| OCR Text |
Show - Si ST- - -- 1 PJsss 4i 4S- 1327 X ll-BO- t-s- s cm; -'- 0Tj,a E4u law s oil THIRTY VOLUME THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1976 - 1 I ?' V'V s'N V?nY'' v v. ,'f-- O ;l mIsiDD residents from Idaho and By DEE CARTER Montana Streets protested the change. With three aye votes the Council chambers were filled night Thursday primarily with dissidents. City ordinance requires three positive votes to overrides planning commission recommendation and Councilman John Baker cast the deciding Layton City Council overrode a planning commission recommendation to deny a rezone petition which would allow the development of an enclosed shopping mall in Layton. vote. COUNCILMAN Lynn Wood abstained from voting while Bob Austad and Kent Randall were in favor of the proposal. THE AREA involved is bounded on the east and south by Hill Field Rd. and on the west by Interstate 15. Plaza Development Corp. under the name of Hillside Plaza, requested the change. At a prior public hearing, several Councilman Randy Harris was absent from the meeting. Petitions were brought before council, one for the development and one against. After removing the names of those who signed both, 19 were against the rezoning and 1H in accord with it. COUNCIL questioned the proponents of two other malls, Stayner Development Corp. and Jay Willey, Layton businessman. The first plans to build Wasatch Mall west of the freeway and Mr. Willey plans to expand and remodel completely the Fort Lane Shopping Center. All developers agreed that Layton and the surrounding area will support only one large mall. The major anchor tenants now have a choice of three sites in which to locate. CHAMBER of Commerce President Tom Winegar came before council to propose an ordinance which would allow the ticketing of cars on private property. He described the parkings problems in the Fort Lane shopping area with cars parking in the fire lane and other no parking areas. City attorney Bruce Barton has checked and said that the ordinance could be enforced. Council has taken the matter under advisement, die tJM MM Mm . By ROSELYN KIRK Ron Layton isnt sure whether he is the County FtreiWafshai-o- f the- . h CoordinCounty ator. He asked Davis County Commissioners to define his duties. Fire-Healt- ALTHOUGH employed by Davis County Environmental Health pivision, Mr. Layton works summer the five months as the during Assistant Fire County Marshal. During the other seven months, he is employed as a fire and health inspector for the Departmental of Environmental Health. The problem-i- s. that the jobs, are overlapping. Mr. Layton says his responsibilities have increased. He is on fire call on 'a basis during the five months he works as a fire marshal and is not making any more money. HE SAYS he wants to become either a full time fire marshal or a full time health inspector. He told county commissioners that he will S- Seeks Kaysville Council Okay To Buy IVlill Road This lonesome collie shepherd mix pup needs a home. There are seven more pups very similar to him available at the Davis County Animal Control facility. Call for more information. COLLIE MIX 376-835- 5 Road, a perpetual right of way through the parking lot of was Market Bowmans approved previously by Dick Bowman ot Bowmans Market presented a proposal to the city council to purchase the north south portion of Mill Road in order to: m Market. Clover Club Foods Co. and tour ot the six property owners on the east west portion of Mill Road. Improve the appearance by building a retaining wall on the west property lane of Clover Club Foods Co. and lowering and closing as a The petition was left with the council to review. The east west portion ot Mill Road would remain unchanged. EXPAND 1. Bowmans 2. Under the new law, estates of persons dying after December 31, 1976, with a fair market value of assets less than $120,000 will escape The Tax Section and Probate Committee of the Utah State Bar today called attention to the need for persons having estate plans to have their plans reviewed by their attorneys. taxation. Tax Reform Act, THE recently adopted, contains a major overahul of estate and gift tax provisions. Some relief from taxation has been provided for small and medium sized estates, while potential taxes on large estates have been increased. the Formerly exemption was $60,000. lf spouse tax free, lf OF UNDER THE prior law, a decedent could leave one-haof the estate to a surviving 1976 marital deduction is one-haestate or $250,000, whichever is greater. This could be a major benefit to taxpayers in Utah. of the which coupled with the exemption, increased the tax free estate to $120,000 in value. Under the new law the new VITAL concern, however, is the fact that the gift tax rates will be raised review by Utah residents ot their gift tax planning prior to the end of 1976 and a review of their estate planning documents. They should consult with their local attorney relative to these important matters. , substantially after December 31, 1976, and the lifetime exemption of $30,000 under the existing law will no longer exist separately December after 31, 1976. These two matters dictate a THE UTAH State Bar continuing Legal Education Committee and the Tax Section of the Utah State Bar has just completed a seminar dealing with the 1976 Tax Reform Act. road this portion of Mill Road which is now 33 feet wide. The THE CITY council agreed to review the proposal after looking at the area being considered and receiving a legal opinion from the city attorney. Mr. Bowman has agreed to minimum for an approved city street in Kavsville is 55 feet. MR. BOWMAN previously appeared before the planning board who favored his proposal if it met all legal and the requirements approval of the city council. A petition granting all property owners or. Mill properly relocate under direction of the council any necessary city or private property services now in the road in order to make improvements in the area. accept the job of full time fire warden only it they make it worth his while financially. David Rymple, official . from the state forest service,-' told the commissioners during the county fire budget session that a fire marshal is needed on a full time basis. RICH HARVEY, who heads the Davis County Environ- mental Health Division, has proposed in his annual budget that M( Layton be retained in the Environmental Health Division until May 31, 1977. He suggested that on June 1, that position be staffed by a public