Show Vote dayed o on re A final decision on the rezoning rezoning re- re zoning of the South area was postponed for or two more weeks by the Bountiful c city ty council during its regular meeting last Wednesday eve ning Wing The postponement was made to give the council time to toi tok k i study several other points and andt t i lo o await the return of Councilman Councilman Council Council- man nm 0 O. C. C Madsen who is now in In New York In opening discussion of the matter Councilman Kenyon Gurr reported the planning commission had voted 4 4 2 2 in favor of rezoning He also said he feels there is no solution to the problem and and that the city's position is untenable There is not a shadow of a double in my mind that the theland theland land hind would be annexed by Woods Cross if it is not annexed annexed annex annex- ed by Bountiful he said I I To get the matter rolling Councilman Gurr moved that the zone change be approved with the stipulation that building building building build build- ing either east or west of the highway maintain a 50 foot set set- back This Tins was s seconded by bv Councilman Lamar Parkin In the discussion on the motion motion mo mo- tion Pion Councilman L. L F. F Eckman said he had been told that Woods Cross has has- not actually annexed to the ol old Bamberger I track The plot plans show it there there- but by ordinance it goes only to the middle line of highway highway high high- way 91 he said It was annexed annex annex- annexed ed some years ago Mr 1 Gurr said even though the ordinance may not show it The only way to settle a problem problem lem such as this one is to have havea a planning group for the entire area which might light be composed of two persons from each community community com com- lh Then n planning could be done in a proper manner Councilman Gurr said The weakness would be that the individual individual individual in in- councils and town boards would not be bound to abide by the decisions Mayor I-I I Harold rold L. L Pope said it would be worth considering He asked city Atty Rendell N N. Mabey if such a plan would be legal Mr Mabey said they could at least have a gentleman's gentle gentle- gentleman's mans man's agreement and an informal informal mal commission with the under understanding understanding understanding standing that th the boards and councils would listen to it it Woods s Cross could not afford afford af af- af ford to pass up such a store Councilman Gurr pointed out Not when it could bring in per year more than the towns town's present 13 mill levy does and this is excluding licenses etc Ray Fadel representing the Main Street Merchants asked the council to hold off on the matter for at least six months This would give time lime to set up such a planning group to study the overall area aiea If not many See REZONE o on page G 6 |