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Show J By ROSELYN KIRK North Salt Lake has issued a statement to homeowners saying the city will not accept subdivisions -until improvements, including streets, sidewalks, storm drains and water and sewer lines comply with the city's subdivision ordinances. ACCORDING to Assistant City Manager Collin Wood, -since the city has not accepted accept-ed several of the subdivisions on the jippf-hillside. North STTTCake does not have the legal responsibility to maintaining main-taining or replacing damaged streets, sidewalks storm drains, or water and sewer lines. But in an effort of good will toward the homeowners on the upper hillside and to protect pro-tect the improvements already completed, the letter said the city has cleaned out 19 storm drain catch basins that were filled during the flooding on Sept. 14. THE STORM drains that have been cleared of dirt and debris.. .are--located in six different subdivisions four of them on the hill above 400 -East. The city has also repaired streets and curb and gutter in some areas. Mr. Wood said that improvements should be completed in the 18 months but in the past the city has not been able to enforce this regulation since subdividers have not been required to supply adequate bonding. "THAT IS our fault." he said. But the city intends to rectify this situation and require that future developers place adequate funds in a bond to complete improvements in any housing project. If improvements are not completed in the specified time, the banks will release the money in the bond to the city to complete the project. Mr. Wood said in the past some of the documents that allow this money to be released have been too vague. "But now the right kind of letter and bonds will be required." HE SAID building in the city has expanded so quickly that it has been difficult for the city government to grow fast enough to meet the needs. In the letter sent to hillside homeowners, the city suggested sug-gested steps to homeowners which they feel will prevent some flooding damage which occurred during the September Sep-tember storm. The letter suggests that all slopes be planted with grass or vegetation vegeta-tion that will retain moisture until shrubs provide greater soil protection. THE LETTER suggested that a 45 percent slope should be retained with hold-a-hill structures such as railroad ties or retaining walls to prevent run-off. Residents were also asked to design lots to form a detention basin which would allow water to be held momentarily on the loi and drain onto the street. In order to prevent the storm drains from plugging up. the letter suggests that wood chips and other organic materials not be used for ground cover. HILLSIDE residents uere asked to cooperate with the city and implement the recommendations. |