a Bountiful hoc I sident several weeks ago who sought permission to '"J lild his home more than 250 feet from a dedicated street 1,e' id more than 250 feet from the nearest fire hydrant -jJaDK )lh requests in violation of the Hillside Ordinance. CHE HILLSIDE Ordinance states that no home shall be lilt more than 250 feet from a dedicated city street nor ore than 250 feet from the nearest fire hydrant. The builder came to the council seeking a variance om this ordinance, but offered the council to build a ider private road into the property and placing a 'dram on his property that would conform with the or-nance. or-nance. BUT AFTER reviewing the case for the past three weeks, council members opposing the amendment said they felt the ordinance was "a good ordinance, one in which many hours of thought and planning from several persons (planning commission, etc.) had been utilized, and that the amendment would open the door to more changes." The proposed amendment, aimed at helping the property owner seeking relief from the council, suggested sug-gested the following: 1. A 20-FOOT driveway with hard surface and curb and gutter be constructed and that the driveway does not exceed 12 percent grade. Also, two adjoining lots may combine the driveway but that the driveway must have a minimum width of 30 feet. 2. A hard-surface turnaround space at the end of the driveway must be provided that is not less than 40 bv 60 " feet. X A FIRE hydrant must be placed not more than 250 feet nor less than 40 feet from the residence and be located in the center of a hard-surfaced area of not less than 5 by 10 feet complete with curbing. The hydrant must be located on land of not more than an 8 percent slope. 4. The owner must dedicate to the city that section of the driveway extending to the street, to and including the fire hydrant and surrounding curb. COUNCIL MEMBERS and city officials opposing the amendments, however, claimed that any change in fire hydrants would reduce the pressure to an extreme and as proposed the distance between the hydrant and residence could be termed "as the crow flies" and not by the route of the existing road. "I'm strongly opposed to any amendments," said City Engineer Jack Balling. "But as proposed the street is not nearly wide enough and the city would be required to maintain dedicated streets onto private property and this is not right." COUNCILWOMAN Phyllis Southwick, representing the council on the city planning commission, said: 'The planning commission has labored over this ordinance or-dinance for a long time and I think it's presumptious for some council members to think that the ordinance won't work when there has hardly been time to give it a chance." SHE ALSO criticized Councilman Allen for not approaching the planning commission with his proposal before bringing it to the council. Councilman Don Perkins added: "We created a monster mon-ster with the original Hillside Ordinance although it's a good ordinance and should be kept in tact. Let's give it a chance to work. A lot of people put a lot of time and thought into this ordinance and we should give it a chance." COUNCILMAN JAY Bingham said the council would not be opening any doors and that the city would still have control. "It appears to me that the ordinance needs some amendments and we should give these suggestions a try." Councilman Allen admitted that he would probably be "a lone voice" in this matter but wanted to go on record as attempting to make changes for the betterment of the ordinance. BUT HE added, "I'm a little hurt because I haven't heard any valid reasons for not accepting or revising these amendments, only that the original ordinance is a good one and should not be changed. I'd like to hear some valid reasons for not accepting or revising these suggested sug-gested ordinances." Councilwoman Southwick replied, "1 won't take the time now to give you reasons because the vote has already been taken. But if you will come to planning commission meeting, we'll give you a lot of reasons." MAYOR ELMER W. Barlow said he felt Councilman Allen had some valid points for amending the ordinance and complimented him for his efforts. |