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Show OREM GENEVA TIMES Thursday. July 27, 2006 i Page 2 (JEWS AND NOTES c Qmcil changes zopiog code odd some conditional use permits Reva Bowen Months of work by city staff and the Oern ity Council Coun-cil .ulrrunated l u-sday with the jmx it passing an or dinar)' di-nar)' with comprehensive hand's to city code- involving involv-ing ' onditional us'- permits "1 his is nol something new for the Citv 1 oun il this evening.' said M.ivor Jerry Washburn who rn;ide reler -ru- to nutii'-fous meetings, workshps. arid pubic discussions discus-sions that have U-cn h'-ld on the issue 'We have literally s-rit many many hours reviewing re-viewing this and giving suggest sug-gest ions to staff 1 he net effect of the hanges is to greatlv reduce the numly-r of conditional uses listed in ' ity cde Javn Bench, a planner with fJrem's development serve es depart -rnent, said many conditional uses were- ' hanged either to "permitted" or "not permitted" permit-ted" m the various .ones In some ases, standards were added to uses that were hanged to permitted The impetus behind trie hanges has been concern from the city attorney's office about the "unique challenges" that onditional uses create for the City Ourc il, according accord-ing to ba kground information informa-tion provided in the meeting's agenda It is expected that by eliminating elimi-nating as many conditional uses in My code as possible, and setting the standards for some of the users that were hanged to permitted, the city will tx- less vulnerable to legal a1 ion In a presentation to the public. Bench outlined some of the changes As of May 1, the city no longer issues a onditional use permit for any new mobile home park or travel trailer court. Bench said the law d'es not apply to manufactured homes l.xist-mg l.xist-mg fai ilities remain under ity ode provisioas. A section of code dealing with non-commercial swimming swim-ming jools which are not accessory uses in residential ones was eliminated Utility sulfations, cemeteries, cemeter-ies, and water tanks were uv-s given "permitted" status in vme ones, with specified standards lijbli dances must now have a minimum of ,'00 on- NorthCounty V i ;e Kirk Parkinson Ju i- htr'ti't'tithjfili:! t',,'t'r 'Wn'l 'J1 1 Marc Haddock rhH tjfflt, C'fJ'tfy I rjl"Jf Cathy ANred w !)! ',Vr)V,i):i 'jfjtuiy:, (1 fjror: Barbara Christiansen m j r'A Arrsmain h,ti, Ul,ui-, (ji,, H1K Mike Rigert 44-j (J-i-ir,, Viriffnr'j Beky Beaton in ru .m H'vwh r, Une Dubois iiwi if) A'.'H' 'jH'rt NEWSSTAND PRJCt: 10 50 SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS 1 par (w Utah County) - Sufa, Thu' w)ay arid twiai aaimnki k'tuch Kkii wst of E1 (iat Msflwoal, lftdfcpr)jnct, ?misw, lai, Tfr g?yirig, Diot'roit arJ few ar'i Day), 1 ytar foutttot Utah County) 1 far (m UuA County - Thurtiry only) ' t Mm4t : MsV TO KEEP YOU "V V I TJ n s a Rrl : - mi" i wit- '-'vi i nil ii f- It St- Dairy Queen and several homes and 400 West and l'tWlMst in Orem. site parking stalls Building height limit at torts were extensively addressed, but a proposal to eliminate the building height exception for the business park zone was put on hold Mayor Washburn said the business park zone has been applied to just two areas in the city the Utah Valley State Dllege campus, and an area at the mouth of Provo Canyon. vuth of 800 North and west of University Avenue Av-enue L'VSC is under state-control state-control "So, basically, we're talking about one parcel of properly affected," Washburn said Counr ilrnan Stephen Sand-strom Sand-strom said he believes it is Ix-st for the building height exception to remain in place while city staff prepares ideas for establishing criteria for Phona; 'A Mifa: V. ' 4 DAILY BUILD rUBLIIBIMO CO. Jennette Eiplin I'Js ivi Office Mitrwjw Rachel Ryticki 344 2lJJt Cw'kMcx, DfignorCopy EOitrx Casey Rogen 344 2S70 Dwjwiuw t'Mot Chris Peterson 344 270 WW Mm Jeremy Harmon 344 2f bfrn, 'f'.1. INFORMED A f J D businesses ulong f he north Hide building height in the business-park business-park zone The provision was included as part of a motion otherwise approving the outlined out-lined changes that passed in a unanimous council vote, CITY NOTES I Meeting on feasibility study A special meeting of theorem the-orem City Dnincil to receive the results of the feasibility study on the possibility of establishing a new sxh'jol district is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the City Council chambers in the city center, I Beautification winners The ()rem City Beautification Beautifica-tion Commission has named the following businesses as winners of the city's beau : The best ' t'sbeeTi a couple of years sine e we went to Cedar I frl Pioneer Day parade. But I was surprised Monday Mon-day w'hen three count 'em, three fire trucks lined up just behind the Bjy Scout hrrKJr guard that lead the parade wuhfJkJCAiry. I didn't realize G.tlar f ort had three fire trucks now. And tbfrre were more surprises. The town's small streets were linrxl wflh special ors of every sm, age and oAfir for the shrrt parade, It lorAed like more people than I'd ever w.