health engineer. This would leave Mr. Lay-to- n free to become the fire marshal if the position is approved by county commissioners. Mr, Harvey said a public health engineer is necessary. If hired, he would be an expert on the 22 public water supply systems and three sewer districts in the county and could prevent errors in wide. planning county- Me Draprovemeinilt ftssm. Maraes Layfloiro OWncers David Andrew Leethnm. IS of 520 N. 1275 W. in Clearfield has been arrested and booked into Weber County Jail on aggravated assault after an Ogden teenager was shot last week. four speakers valued at $50 taken from the car of Mrs. Mary Myers, 449 So. 500 E. in Clearfield and a CB radio valued at $250 taken from a vehicle owned by Eddy M. l.iekis, 961 Hilltop Drive in Clearfield By DEE CARTER groups, service clubs, and Officers were elected at the last meeting of the Layton City Improvement Association to serve for the coming year. Jay Dansie moves automatically into the chairmanship, Linelle Rose was elected vice chairman, and Bessie Layton reelected as treasurer. The secretary of the group, Jean Jensen, just finished tne first year of her two year term. MAYOR GLEN Shields conducted part of the meeting standing in for Chairman Jay the Willey. He welcomed representatives of various I Layton High. Tracing the hi story of LCIA, he explained how the organization is structured around the Utah Community Progress program. The state program involves five areas of progress and Mayor Shields indicated that he is head of Planning and Initiating, James Layton is in charge of Economic Development, and Linelle Rose oversees Physical Environment. Two committees are without leadership at present, Human Relations and Cultural Enrichment and Community ' Services. IN OTHER business problem of litter between the and Layton High was discussed. Linelle Rose mentioned that the city has installed two large trash receptacles but that the assistance of the students is needed to keep the area clean. Brian Wood and John Weis, representatives of Layton High, indicated that they would do what they could to aid the situation. The mayor described the efforts of LCIA as made to have every Layton resident subscribe to the Davis New- -, the need Journal. He stressed for communication between citizens and local government and indicated that the newspaper is one of the best methods. He asked the two Layton High students if they would assist the Laytimes m their current subscription drive. They are attempting to canvass the entire city IN CLOSING the meeting. Chairman Willey reminded members that the next meetTuesing will be the second new day m January with the slate of officers, dc STEVE Kennedy, 19 of 2247 Adams was taken to McKay-DeHospital after being shot e an argument over $20 Mr. Kennedy was playing pool with fpends at a local game center where he spotted m a friend he thought owed him $20. MR. KENNEDY apparently waited for the friend outside the Ogden Center when the argument began and he was shot in the leg. Also the Clearfield police department report a stereo stolen from a car owned by Kenned Piper of S26 Birch, LARRY Gordon, an IS year old Clearfield job corpsman was sentenced to 16 davs in the Davis County Jail and a $60 fine after he was charged with a simple assault charge in a fight at the Clearfield Center The fight apparently started over a ping pong ball and Mr. Gordon struck another corpsman, Eugene Burditt, 19 with a cue stick. ACCORDING to Clearfield City police reports Mr. Burditt received severe marks to his bodv. mnm system have been demonstrated by increased coordination between local fire departments, a cooperative agreement and a Marked decrease in wildland fires. of the IN DISCUSSING the posof making the fire sibility marshal position a separate e agency under county government, Commissioner Stan Smoot said the commission needs to justify the position economically. We need to see if we can afford to pick up one more salary. He questioned whether the time is right for the creation of the position. All the com- that missioners agreed something must be done m the north end of the county to coordinate the fire service and make coverage county- full-tim- ; ", j1 't wide. MR. LAYTON has been ' employed by the Environ- mental Health Division for 10 , years. He has been a pari time fire warden for five , years. He said he is trained : for both positions, but isn't interested in the fire marshal job unless the county will pay more than the health department. rk r : 1 THE SEWER and water systems in the county need to be expanded and a planner is i needed, Mr. Harvey said. A' public health engineer would also deal with storm water problems. The fire marshal position has been discussed as a possibility for over two years, Mr. Harvev said. The merits i . Santa Claus Plans Visit To Hill AFB Awards 45 Utah Contracts Utah contracts, Forty-fivtotaling $3,638,599 and including a million dollar award with an Ogden firm, have been let by Hill AFB e Clearfield Arrests 0? FLAMECO Engineering Co. of Ogden received a $1 ,307.574 contract to provide some 1,000 metal stiffener kits to strengthen fuel cells on Phantom jet aircraft. It was the largest single Air Force contract ever awarded to Flameco, company officials said. F-- 4 MEADOW Gold Dairies of Salt Lake City received a $434,683 award to provide dairy products to the base commissary. Stephen L. Cornwall Co. of Salt Lake City will repair aircraft nose docks at Hill AFB under a $121,800 award and Light Co. of Ogden received $426,760 to pay for utilities. Other contracts also were awarded to businesses in the Lake City area. Ogden-Sal- t Clearfield Children are invited to wel- come Santa Claus when he arrives in Clearfield Friday morning. HE WILL in by on the roof of the C&W Auto Parts building (the old post office) fly helicopter and land at 175 East 200 South at 10 a.m. on the 26th. Santa will visit with the children and give them a treat plus a free movie ticket. The show for the children will be held at the Ideal Theatre, 49 S. State, Clearfield on Saturday, Dec. 11, at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. die DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. 197 B" North Main SL, V; Layton ' PHONE 376-91- - 33 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBUSHIN6 CO. John Stable. Jr.. PuMtoher Second Class Postage . At Layton, Utah , SUBSCRIPTION UTAH Power $4.50 Out ' per year t UJI at State Subscription Overseas Subscription SUM (Payable In Advance) |
