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Show -- Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place Volume 102 No 33 To 4 .4 Live! Single Copy Price August In. 2001 wAvw.nephitimesnews.com Residents of Juab County should receive some CUP water By County updates ordinance dealing with disabled access to facilities Myma Trauntvein Times-Xew- Correspondent s There should be some water from the CUP project for residents of Juab County. At this minute, we are still optimistic, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chairman. "We are still optimistic. We just talked to a high-upolitician and he is working on if W it." Merrill Carter and Buddy two residents of the county, attended commission meeting to ask commissioners why county residents were still paying taxes for the Central Utah Water Project if no one in the county was to benefit. He said individual tax payers were also paying a tax for the Juab Water Conservancy District, as well as CUP. On his particular tax bill, for example, said Carter, he was being charged $134 this year. Meanwhile, he had been reading in the newspapers that the county was not going to get any water from the project. When I had a business, said Carter, if I was not going to get something, I quit paying for it. Commissioners, however, agreed that some water, although not the Phil-lipse- T V 'i p ? y) By Myrna '"Tt v.r A -- ' V a fy J; n, See Water on page 3 I !i '3 Tinics-Xetr- ' Trsn-y- ed re-u- .J3 !, ft f' 'urrespnndent The Juab Count! oiling ordinance wu- - amended to define and to allow facilities for caring for such indiuduals to be m certain areas of the count! The modifications were made as of changes in federal and a state laws, an increased interest in fuilities relating to persons with disabilities and a determination that certain proMsionsof the county nmng ordin ince needed updating and clarification. (llenn (Ireenhalgh. county planning commission director, said three t copies of the ordinance w ill now be on file in the county clerks office so that the public can review the ordinance and the changes made to it ' The commission needs to record, in the blanks on the signature page, how each commissioner voted. said dared Kldndge, county attorney. A roll call vote was needed to adopt the amendment to the zoning ordinance. Th.it vote, however, was cnn-truct- ; Trauntvein ( s lt full-tex- VEiV THE TEACHERS HAVE TO CO TO SCHOOL Aftme, ocht.s onr staff prepare Monday for tomorrows first day of school in the Juab School Distm t with meetings and instrtu turn. Re sure and u ear your seat belt on Thursday. Nephis finest, according to the Chief, will be out to enfon e seat belt usage for the Photo Rei a Dopp first week of school. .See Ordaiuce on page 3 Levan Town faces opposition for weight limit ordinance on haul road By Rebecca Dopp Times-Xew- s Correspondent the way the council was issuing this ordinance. He asked several questions about whether or not The Levan Town Council was a public meeting had been held met with opposition to adopting about adopting this ordinance, if an ordinance that would limit the a study of road damage had been weight trucks could haul on 100 made on the road, and how much South and 100 East to it had cost in maintenance to rewith exceptions for agriculture pair any damages. He wanted to know how the town could justify vehicles and delivery trucks coming into the town to make deliv- an ordinance on the road. eries. Violation of this ordinance Mayor Bob Shepherd said that would be a Class C misdemeanor, he didnt think a study had to be including a fine of $182 for the done on the road damage, and first offense, and $282 for sub- that the town had already resequent offenses. The ordinance paired the previous damage made was prepared by Denton Hatch, as well as making an alternate town attorney. route. He said the town didnt The council felt that in the best need to have a public meeting on interest of the town and its citi- this ordinance. zens the weight limit was needed. Shepherd said that the town had repaired the road through Council members felt that by limiting trucks to 10 tons each would town several times and felt that save the road from being heavily the town didnt need to spend damaged and would reduce the $10,000 for a study to say what potential danger for citizens who they already knew. Weve got the justification of live along the route through town. It states in the ordinance that Le- ourselves to make that determination, Shepherd firmly said. van, pursuant to Section of the Utah Code Annotated, has Were going to do it put up the authority to regulate the use weight limit signs for the safety of streets within the town. of our citizens. Thats our main Bob Steele, who has an interest consideration right now. in the mine, was very vocal about Steele said that the alternate 10-ton- s 10-8-1- 1 route that the town of Levan and Juab County had made not safe for his drivers and that his alternate route was deemed safe by the