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Show ? fG2S3 FBP EteGSG Ml? !yCARVR.BLODGETT !' ulT APPEARED to be K! Id of debate between lK "T,, City Council ""S ast Wednesday, -bers d after a 1 ;nd bate, the council i(,g j tn eive the owner of Struck at 200 North N ffreprieve-a tem- i 'ta aDproval to continue :esTa tt te until :1S ! studv is made and a jSedonApriHS. ? TE PROBLEM: Tony Z has been operating the 3 Tuck on a part-time ofat the parking lot of !J n W liey and Son. But in nks there have been is funfair competition 'J some downtown ihants have requested 2 , W track not be allowed , rleraieatthesite. U Tve been operating in ' Jiiilul for over four years ,1 ?' ' reewed license each Jl t St understand what 'he fuss is about," said Mr. Broge. T BlTCrTY officials believed ,w the original license is- Zi Mr. Broge was only a -porarv license to do V ,ness in Bountiful. ' Jr Broge says "no . v ;liereas nothing on the . , license or any license is--'ed in subsequent years to ! date temporary business. I i is far as I'm concerned, I've ja, operating legally in the alY until now." i but NOW the city has -efued 10 grant Tony Broge a 1 license to continue to do I ;wss from a trailer. I ;;iy Planner Jon Reed v. me explained: "THE CITY ordinance i -jarlv stales that a mobile J riler must be located within Is mobile trailer park and is I si allowed in a commercial a," he said. "Also, the. HP wmral walls, interior fur- ( -things, plumbing and elec-nciry elec-nciry do not comply with the ay ordinance pertaining to a oinmercial business." 1 Council members noted -a! there have been jnerous trailers throughout -years that have been used , is distribute commercial -sliicts. These, too, have ihst'.M :n in violation of the city rdmance governing corneal corn-eal business, according :: council members. . "THE PLANNING Commission Com-mission has refused several j nilar operations including temporary banks, used car businesses, realtors, recreational recrea-tional vehicle businesses, etc. from illegal operations of a trailer and the Planning Commission has recommeded denial of license for the. cheese truck as well," saicT Councilman Phyllis South-wick, South-wick, who represents the council on the Planning Commission. Com-mission. "We would have had a lot more of this type of operation had we allowed other business requests to conduct business from trailers," she added. CITY ATTORNEY Layne B. Forbes agreed. 'There is no question that Mr. Broge is operating a business from a trailer and the city ordinance is specific that trailers must be located in a licensed mobile home park. Also, if the structure is used for business, then it should comply with other sections of the city ordinance, and apparently it is not," the attorney said. "THUS, WE have a choice of changing the city ordinance or have him comply with the ordinance as it is written." Mr. Broge takes a different view. "I HAVE served Bountiful area residents for more than four years without any serious complaints," he said. "We have a superior product that can be sold at less cost than in a supermarket. This is what the people want as exampled by 2,000 to 3,000 that buy from me each week." Asked what he would do if the city refused him a license to continue his business, Mr. Broge replied: "I'D MOVE to a neighboring neighbor-ing community and continue the same operation. 1 have about a dozen similar trailers in the Intermountain area, all operating legally in cities that want our service." He told the council that he pays $150 a month rent for the parking lot. He says he also pays local sales tax on nearly 20 items sold from the trailer. ASKED WHY he didn't sell wholesale to retail markets, Mr. Broge answered: "Of course I couldn't offer my products to the public for the low price that I can by selling direct," he said, "But the main reason is that once it is sold wholesale, the product no longer remains fresh: If is ' shelved along with other products and can not possibly be as fresh as that which I now offer." i THERE WERE about 20 residents who attended the public hearing, ail in favor of the cheese truck remaining in business at its present location. loca-tion. Councilman Paul Allen admitted ad-mitted that it was a tough decision, "Because you have real good cheese and I, too, buy from you." He added that he (Councilman Allen) would like to see the cheese truck remain until "We can get things worked out." MAYOR ELMER W. Barlow said he had received no complaints since being elected mayor and added: "This is a service to the community and its legality could be a gray area." BUT COUNCILWOMAN Southwick noted that there can be no gray area regarding compliance with the city ordinance. or-dinance. "You either live within the ordinance or you don't, and this man apparently isn't do-. do-. ing so at this time," she said. SO WHETHER or not Bountiful residents can "have their cheese and eat it too" will remain undecided until April 18. |