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Show "City Refuses Community Business Zone Change OFFICIALS HEED SHARP PROTEST 0F125CITIZEIIS Oratorical Fireworks Features Fea-tures Session of Commission With the announced purpose ef protecting homes and home Investments Invest-ments from asserted encroachments by "community businesses," more than 125 citizens living or owning property near Sunnyside avenue and Twentieth East street Wednesday appeared before Salt Lake City commissioners com-missioners te protest suggested aoning change. After nearly an hour ef oratorical fireworks featured by at least one personal tilt between champions of opposite views, commissioner denied de-nied a petition of George M. Cannon Can-non Jr. representing the Cannon Beneficial Realty company. Blocks Proposal The action blocks a proposal te move from Sunnyside avenue and Twenty-first east street a business sons te Twentieth East and Sunnyside Sunny-side avenue. Slse of the sons would be reduced by two-thirds and the petitioner expressed a willingness te restrict ths new sons to markets, filling stations, drug stores and such other small businesses which go te make up a community business district. dis-trict. Tourist camps, beer gardens and other businesses which sometimes prove objectionable in a residential district would be definitely excluded, Mr. Cannon said. Large Pelcgatlaa Protestants, whom John D. Rice, attorney representing them, asked to stand at the outset ef his argument, argu-ment, formed N per cent of the assembly, oas ef the largest to appear ap-pear before city commissioners at a public hearing in years past. "For once let us have an entrance te the city which is not marked by signs advertising cigars, beer and whatnot," said Mr. Rice. The minute min-ute you place a blight oa that real- dentiai area by allowing one variance var-iance in aoning you will have other applications and eventually the new ' Sunnyaide highway is lined with business. "We ask you te stand by and refrain re-frain from taking this suggested action. These people bought jrop- -erty relying on a map made in 1MT. They are entitled te consideration." ' Alternate Routs . The entranoe referred te Is the new, alternate route late the eity from Parley's canyon, which would cross the district named la the soa-ing soa-ing proposal. "' i-.t-i. !.;'' Mayor John M. Wallace Indicated '' the commission was inclined te deny ' the application and else wished not te prolong the hearing when Mr. Cannon said hs would withdraw the application without any formal vote of the commission. "We believe the commission should vote on the matter," said J. . Leonard Love, 1736 Y alec rest avenue. "If the application is withdrawn with-drawn It may not be long until another cleverly devised scheme is laid before this body and probably acted upon whan a group of eitl-ssns eitl-ssns this representative is not here ' te voice their views." Jumps te Fort "I resent," said Mr. Cannon, jumping jump-ing to his feet, 'the imputation there is any trickery hare on our part. We have ae objection to the commission com-mission voting on the matter." Edward M. Asbton, 1 East First North street, Ray Van Cott or, 147 South West Temple street, both with property Interests la the district, dis-trict, counseled further study ef the matter with a view te working out the problem of creating, as they said ' must be created, a panMunltv hmL. ness district la harmony with the surroundings. . Mr. Ashioa called attention to another business district, which was created la last, at Hubbard avenue and Nineteenth East streets, and suggested the possibility ef eonseli-dating eonseli-dating the two business areas. F. Oria Woodbury, 171T Yaiecrest avenue, member ef the chamber ef commerce planning committee, said the committee commended te eity commissioners the abolition ef any -other business districts in ths neighborhood neigh-borhood under discussion. |