people who would be made trucks could not make the turn. Shepherd said that he had personally gone to the turn in question with Mr. Steele and the county commissioners to see if the trucks could make the turn safely. He said he was under the impression that most of the trucks could make the turn and that everyone had agreed to that fact. Steele said that no such agreement had been made. Shepherd said that the alternate route is built and should be used. He said that all but one of the trucking companies were now using the alternate route. Kay Chnstopherson, a representative of H.E. Davis, said that some of his trucks were too long and could not make the turn. He also said that he did not want to put his drivers in danger in bad weather. He said that he did not want to lose his rights to use the road through town by being made to abide by this ordinance. He felt it would be a loss to his business. He also felt that an ordinance should not be imposed until the Hedidsu that lie commended the count! for all the work that they had done on the alternate route and did not fault them for the road not being done. He felt that the town of Ixwan had dropped the ball w hen they could not acquire a piece of land from Frank Peterson that would make the turn straighter and more safe, to use it. in his opinion. Shepherd said that he had donated part of hi.s own property for the turn and the county w ould only have to condemn 110, or less, of the Peterson property to take the corner off the turn. He said that Peterson wanted to exchange for property where the other road already exists, but the county did not want to condemn the property and said that it was good enough when the trucks made the turn w here it is now. What more could we do?, the Mayor asked Chnstopherson. Weve gone as far as we can go. Shepherd said that according to Bob Garrett, road superintendent for the county, Peterson for would sell the right-of-wa- $10,000. The town said they had never agreed to purchase the strip of property from Peterson. Shepherd said their part of the agreement was to arrange for the right-of-ay exchange. Chnstopherson said that everyone else had done their part except Levan in acquiring the property. Shepherd said the town of Levan does not have the authority to condemn property in the county and that the county did not want to condemn the property and noxv t hey are at an impasse. I le said it all sits with Peterson. "We tried to get it done and it fell through, Shepherd said. "Ralph Brooks met with the guy, and Peterson said that if I lose this can I get this then were okay, and the county didnt get it done. When they said they could make the turn, we thought it the road was okay. Shepherd said that there was no more need for discussion and called for a vote on the ordinance. The Levan Town Council decided to pass the ordinance by a unanimous roll call vote. Mr. Steele asked to have a copy of the y Deed the road to Mona City so we can sell our property! Commission hears By Myrna Trauntvein The road in question is a cussed six or seven years ago, said Wm. Boyd Howarth, commission chairman, A subdivision was built behind the property in question and, at the time that was being planned, the discussion occurred that the road needed to be adjusted, Howarth said he thought it was determined that should be done. However, nothing has been Correspondent planned county road which was first designed as a cattle moving r A Mona needed a road. I hope you can help me, said letter of intent from the county commission so that a surveyor Wilkerson. My house sits here would survey a road so that a land (as designated on a property sale could be made. description map) and the county Such a letter will be written owns either up to my door or half by Juab County Attorney, Jared my house. A survey needed to be made to Eldridge, which will outline the intent of the county to allow roads determine just where the county to be deeded from the county to road was located and so that the Mona City. property could be adjusted to in- Woodford Wilke rson, property dicate where a county road was owner, his wife and daughter, to be placed. There is a fence, said Wilker- Gay, attended county commission meeting to request that the son, which has been there for at county road be deeded to the least 50 years. . Bro. Jones and I rebuilt the city. I plan to sell the property (a fence along an existing fence portion of what is owned) to a line, he said. The road in question was dis- subdivider, said Wilkerson. Times-Xew- s land-owne- i shts L i ryi'.HnrW ; . done. It must have fallen through a hole, said Howarth. In the past, said Robert Steele, corrections have been made be- cause the countys intent is, and has been, to work with landown- ers. Nevertheless, a survey needs to See i u Road on page 3 Woodford Wilkerson, property owner, his wife and daughter, Gay, attended the county commission meeting to request that the county road be deeded to Mona city. Mjm M f J Uf; . ?!4 X |
