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Show OSItSRJlG CaGjGStS PFBpSal 118 Bill iSlilF ifei! E30iiG8 The Centerville City Council voted three to one to reject the application of the Tobe Pitt-mans Pitt-mans to rezone their property at 400 W. and approximately 600 S., from agriculture to R-4. THE REZONING had been requested in order to allow for the construction of housing units for senior citizens on the property. Councilman Robert Arbuckle voted for the proposal. Councilman DeForrest Smouse was absent. ab-sent. Prior to the decision to reject the application Councilman Coun-cilman Dean Layton reported on a visit Mayor Green and he made to some similar housing units near the Valley Fair Mall. THEY HAD seen 100 units similar to those planned for the Pittman proposal. They had nice yards and were adequate. Mr. Layton said he had no negative thoughts about the units. However, he .'-'questioned the lack of sidewalks to the church and shopping center. He had seen no provision for washers or driers. There were recreational areas and a' coin operated laundry. The county housing authority seemed to control it. A young couple was acting as business managers. The complex was owned and managed by private enterprise. en-terprise. CITY Administrator Sid Noble reported his investigations investiga-tions of the senior citizen units. He, Father Burke (of the Davis County Housing Authority) and Alice Johnson visited the HUD office in order to better understand the development of the housing. He found that HUD would investigate and then advertise the need for a certain amount of units in Davis County. Then all interested developers could make presentation of their proposals. HUD would then carefully review the proposals and make a selection selec-tion of the same. CRITERIA for the selection would depend on the size of the units, proximity to church, to transportation and shopping centers, adequate sidewalks and a semaphore for crossing, etc. At present HUD has made no committ-' committ-' ments. The project chosen would receive rent supplements. At present HUD is considering that 50 is a comfortable number of units in each end of the county. Building money has to come from private sources. A determination will be made of the ability of the renter to pay and the government govern-ment will subsidize the remainder of the rental money, Mr. Noble said. THE ABILITY to pay is determined de-termined by Social Security payments. All citizens over 62 are eligible for consideration. The government wants the units to be liveable and does not want them to deteriorate to sub-standard housing. Councilman Arbuckle was informed that no one else but senior citizens may rent the units. MR. NOBLE stressed that the managers must accept all renters who have been considered con-sidered eligible by HUD. He said HUD will not come for any on-site inspection until concrete proposals have been ' made. Mayor Green informed the meeting that other proposals have been made asking for consideration of similar senior citizens housing. IT SEEMED to Mr. Noble that the County Housing Authority would be interested in building and managing such a development. ,. Councilman Myers asked for a report of the, past planning plan-ning and zoning commission meeting and was informed members voted in favor of the rezoning. MAYOR GREEN said the rezoning of the property to R-4 would open the door to R-4 development in the area. Mr. Randall asked if this were spot zoning. Mayor Green said any change in , zoning which is unique to its area is spot zoning. Mr. Arbuckle Ar-buckle asked if this rezoning weren't putting the cart before the horse, since the Pittmans had not yet received approval from HUD for the project. ' MR. NOBLE said HUD is going to advertise the need for this type of senior citizen development regardless of the decision of the Centerville City Council. Councilman Arbuckle, Mr. Noble and Mrs. Sessions suggested sug-gested that possibly a letter of intent might be drafted, indicating in-dicating if the Pittman's proposal were accepted by HUD, the rezoning might be forthcoming. MAYOR GREEN pointed out that R-4 zoning allows for multiple storage units, multiple mul-tiple housing, condominiums, etc. Councilman Arbuckle reminded those present that the previous council and " others had been against the construction of additional multiple dwellings in Centerville. Center-ville. After this lengthy discussion, discus-sion, Councilman Myers made a motion to reject the application of the Pittmans for the rezoning of their PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 2 Centerville Rejects Proposal To Build Senior Citizen Homes CONTINUED FROM FRONT property. The council again voiced their opinion that they would like to move for fewer federal government subsidies. sub-sidies. DISCUSSION followed concerning con-cerning the possible changes in the sign ordinance in Centerville. Cen-terville. It had been deemed necessary neces-sary with the development of the city and especially the erection of new signs at the new shopping plaa on Page's PROVED A man recently won a bet by entering a restaurant with a lion. He wished to prove that waiters could move quickly. Lane. The Thrifty Drug sign had no met the ordinance as now on the books. IT WAS decided to advertise adver-tise for a public hearing to be held March 2 to consider changes in the sign ordinance. or-dinance. Some of the possible changes might concern the size of the signs, not allowing signs to protrude higher than the rotrfs of the buildings, etc. Mayor Green signed a letter of intent to begin the Centerville Center-ville City. Davis County. Utah Industrial Park Special Improvement District, after he had read the letter with the council. IVPROVEMFNTS will include water, fire hydrants. er draire lv provemenis, m r storm dram, curb J-: roads, etc. "' Property rrn k. option of pavinK ttvll ! assessed to u,r .f ' lump sums or m stallments. ten pav"- ! mgthe maximum n WRITTEN pro,r project must be ur-City ur-City Recorder J-v., sums on or belnnp y4... " 5 p m. A public iva-. he held on March h ' the protests i The letier of mm, t published tn the (! -., " four consecutivf ',7 fees of internum . K to neighboring p. owners am |