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Show 84101 EXP PRESS UTAH 307 SALT Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place Volume 96, No 22 end property cwvncr dfccuce building permit Cor homo By Myraa Trauntvein Times-Ne- Correspondent One property owner who wants to build a home west of Nephi wishes to get a building permit for a single home dwelling but the location of the property would require the home to be constructed under terms of the city subdivision requirements. Charles Hall said he has purchased a building lot west of town just across the railroad tracks. He told council members he was willing to meet all requirements for a single home dwelling, including building a curb and gutter and running a water line. 1 purchased 2.5 acres on 500 North. said Hall. I am not being allowed a building permit on the property because. Ive been told, the previous owner would have to go through the subdivision ordinance and he doesnt fancy himself as a developer. Bob Warner, who sold Hall the property, doesnt want to take the part of a developer. He just was willing to sell a lot to Hall. No one has built there, said Hall. . , . . .. . - For an example, said Randy McKnight; city administrator, say David Hardy, a current developer working with the city on a project, sold a lot before the development was underway. The city cant help what he did, the ordinance clearly states that the piece of property is a piece of subdivided property and comes under the subdivision ordi- JcD(lb (0Dafi57 OfcdgCx 200 LAKE ASSOCIATION S Hall said he hoped some kind of variance would apply in his case. ' In 1996, the dty council talked about where we wanted the growth areas to be located, said Chad Brough, mayor. It was a matter of us envisioning what the city should be like. At that time, the city council also determined under what conditions a piece of property should be considered a subdivision. A piece of property can be divided into two without having to comply with the subdivision ordinance, said Brough. After that, any number of divisions require that the properties be treated as a subdivision and the subdivider must install curb, gutter and other improvements to meet preset city specifications. Nephi has had a subdivision ordinance since the early 1970s, said Randy McKnight: He said the ordinance was required by state statutes and the Nephi ordinance met those requirements. "It isnt a question of the number of building lots, he said. Could I submit a subdivision plan on my own? asked Hall. If the individual who bought a lot was willing to act as subdivider toanm sefidbiiaG county road department has a shed,., storage and repair center, s Correspondent Elder worked for the J uab County Road Shelly Elder, 37, a Nephi resident, Department and had just left the shop was killed at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May located just west of the accident site, 27, in a trucktrain accident at the rail- - said Nephi City Police Chief Chad ' ; road crossing on Nephis Center Street Bowles. Elder was en route to Berts Body and and 300 West. The accident occurred where the rail- - Glass Shop on 96 West Center to have road tracks cross the street just east of a rock chip in the windshield of one of diesel dump Juab County Fairgrounds where the the countys Times-New- el 2 o 5005 UT 84101-37- 68 Single Copy Price Cx8DDg3 odd 2570Cd on trucks repaired when the accident curred, said Bowles. An empty Union Pacific coal train was northbound along the tracks and Elder was eastbound on Center Street, said Bowles. Apparently he didnt see the train, said Bowles, and it hit him broadside. The vehicle was pushed ap- proximately one block, The impact knocked the vehicle from the train tracks and it, with Elder still inside, landed upside down in the creek, said Bowles. Salt Creek travels just west of the tracks along the fairgrounds. Tom Park and Steve Howarth, both Nephi residents, were first on the scene and they did an excellent job of getting Elder out of the truck, said Bowles. The cab of the truck was pretty well smashed and was upside down in the water. It is certain that Elder was killed on impact, said Bowles. He did remain in the truck for about 10 minutes while his rescuers labored to get him free of the wreckage. Elder was taken by East Juab Ambulance to Central Valley Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Tall grass and overgrowth may have, somewhat, obscured the view of the distance in the area trackside. This is the third fatal accident in four years on the tracks which run the entire length of Nephi, north to south, on the West side of town. Two high school sweethearts were killed just a few blocks north of the accident that claimed Elders life. Tiffany Taylor and Raymond Newton were killed in the train accident when they were headed eastbound. That train was also headed north on the tracks. We have had two other hits during that four year period, but luckily, they did not result in fatalities, said Bowles. ' Elder was a High Councilman in the North Nephi LDS Stake. He had served many years in scouting. His troop, when he was scoutmaster, had a high percentage of Eagle Scouts. As a leader, he won TRUCK AND TRAIN Crews lift the wreckage of the Juab County Dump truck from the irrigation canal. Elder was many awards for his leadership and driving this truck when he drove in front of a northbound Union Pacific Train last Wednesday morning. Elder, a long time scouting abilities. He is survived by his wife, Nan, and employee of the Juab County Road Department, was killed in the wreck. The force of the collision was so great that the engine, dump bed and cab were torn from the frame four children ages 8 to 16. Dim0SOOm WI2 0Pl3 & FesfipaGODGOflO o By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- 6.5-acr- rJ20GD0 o m o (fI? DDtt7 Gp?