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Show Pmhed hall mulls sievj city d&me ruling Three areas of ordinance 533 of the new city ordinan-cse ordinan-cse adopted and printed recently, re-cently, were the main points of discussion at an over-flow meeting to which the public was invited Monday night, at the Springville Civic Center. Mayor Calvin Pack- ard conducted the meeting ' with all city council members mem-bers in attendance. Pros and cons concerning the weekly teen dances op- crated by Pete Morgan were I aired by those in attendance. t Mr. Morgan has asked that the ordinance which specifies speci-fies $5 per dance as a license li-cense fee be changed to a .0'' flat fee to correspond with other business license fees. He pointed out that his fee under the present rate would be $275 per year as compared com-pared to $25 charged other businesses. The second point brought out in the existing ordinance is that persons over the age of 18, are prohibited from entering or remaining at the dance to which minors under 18 are admitted. The third factor regarding dress specifics spec-ifics "any kind of tee-shirt, sandals, or tennis shoes" are prohibited. Some discussion was held concerning trouble which has occurred at the dance and Police Chief Ashley Graham was asked if there had been trouble. The Chief declared that there had been trouble "on the airport road and on 400 West" from young people who had been in attendance at the dance. Further questioning pointed up the fact that most trouble trou-ble when it occurred was outside the dance hall. Other Oth-er parents pointed out disturbances dis-turbances around the building build-ing area, while teenagers were attending the dance including in-cluding Robert Strong who reported his son was struck outside the building. Counter claims noted that such action ac-tion happened at school dances dan-ces and that it was possible that this might occur at any such dances. Several persons in attendance atten-dance charged that dress standards needed to be improved, im-proved, that the mode of dress to a large extent, governs the way people behave. be-have. Some teenagers pointed point-ed out that nice slacks or pants worn by the girls are more acceptable than some of the short skirts and dresses dres-ses worn now. Mr. Morgan stated that his purpose in starting the dance program was to get the kids off the street and give them some wholesome recreation and that he would be the first to say there should be a dance ordinance to be enforceable, equitable and fair. John Hafen, high school teacher, spent considerable time discussing the danger of having young girls (12 and 13) associated with older old-er boys; he aiso stressed behavior be-havior is dependent on proper prop-er dress and that he felt the dance was attracting undesirables unde-sirables from other towns. George Black pointed out that the ordinance as now written will not solve the problems which were presented pre-sented during the meeting. His wife suggested that if the trouble occurring was outside the dance, the city police might be lax Mr. Morgan stated that he hires two security men inside the dance and one downstairs in the restroom for the protection of those attending the dance. He emphasized em-phasized that at least five adults are in the building r.t all times. City officials promised to continue their study of the ordinance and proposed revisions re-visions presented last wek at the council meeting. |