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Show ,'r. -- ; i; i ttlfJf Serving East Juab County -- A Nice Place Volume 101, No 6 To Live! Single Copy Price Wednesday, February 12, 2003 www.nephitimesnews.com Public hearing set for March 4th to discuss Nephi City Council plans meetings to discuss recreation proposed zoning revision By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s Times-New- s A public hearing has been planned for Tuesday, March 4, for Nephi City Council members to take public comment on whether there should be a revision of the combined use zone in the city zoning ordinance. It was suggested the meeting take place at 7 p.m. before the regularly scheduled 7:30 p.m. council meeting. Jim YVilkey, acting as mayor pro tem in the absence of Chad Brough, mayor, suggested Randy McKnight, city administrator, explain the reason for the consideration. Nephi City Council members have planned a special meeting for officials of several local entities to discuss recreation in the area. We will have invited guests from other areas where successful recreation programs are run to come to the meeting and present their successful programs to us, said Randy McKnight, city administrator. He said that the councils of the East Juab cities of Mona, Levan, and Rocky Ridge as well as Nephi would all be invited to attend. In addition, members of the school board would also be invited. This will be a work session, said The Planning Commission has McKnight. That means that the public is invited but comments from them are not expected nor solicited. The meeting should begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the Nephi City Council chambers. The council has noted, for one reason or another, the successful programs of the guests who are invited to the meeting to present their success stories. f L, 7 t , - I i " , :i;- - NEVER TOO COLD TO FISH These fishermen were at Burrastons ponds on Tuesday fishing for the Elusive trout despite the February temperatures. Burraston's main ponds are one of the few water that never freeze since they are feed from springs all year long. The weather man is calling for mostly cloudy weather for wont stop the fishing. the rest of the week with rain and snow likely, but it p'-ibl- Residential security checks can be arranged through the Police Department Since we have initiated the By Myrna Trauntvein home Correspondent security program, we have Nephi City Police Officers will never had a burglary on one of these make security checks at homes homes, said Bowles. All it takes for where the residents are away, if any resident to get on the list is a the resident calls the department phone call to our office to set up the and makes the request. security check program. He said the office has request Homes of those who are away for those who will be out of forms will be added to other the visiting In town. checks .each the make addition, the police departpolice security has ment day. prepared a check list to follow Each day, after businesses close, for those who will be away. The check list, he said, has helps the police department also checks at the premises to prevent business of things residents can do to discourbreak-inage burglaries. We have had really good success Police Chief Chad Bowles told Nephi City Council members that with these home security checks, both the business and home the said Bowles. At businesses, said Bowles,' the checks are highly effective. Times-New- s s. police make both visual and physical checks each night. A list is complied and changed every so often in order to keep the updated. The list is totally redone every six months. YVe constantly update our list, said Bowles. Some business, which are new, are added each time we update. Other businesses, which are no longer in business, are removed from the mandatory check list. YYTe still check the empty buildings to make certain they are secure. He said some business owners requested more frequent checks and their requests were honored. Those businesses on the list which are printed in bold anddiave a check mark are mandatory checks physical checks, such as getting out of the squad car and shaking doors and checking to make certain windows are not broken. Our officers now make a mandatory check of the Old Gym every night, said Bowles. Curfew for young people up to age 18 is at 10 p.m. each night. All minors should be home by that time. The time is extended one hour on weekends and there is a more lenient curfew for those in the 18 to and addresses added to the security check list, said Bowles. He said home owners who will be away should also notify a neighbor and have them check the home. It is also good to give a trusted neighbor, friend, or family member a key to the door and have them enter to water plants. Mail should be stopped at the post office and newspaper delivery either stopped or the paper should be collected daily by a neighbor. In addition, a couple of inexpensive should be added to lights inside the home so that they come on and go off as though someone were at home. The neighborhood watch program, where neighbors watch out for others properties, is also an effective method for deterring burglaries. timer-switch- I night. The zone change would not apply to a specific district but would affect all combined use zones. The zone change would make the which require more surveillance. Those businesses are those con- changes available to those considersidered to be prime targets or those ing development but would not be which have been burglarized over assigned to any specific district, said McKnight. and over. do visual we and Every night 21 age category. YYre do encourage those home owners who expect to be out of town to call our office and get their names CHECKING DOORS Nephi City Police Chief Chad Boules checks door of business as part of the home and business security checks. You can call the police department to request an officer to check yours u hileyour au ay. recommended that a public hearing be held to receive comment, said McKnight. State law requires that all zoning ordinance changes must first be presented in a public hearing. The city ordinance is very specific on what uses are allowed in a combined use zone in the city. The suggestion had been made to tone down the restrictions on the zone so that it could be used as a buffer zone. One restriction which would be altered would be the lot size allowed in the zone. A zero lot line would be allowed under the new proposal, said McK- es Washington delegation met with commissioners to get input on county concerns By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent Times-New- s n Representatives from the delegation have been in Nephi for the past two commission meetings to see if anything could be done to help the county. Commissioners have expressed a variety of concerns. But when Marreen Casper, Senator Orrin Hatch attended the meeting she found that other elected YYash-ingto- (R-U- officials also had concerns. I have a great concern about the voting mechanics being planned by the government," said Pat Ingram, county She 6aid she fears Juab County, under terms of a new requirement imposed by the Utah State Legislature, will have financial woes when it comes election time this year. Ingram said the new legislation requires all counties to change to the new votermatic cards. clerk-audito- r. Ingram said the county clerks throughout the state would be meeting with the Lt. Governor of the state to see what kind of plans could be made and if any help, financially, could be requested. Each of the machines costs approximately $3,000," said Ingram. The budget for the election this year was set at $4,000 which means we could one machine. only buy There are usually not many burThe entire budget for all the elecglaries during the times of the year tion needs would be spent on that when there is snow on the ground machine. And of course, one machi ne because the thief doesnt want police would not be enough to take care of the needs of all the precincts. following footprints. |