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Show WEEKLY ) 1 I NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER. AUGUST 27, 1931 REFLEX-DA- VIS By DONETA GATHERUM - LAYTON By a vote of 3 to I. the Layton City Council Thursday evening gave preliminary approval to a 58 acre mobile home park. THE COUNCIL approval will allow Lakeview Estates to prepare final plans for curb, guttering and sidewalks in the existing section of the park and to design an addition to the mobile home park. Lakeview Estates is located at 200 W. 2650 N., Layton. REPRESENTATIVES from the Lakeview Park Committee was in attendance at the council meeting to ask questions about the proposed improvements and the park addition. Lots in both the existing and the new section of the mobile home park will be sold to mobile home owners. This is the first mobile home park in Layton to ofTer privately owned lots. THE IDEA of forcing residents now living in Lake-vieEstates to purchase their lot caused Councilman Lynn Wood to vote against the request. Councilman Wood felt many retired couples and young couples with small children would be hard pressed to find the money necessary to purchase a lot. The fear of being forced to purchase a lot or be evicted was voiced by Julie Rowe and Dixie Flint, representatives of the Lakeview Estates Park Committee. COUNCIL memgers sympathized with the problems facing renters but they felt the city has no legal power to require the ow ncr of Lakeview Estates to rent lots rather than to sell lots. Other concerns about the proposed improvements in the existing park and the development of the new section centered around engineering. The major w areas that must be corrected before final approval will be given arc street engineering that has created flooding situations in the past, the design of sanitary sewers and storm sewers, the placement of the required 10 percent green space, the use of this green space, and location of RV parking. was voiced by Duane OPPOSITION to the Johnson, representative of Kays Creek Irrigation Company. There is an open irrigation ditch just south of the existing park. Debris from Lakeview Estates is constantly causing problems for water users. DELIVERING water to this irrigation ditch has become impossible, Mr. Johnson stated because one of Kays Creeks main pipes on the Hill Field has become filled with silt. The responsibility for this situation lies with Layton City, Mr. Johnson believes. In the motion to approve the preliminary plat for Lakeview Estates, Councilman John Baker stated the engineering problems within the proposed development and the problems with Kays Creek must be satisfactorily resolved before final approval would be considered by the council. THE CONDITIONS stipulated by Councilman Baker solved in part some of the concerns the Lake-vieMobile Park Association committee. Many problems were left unresolved. Six areas of concern were mentioned by the committee to the council. They were 1. Who would be charged for park improvements? 2. What improvements would be made and when would they be completed? 3. Would there be RV parking? 4. What about a playground for the children? 5. Would mobile homeowners be forced to buy lots? 6. What about Hooding in the park? GLEN RAVENBERG, spokesman for Mr. Hansen, park owner, responded to some of these con Based on the information available, the estimated cost of purchasing a lot in Lakeview Estates would be between $20,000 and $22,000 depending on the size of the lot. cerns, e According to Mr. Ravcnberg, the cost of the individuals absorbed be improvements would by who purchase the lots. This is the same procedure as is followed in any other subdivision development. off-sid- UNTIL THE final plat is approved and construction is completed, the problems of flooding within the park will most likely continue. Problems between tenants in Lakeview Estates and the park owner came to the surface over a year ago when Mr. Hansen, park owner, presented the tenants with a new renters contract. Several clauses in the contract were highly objectionable to park residents. The Utah Association of Mobile Home Owners became involved in negotiating a more equitable contract. Compromises were reached. Some problems still remain. MR. HANSEN resides in California. The management of Lakeview Estates is handled by the resident park manager and by Leo Conk. Mr. Hansen's nephew. Mr. Conk is in charge of the mobile home and lot sales office. Lines of communication arc not as open as many park residents would like them to be. RECENTLY, RV parking space was removed to allow space for a mobile home and lot sales office. Park residents ow ning R V's must cither park them in lots. Many are the street or in their limited-spac- e fearful that no RV space will be provided until the new section of the park is completed maybe two from now. years The Lakeview Estates rental contract, requires children to play in designated areas only. There are no playground facilities in the park. ACCORDING TO many Lakeview residents, the park management has been very unsympethetic about the flooding problems. Nothing has been done to help the situation even on a temporary basis, dmg re-zo- w THE IMPROVEMENTS to be made would include curb and guttering throughout the park, sidewalks on at least one side of the road would be installed in the existing park and sidewalks would be included in the new portion of the development. Layton City ordinance requires improvements to be completed within two years after the final plat approval is given. CITY ORDINANCES require 100 feet per pad space for RV parking. Mr. Ravenberg stated a playground would be considered part of the 10 percent open space. It would be up to the Homeowners Association to decide if a playground