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Show JJiliEt ; , r J 'i I 1 IJZZps " 1 ; ' .--'-wjwfs'" .j-,.- ' . . .,.4 vv? v-; : v , ,r; , t .--.1 PROPOSED GAME CENTER, nearly completed, ! was denied a business license because of a city ordinance not allowing the business in the proximity prox-imity of the school. ;. -.-w-------'--"'' " ' ptseEl 1" r -.... jku J CONTRACTORS install entry as construction continues on a proposed roller skating rink at the Western Living warehouse on west Main. City annexes 43.2 acres, denies license The Vernal City Council approved two business licenses last week, but tabled the Jerry Morris game room license until city attorneys could review an ordinance prohibiting game centers in the proximity of public schools and churches. Jerry Morris, who was present at last week's council meeting objected to the council's initial motion to deny him a license, stating that "this town needs a game center". Morris recently completed construction construc-tion of a fouilding which was given a building permit as a transmission shop, but the purpose of the building was later changed to a game center. The building is located behind the Circle-K on 100 South which is across the street from the junior high school. "Because of the ordinance," said Karl Migliori, councilman, "we have no choice but to deny the license." Philip Ellis, assistant superintendent, superinten-dent, voiced his support of the ordinance or-dinance at the council meeting. Speaking as a private citizen, Ellis urged the city to continue to support the ordinance, "its been a good ordinance and I support continuance of it." Morris mentioned that he had invested in-vested $60,000 into the game center, but he could rent it to someone else. He also indicated that another game center was under construction near the Uintah High School and if they denied him a license, how can they give a license to another. Both proposed game centers were constructed under a different building permit. LaMar Hawkins is presently converting conver-ting the Western Living warehouse into a roller skating rink and game center. The new building is located on about 850 West Main. Business licenses approved by the council were W.J. Calder for the Highway Husky and John Allred Basin Coal, 1300 east 35 South. The council also approved the annexation annex-ation of 435 acres of eight county residents property at 1200 South 500 West into the city. Robert Turner was present at the meeting and filed a written writ-ten protest to the annexation as owner of 1.2 acres in the annexation area. According to Kenneth Bassett, assistant assis-tant city manager, the annexation mets the criteria for apnexation which includes"1 petitions" ! from '51 of ' the owners and a third of the assessed value, and doesn't create unincorporated unincor-porated islands. Also the council was met with protests pro-tests to a proposal to rezone the corner of 5th North and 5th West from R-l to R-2 to provide for multi-family dwellings dwell-ings and condominiums in the future. The proposed complex would contain 144 units, said Jeff Gibson, promoter of the project. Dr. Ed Oscarson, spokesperson for about ten other persons present, said their objection was that the project would devalue adjacent property in comparison to other property, the lower quality of life because of high density, the Maeser turn is already bad, and the safety of children walking to school would be jeopardized. The council was handed a petition with 65 signatures in opposition to the rezoning. The council denied the rezon-ing. |