(E7 to the Deep Creek Wildlife Management the Division is not interested in a land said Seely. The property being exchange. Area, s Correspondent discussed is the Shepherd Property The proposal has received support Juab County Commissioners have which could be used as winter range for from the Habitat Council and the directors office because the DWR has shown taken a strong stand against the Divi- wildlife. officials said how DWR said had sion of Wildlife Resources proposals and the impacts to wildlife will be Seely they restrictions the county will be required tried to consider a way the property avoided and minimized and by includto meet to in order for the county to es- could be made available to Juab Coun- ing a wildlife habitat mitigation comtablish a gravel pit on division land. ty as a gravel pit and still meet the ponent. e addiThe Division said the The gravel pit is needed to provide a DWRs obligation to manage the propcloser source of gravel for the county erty to benefit wildlife. Since the prop- tion to the wildlife management area is road crew when they work in the south- erty will provide habitat for wildlife af- intended to show a benefit to wildlife, ter the pit is closed and rehabilitated, said Seely. They think if the deal has east area of the county. As a result of their objections, commissioners received a written proposal from DWR. The written agreement came following a meeting Mike Seely, Juab County administrator, and Bob Garrett, Juab County Road Superintendent, had with DWR officials where the objections of the commissioners were explained. charge of our drinking water system," By Myraa Trauntvein Under terms of the requirements prohe said. s Correspondent posed by the Division, the DWR would An operator in direct responsible retain ownership of the gravel The water system operator which charge, would independently make depit site, granting only an easement to Mona City may need to appoint, if the cisions during normal operation which Juab County for the right to extract population reaches another hundred or could affect the sanitary quality, safety, period. gravel for a so residents, will have the job of being and adequacy of water delivered to cusSeely and Garrett relayed the county responsible for the active tomers. mancommissioners objections and ideas to The law states that, in cases where of the water public drinking agement the DWR. only one operator is employed for the system. "The plan is to make payment for the Rick Schnurr, council member, said system, the operator will be considered easement, and mitigation for temporary the water system operator had a legal in direct responsible charge. See Lot on page 2 loss of wildlife habitat, by exchanging The water operator must be familiar job description provided by the state. A 6.5 acres of winter range and adding it water rewith the State of Utah Public Drinking system operator operates, Water is emand Rules, the State of Utah Operamaintains, directly pairs, Four Dsy Wssther Forecast ployed by a public drinking water sys- tor Certification Rules, and the Cross Connection Control Program of Utah. tem, like the one we have,he said. Water suppliers are responsible for Saturday Mona, with a population of approxiThursday Friday Wednesday mately 700, is not required, as of yet, to the quality of water delivered to their have a state certified operator. "When customers, said Schnurr. "In order to we have a population of 800 or more, or give the public reasonable assurance if we utilized complete treatment of the that the water which they are consumPartly Cloudy Mostly CtmKty High SOs 70s Mghe Trssrs II Mfltersrs Highs 60's 70s water, we would have to have state cer- ing is satisfactory, the rules for the detified operator in direct responsible sign, construction, operation and main !( STE CITY To Live! DpQy By Myma Trauntvein nance. . W C005 Wednesday, June 3, 1998 Cily Council FIRM 111999 0GHGdD poO merit, the transfer of this parcel to the Division should represent a savings to the county over other options available to meet our gravel needs. A draft easement was sent to the commission by DWR for the commission to review. The agreement had been approved by the DWR Director for the Central Region, however, the agreement must also be approved by the U.S. Fish See dfeCDOOGO gravel on page 2 DDGGG0 ?p .Mgi? SyoOGm rJlsmagoi? Times-New- 6.5-ac- re 25-ye- ar on-si- te tenance of public water supplies was established by the Utah Drinking Water Board. Mona Tbwn needs to hire a professional for the mapping and engineering design for the city cemetery. Ardath Newton, who is superintendent of parks and the cemetery, said the state was to send out a proposal to the town for the professional service. Ive been contacted about this, said Newton. The state is pushing a little bit They would like to get our cemetery more updated as far as records are concerned. She said an engineering company would come to the community and map the cemetery, note the location of the graves, and type in all the names of the deceased who are buried at the site. "I understand that Levan is using this See Mon m on page 2 |