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Show Trailer Comttirol Euids Detq Iraw' By GARY R. BLODGETT BOUNTIFUL After all of that "infighting" between city council members the previous pre-vious week over a proposed ordinance to control the use of trailers in the city, the "battle" resulted in a draw. THE COUNCIL passed the ordinance by a 4-1 vote last Wednesday night, but only the "watered down" version. The only portion of the ordinance approved contained two paragraphs para-graphs from the two-page proposal. "I think we can stop right after Section 'B"," said Councilman Coun-cilman Jay Bingham. "There's no use having a lot of superfluous super-fluous wording in the ordinance. ordi-nance. We, as a council, need some flexibility." COUNCILWOMAN Phyllis Southwick disagreed. She cast the dissenting vote saying: "We need to have substance in the ordinance, not too much . but enough to give the council 1 guidelines. Otherwise, all of the burden will be on the council. THE ORIGINAL ordinance provides that use of trailers outside the perimeters of licensed trailer parks shall be lawful on a limited and permit basis only as follows: A. The location and uses as provided within this section shall not otherwise be lawful unless a permit for such use is first granted by the city council. B. APPLICATION for such permit shall be made to the city manager and shall be accompanied accom-panied by a fee of $ 10. The city council may waive the fee in case of applications by religious, reli-gious, charitable, civic or educational edu-cational institutions. The city council then may approve or deny the application and attach such conditions as it may deem necessary. After that, the ordinance proposal as prepared by City Attorney Layne B. Forbes specified bona fide use of trailers trail-ers under "certain situations"; situa-tions"; use of the trailer must be confined to commercial property with permission of the owner; and a time limit of 72 hours on any one occasion or a total accumulative time of 30 days within any calendar year, except at a construction site where the trailer is used for business purposes of which shall not exceed one year. ONE OF the above, however, howev-er, were stricken from the ordinance, ordi-nance, but allows the city council to approve permit for use of a-side a-side the boundary park for "any goo; There was speci the previous city cc ing that the orfc with some proviso would not meet wit cil approval. AT THAT meeit the council membe: "watered down" , the ordinance but ; city council the; approve or deny a pe individual basis. Councilman Sleti pointed out that "tk volved the ordinar more complex it is: ter. Let's keep it sir the council decided they arise." COUNCILVVOM wick said that she fs nance should enough as to pioi ance that the con base its decision. S, that the permit reqt be considered by it ning commissiool sideration and re; tion to the city cot This provisions in the original or! was "strickenfru " by the 4-1 vote council. |