-n at a Cedar fort parade. 1 ran into Virginia Oxk, who has been trie t'jwn record I'jt oVa'les She hafr?rtrd to be sharing the same shady corner A the old church buikling, and she said ti crowd koked like a record breaker to her, I've always thought Cedar Fort had the best hrjoeer Day event in Utah, largely because of its relative anonymity. The rodeo, kjng recognized for its rough stock and unpredictable nature, has been popular popu-lar for years. And the day4ong water fight, which was on Saturday this year, ts just quirky enough to attract outside attention every few years But l he parade ts so low key, and the rvme-spun rvme-spun car rwval tFtat follow it is so simple that it has tradflirjnally attranraJ mrjstry Irjtals, 1 discovered B in tlie early ViHiin whrm I aA-errl the event fur the liihi Free Press, and I have gone back regularly for years. At first I went to take photos, but lately I've gone to take the grandkicK Sharon and I had three of them wfl h us i m M'iriday , sitt mg on the curb wait ing with bags in hand to reap the harvest. The Cedar Fort parade boasts one of the highest high-est candy4fkid ratio of any parade in the country, coun-try, so we didn't have a hard time convincing the kids to go wflh us. It was everything we had expected. One (A the fire trucks squirted the spectators with a huge stream of water. The few floats were small and mostly pulled by four-wheeled ATVi. Those on the float were throwing INVOLVED of MX) North will be demolished tification awards for July. Winners are as follows: Alan and Tami Moore. 8484 N Memmo Dr.; Mike and Diane Bingham, 776 E Sunrise Dr.; Riley and Lola Cannon, 194 Woodland Dr.; Raul and Luch Sanchez. 691 N. 120 East; Cleo and Fat Davis. 1698 S. Main; Nick and Diane Eyre. 1277 S. 1040 East; Cheri Wright. 718 S. 250 West; Aaron and Debbie Deb-bie Kidd. 1141 W. 680 South Harold and Mayva Moon, 19 N. 750 West; Michael Stevens I amily, 1790 N. 860 West; Robert and Iris Cheatham, 1327 N. 1050 West; Gene Powell. Pow-ell. 44 1 N. Palisade Dr.; and IX-I and Chris Moody. 1187 E. 180 North. I Public hearing continued A public hearing to consider issues related to a street vacation vaca-tion of the southern half of Pioneer Day around ... .. f . .? ' Marc Haddock THE EDITOR'S COLUMN ASHLEY FRANSCELLNorth County in the next month between 960 N. 1500 West was continued contin-ued by the Orem City Council to Aug. 8 at 6:15 p.m. I Safety City coming to University Uni-versity Mall The Orem Police Department along with University Mall and the Daily Herald are inviting all children chil-dren to visit the fourth annual "Safety City," a miniature city designed to help children learn essential safety precautions precau-tions before they head back to school. Free demonstrations will be given every 30 minutes daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Canyon Court outside of Mervyn's, Aug. 12-19. A free University Mall "Safety City" gift bag will be given to the first 500 participants, ages 10 and under. For details visit www.shopuniversitymall. com. candy. There were a k more ATVs pulling nothing, but people were thr'M ing candy from those, too. The Lehi High School band marched in the parade, to the delight of many. The band has been participating partici-pating in the parade for a few years now, and it's a nke touch. A marching march-ing band gives a parade an air of k-gilimacy. There weren't many ccjmmercial entries, but the Costco people were there, throwing candy and toilet paper from the back of a big pickup. The toilet paper made everyone laugh, but the folks in Cedar Valley will remember that Costco is there for a king time to come. Then there were horses. Lots of horses. Marry of the people on the hrirses were throwing candy, too. And then the parade was over. "Is that itT Scott, one of my grandkids, asked. Not quite. We stuck around for lunch and the carnival. We ate hot dogs and hamburgers. The kids played the games, and they had a great time. There was a candy walk similar to a cake walk and 2-year-old Alyson walked until she won. Scot! won his heat of the gunnysack race and Toby knocked down three