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Show Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Volume 94, No. 37 Wednesday, September 11, 1996 City Council appoints committee to deal with animal rights owners by Myma lYauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Nephi City Council members agreed to appoint a committee to deal with the rights of animal owners in Nephi. Appointed to the committee were Vemice Winn, Barres Jenkins, Darin Peterson, Shirl-ee- n Buckley, Jeff Banks, Kayle Peterson, and Leon Pexton. I have contacted them and they have indicated they would be willing to serve, said Robert Steele, Nephi mayor. 1 think we need to keep the committee small enough so they will be able to get the work done, said Steele. I think the list is excellent, said Jim Wilkey, city council member. Other people who would like to be on the committee can contact any of those newly appointed to the Nephi City Animal Rights Advisory Committee. Members of the committee have the authority to ask others in the community to service with them. The new committee will work with animal owners in the city and with the city council to help establish some rules for future ordinances which will be part of the city zoning ordinance. Anyone wishing to build a fence in Nephi must now have a permit and, following a lengthy discussion by council members, the permit will not have a fee attached. The item was on the agenda so council members could review some of the elements of the new zoning ordinance and was not meant to create a discussion t, about fees, said Randy city administrator. However, council members were uncomfortable with charging a fee for a fencing permit, although the fee would not have been more than $10. According to terms of the ordinance, it was up to the legislative body to establish a fee for the permit. 1 agree that there should be no fee, said Richard Paxman, city council member. The city should eat that. The new zoning ordinance, passed a short time ago, calls for fences to carry a permit. Approval of the sign permit will be for the purpose of approving height, fence material, and other items of like interest. No fence shall be constructed, erected, or installed without first obtaining a fence permit from Nephi City. The permit most ignored is the one that has no fee, said McKnight. However, city council members agreed not to attach a fee to the permit for building a fence at present. Such a fee can be set by the council at any time. Types and placement of fences is now regulated by ordinance as part of the recently adopted zoning ordinance. According to requirements of the new ordi McK-nigh- C Continued on page 2 10 pages Single Copy Price 500 A mew hospital will he hnniM m Nephi, commissiomi hears taking, and Brent Davis, chief finance officer of Central Valley Medical Cens Correspondent ter, reported to Juab County CommisA new hospital is planned for Juab sioners the plan to construct a new hosCounty and will be built in Nephi. pital will take at least $6 million. If the physicians who are on staff at David Wanamaker, in charge of the campaign to raise funds for the under the hospital want a new clinic built, said By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- Wanamaker, then the cost could be approximately $7 million. The clinic now being used cost $800,000 to build, but building prices have increased, he said. Unfortunately, the hopes that Davis and Wanamaker had that Juab County Commissioners would request a Com- - munity Impact Board (CIB) loan cannot be considered. The county has financial problems because of the fires which burned in the county recently, said Ike Lunt, commissioner. Our costs will be $578,278 just for the Leamington Fire Complex, said Lunt. The county already owes $2.4 million for the new public safety building which are in the form of CIB loans. We understand you just want us to sponsor you in getting the loans, said Gordon Young, commission chair. We understand you intend to assume the debt. The county, however, would be running up against the debt ratio the CIB would allow. But, we can always go ask. They might say, Yes, and they can always say, No, said Young. Lunt said the board is more prone to approve loans than they are to approve grants. Although the centers medical staff and services are its facility is not, said Wanamaker. Due to its age, the building requires such mqjor renovation that engineering and architectural consultants recommend that a new facility be constructed. Wanamaker said a new hospital will allow the hospital to meet the future. With great growth in the number of people both visiting and relocating to Nephi and Juab County, expansion is needed in the emergency, critical care, and same-da-y surgery units, as well as the womens and wellness centers, and other programs of high consumer demand, he said. In addition to increased growth in the area, said Wanamaker, the area has a great number of visitors. Nearly 15,000 travelers pass through Nephi each day on Interstate-15- , he said. Over 5,000 more visit the nearby state and national recreational areas of Mt. Nebo, Yuba low-intere- STAND BACK1 ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME? I SAID ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME!!!! Along with ostriches and llamas, the popularity of unusual farm animals seem to be on the increase. This bison is one of a small domestic herd in Nephi which belongs to Bob Day. Who needs the zoo, a five minute ride abound town shows all kinds of exotic animals. st 0 Continued on page 2 Nephi City Council wants to license owners of rental units to prevent problems By Times-New- s Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent The city council needs to establish a business license for those who rent to others. City council members have concerns that rental properties are not always administered ethically so that the health and welfare of those renting, as well as those of neighborhoods near such rentals, are of primary concern. We had a recent incident which occurred in an apartment in the city which pointed up the problem, said Milt Harmon, city council member. He said 10 young people were living in an apartment together which had old girl. Nine been rented by a of the young people at the residence were under the influence of an illegal substance, said Harmon. Renting apartments in the community should be considered a business and those who did the renting should be more careful about the people they rent to. This would happen, said Harmon, if the city had a business license which governed the renting of apartments as 17-ye- ar a business. If a license were required, he said, perhaps the people renting apartments would be more careful about the job they do. If they knew there was some regu lation and some follow through, perhaps the situation would improve, said Harmon. Renters rights and landlords obligations, also landlords rights and renters obligations should be considered. Salt Lake City recently passed regulations, said Harmon. There should be a responsible person involved, said Robert Steele, mayor. I dont know where the age should be set for allowing a person to rent an apartment or how to structure the license, but something does need to be done. Harmon said the license should state that those who rent to others and those who are renting can be inspected for sanitary conditions and held to health codes and building codes. I think we all agree that we need to take a stand, said Richard Paxman, city council member. McKnight and city attorney, David Leavitt, were asked to do some investigation into what other communities had adopted and to make some recommendations in the future to the council. This would be a help to both tenants and landlords, said Steele. Nephi City Council approved the addition of three new men to the city volunteer fire department. Appointed were Curtis Park, Kurt Allred, and Derreck Walk. The council authorized the increase of the fire department to 27 members, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. All of the firefighters are currently working toward full certification. A training schedule has been adopted. Nephi City Council members adopted the new collection and disposal rates for the solid waste disposal collection. Residential customers will now pay $6 per month for disposal and $6 per month for collection. The total for landfill and collection charges for residential customers will now be $12 per month which is $2 more per month than residents of Nephi have been paying. Commercial disposal, for those using the small can, will be $6 per month with a collection fee of $6 for a total of $12. 0 Continued on page 2 South Jordan man killed in rollover south of Nephi 1-- 15 By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent old South Jordan man was A killed in a one car rollover accident early Sunday morning two miles south of Nephi on Interstate 15. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Doug Anderson said Christian D. Lynn was not breathing at the scene but was revived by paramedics with the East Juab Ambulance Association. He was then taken to Central Valley Hospital and was transferred by helicopter to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. 27-ye- ar The accident occurred at 3 a.m. Lynn was pronounced dead at 11:58 a.m. on Sunday. Lynn was driving a Chev S10 Pickup truck southbound when he lost control of his car, drove off the left side of the highway, struck a post and briefly the roadway. He rolled the vehicle three and a half times at that point, said Anderson. Lynns vehicle rolled off the left side of the highway. Lynn was not wearing a seatbelt, said Anderson, and was ejected from the vehicle. He was found approximately 45 feet from the vehicle, said Anderson. |