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Show " ii I Towns SECTION m METRO EDITOR SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, Joe Pyrah 344-258- 6 - 2005 ipyrahheraldextra.com vineyard council meets, discusses plans for Geneva David Randall DAILY for a work session to discuss the property and specifically some of the proposals of Geneva Steel's former management to place more than 10,000 housing units along with some other commercial nonresidential developments on Geneva's 1,700 acres. The council passed a master plan for the city in November, HERALD It won't be long before Vineyard's Town Council has to finally start making some decisions about what they hope to see on the former Geneva Steel property. That fact became apparent Thursday, when the council met which specif ied the type of housing they hope to see on the old Vineyard farming land as homes, sitmostly of land. ting on a half-acr- e The master plan, however, left the Geneva property which makes up the bulk of the city's land up in the air, labeled only as a planned community zone but without speci low-densi- fications for housing densities or specific commercial developments. At the meeting, Geneva representatives talked about their plan, which they say would include some high rise housing developments and mixed use business and residential buildings, like the Gateway complex in Salt Lake City. Tensions elevated during the discussion, as city planner Rod Despain discouraged the ' council from approval of any of Geneva's plans or the PC zone without some concrete vision of how exactly developers plan to fit 10,000 people in the area. "At what point do we give the farm away, folks?' Despain said. "That's really where we're at." Council member Nathan Riley said he thinks the council should be willing to "play ball" with developers and be willing to make some concessions in order to get the development in. But the council as a whole agreed they hope for some See GENEVA, D2 Doctor may convert home into private care facility Target Practice Todd Hollingshead DAILY HERALD Michael Nelson says he's the only foot doctor between Salt Lake City and St. George who specializes in neuropathy, a disease that damages and numbs the nerves in legs and feet. His small office in Spanish Fork i. 3T1 r '?' r ta .. ,f 1 JEREMY HARMONDaily Herald Tyler Pulsipher, 13, right, practices target shooting under the watchpil eye of Rob Fotheringham at a roadside shooting range south of Saratoga Springs. , Increased utility fees ring in the new year for some Payson residents ter for Todd Hollingshead , DAILY HERALD . For some Payson residents, the new year means celebrations, new resolutions and a new set of increased utility fees. However, the increases won't affect most residents; they only cover startup fees, shut-of- f fees, service fees and certain types of payments. For residents or commercial entities setting up a utility account, the utility deposit will jump to $150, up from $100. The service fee, applicable when a public works employee checks a me L someone relocating, will be $25, up from $20. "Our city treasurer did a study of where our rates are compared to actual costs of sending staff out, and we were not even coming close to covering our costs," said Pam Knight, deputy recorder for Payson. The first time residents fail to pay their water or electricity bills, a shut-of- f fee of $35 will be charged, up from offenders will be $30. Second-timcharged $55. If a resident has his or her utilities shut off for delinquent bills and needs them turned on again after hours, the charge will be $75, up from e affected when drinking water fees Staff members are hoping the injumped to 80 cents per 1,000 gallons, creased fees for second-timoffenders up from 55 cents. will encourage residents to keep up on "The water is taking a little bit of an some their bills. increase because we are A $3 convenience fee will also apply water bonds," said Gordon White, city to any resident paying their bill over . water supervisor. "In order to redo the the phone with a credit card. Residents bonds, we did need to make some rate will be charged the $3 for each transacchanges. tion. "Our water is still one of the lower The new utility fees will go into efrates in the state, even though we infect today. creased it a little." Several water rate increases were Increases were also made for pressurized irrigation, with rates increasapproved by the City Council in November, but those rates have already ing depending on the size of the service been put in effect. All residents were line and the lot size. $45. ; e VVVVW.HARkTHEHERAlL0.COM . CALL 375-51- serves 12 to 16 patients a day, some who come from as far away as Price. Even the newest editions of medical textbooks teach that the disease can't be treated, but Nelson says he has found success, and people are learning about him. With the demand for his services outgrowing the space he has to treat patients, Nelson approached Spanish Fork city officials in 1999 with the idea of converting a residential property on 115 E. 300 North into a private physician's office. He said officials told him it would never happen. Now, after five years of meeting with different staff members, getting advice from attorneys and appearing in front of the City Council, Nelson has learned, he may get his wish. But it's probably going to take the podiatrist another four to six months of paperwork and meetings to get it granted. "I see so many businesses going up and so many houses going up, and one person gets their way and others don't," he said. "I don't understand it." He said though his lot falls in the residential only zone, properties to the west were purchased by the city for business and property to the south is already a business hair salon with a seven-chai- r employees. City staffers said they investigated the hair salon and said it is doing lawful business within the guidelines. "You can run a business out of your house depends on how many come to your home," said city planner Emil Pierson. "People g out of their can do home, but in this case, he's going to have a reception desk, employees, I wouldn't want that patients next to my house." In an agenda request form, Nelson said there is already business traffic and parking all around the property and the surrounding properties. The doctor said there is so much traffic in the area his wife was too nervous to let the kids play , hair-cuttin- See DOCTOR, TO SUBSCRIBE Mdispensable. More local news than any source in the universe. aWHMffl)' SSflliiUn W In print daily. Onlineharktheherald.com D2 |