bcjttles including two with one throw in one of the games to earn bragging rights for that event. The activities were simple but perfect for the younger set. The kids talked about it all the way home, and then expounded on their feats to Mom and Dad. At the parade, Virginia Cook had asked me if I was going to the rodeo. A kit of people think the rough-and-tumble event is the highlight of the celebration. I wasn't going, I told her. I love a parade, but I've never embraced the art of rodeo. Virginia said she probably wouldn't go, either, but for different reasons Seems the rodeo has become a bit gerrtrified during the past few years, and the event is too tame for her. "I don't think they even have buD riding anymore," any-more," she told me with a sigh. I bet that was the reaction of most of the town folks. Widening Continued from Page 1 for projects including the 800 North redesign, Dupaix said the statute has not been ased for this project. "I am not aware of any scenario with any property owner that requires the department de-partment to use eminent domain," do-main," he said. That is very, very, very rare ... and only used as a last resort." However, making space for the road means Orem community fixtures such as Dairy Queen at the corner of 800 North and State Street could disappear forever. Within the next three weeks, contractors will begin demolition work and removal of homes and businesses busi-nesses on the north edge of 800 North in preparation for crews moving underground utilities this fall. Preliminary construction will commence this winter with the bulk of 800 North reconstruction coming next spring. Dupaix said he's not aware of an travel restrict ions to motorists during the demolition demoli-tion work. Irene Huber, co-owner in a partnership of the Orem Dairy Queen, said they've known for several years about the recoastruction project and UDOT's interest in acquiring their property. Though the business's owners own-ers haven't signed a contract or closed on the sale of the property yet, they are preparing pre-paring employees for what seems to be an inevitability. "It's very difficult," Huber said. "We have an emotional tie to the business and the customers ... As word is getting get-ting out it's really tough." Though the store's owners own-ers haven't officially posted a closing notice, Huber said several customers have asked about its closing. Huber and her husband Jim took over as general partners of the Orem Dairy Queen in 1990 and traas-formed traas-formed it into a successful franchise. Yet she is not opposed op-posed to making 800 North safer for motorists. "I have seen some terrible accidents at that intersection," intersec-tion," she said. They need to do something ... We really understand the need and we have no hard feelings toward UDOT ... I just wish it was to the south side iastead." Huber and her husband haven't made a decision on the future of their Dairy Queen franchise and if it will remain in Orem at a new location. The 800 North widening project, which will take two years to complete, is actually phase two of a 2005 undertaking under-taking that realigned 1200 West approximately 400 to 500 feet to the east. Though there will be lane closures during 800 North recoastruction, recoastruc-tion, Dupaix said UDOT will maintain two open lanes in each direction at all times during roadwork. When finished, 800 North will have three lanes in each direction and a raised median with no center turn lane. Left-turn access ac-cess will be limited to select intersect ioas and business access points. Hair Continued from Page 1 our house in Eagle Mountain and getting ready for Mike to go to law school in Oklahoma. Okla-homa. But a few months ago, she started bringing it up again." The Halgreas are staying with Mike's parents in north Orem until the move. The gregarious Raegan has been known to take a plastic bag and collect toys from her room, telling her parents, "I don't play with these any more. Can I give them to someone who doesn't have one?" And playmates in the neighborhood were delighted delight-ed when Raegan handed out her souvenir rocks from a recent trip to St. George and Tuacaha Raegan was a miracle baby, Nichole said. Just eight weeks into her pregnancy, Nichole was diagnosed with a tumor on her fiver that was the size .f a grapefruit. Her doctors told her bluntly that they were not sure they were going to be able to save her life or the life of her child. By the time Raegan Rae-gan was born, her mother's tumor had grown to the size of a football "It seems like she was considerate from the day she was born," Nichole said. |