would be installed. THE HOMEOWNERS Association would be created after a number of lots in the park were sold. Membership in the association would be limited to those individuals owning lots. Management of the park would be handled entirely by this association. Whether or not individuals would be forced to purchase lots would be entirely up to Mr. Hansen, the present owner of Lakeview Estates. A Utah State mobile home owners law passed on May 15, 1981, requires park owners to give a 60 eviction notice without cause to tenants or a 15 day eviction notice with cause. There is no protection under the law to a mobile home owner who is now renting but does not wish to purchase a lot. THE EXPENSE of moving a mobile home is great and there is a critical shortage of mobile home pads in Northern Utah. Eberhard Named To Committee Layton Library WASHINGTON D.C. Ernest Eberhard Jr. Commissioner, Davis, Utah, has been named as a member of the National Association of Counties Hold; City (NACo) Human Services Steering Committee. The appointment was made by NACo President Richard Con-dof Richmond County, N .C. NACos 12 STEERING com- er mittees form the It policy-maklh- g arm of county government. Each committee is composed of approximately 40 county officials who meet during the year to examine issues critical to local government. Their recommendations on county legislative goals are presented to county officials from across the nation at NACo's annual conference. If approved, the recommenda- By TOM BUSSELBERG LAYTON News that the countys proposed Layton headquarters library is being put on hold indefinitely most likely won't sit well with that city's residents. AS THE county's second largest city, boasting a population of 26,000, residents are included in the area served by the North Branch, located near Interstate 15 in Clear- tions become part of the American County Platform," NACos official policy field. Over the years, residents have claimed it was too far away, especially for document. SINCE THE National Association of Counties (NACo) was founded in 1935, its goals remain unchanged: to improve county government, to act as a national spokesman for counties, to serve as a liaison be- children, or hard to find. Those concerns, and others, were raised in a telephone interview with Carol Morgan, a Layton resident who has helped spearhead city museum projects and other civic activities. And Mayor Lewis Shields, upon hearing of the indefinite status, inferred the city might not hold property south of the city hall designated for the county at least not indefinitely. library CITY PLANNER Scott Carter said the city has expended funds to move a small tween counties and other levels of government, and to achieve a public understanding of the role of counties in the federal system. The association has more than 2,000 member counties representing 42,000 elected and appointed county officials. Headquarters for the association are in Washington, DC. GAS LEAK Crews have been searching a week for the possible gas leak which has caused much concern in Kaysville. Workers of Mountain Bell Co. opened their manhole last week and smelled the fumes as they were servicing a conduit that runs from Kaysville to Farmington. Test taken proved to be of an explosive concentrate. SEVERAL RESIDENTS in Adults May Kaysvilles fire department oversees the gas leak which occured in Kaysville downtown area. As of Tuesday morning of this week the streets heading into the gas leak area were still closed as crews worked to solve the problem. the area left their homes while basements were checked.. There was found no trace of the gas. The area between Center Street and Second South on Main Street was blocked off so crews could further search for the leakage. According to City Administrator John Thacker, test holes were sunk and the crews did find a small leak in a line leading to one of the pumps at the Phillips 66 Service Station. It was not determined whether this leak was responsible for the estimated 100 gallons of fuel originally found on Monday. CITY PERSONNEL feel that the gas may be coming from an abandoned storage tank from some other long defunct service station. On Monday morning Mr. Thacker said the gas flow had . Gain Degree stopped and their was no explosive danger. The city crews have done a good scrub down job and everything is quite clean. Mountain Bell was authorized to go ahead and do a scrub down. Two monitoring stations were set up so samples could be taken and carefully checked periodically. Owners of Phillips 66 Station checked all pipe joints and tanks and are cleaning up the area, np The Davis Area Vocational Center and the Davis School District, jointly operates vocational training and adult high school courses. The purpose is to help all adults learn a skill while obtaining a high school diploma. THERE IS no tuition fee for eligible adults. (Eligible adults must be over 18 and agree to work towards a high school diploma). For more information call and ask for a 766-244- 1 Kaysville Tax: Down By NORMA PREECE Kaysville City Council approved the mill levy at 13.4 mills for the coming year. A slight decrease from the previous year. THE PUBLIC hearing on the designation of zones for the Riverside annexation was held at 7 p.m. The residents who live in the area met to voice their concern over a zone and the quality of construction that would be built if approved. high-densi- The mayor and council pointed out ail the alternatives and city services needed and the mayor said the issue had been before the council for discussion and planning for a year and felt the citizens should have been interested before and not as such a late date. He said the developers have met frequently to discuss the annexation and zoning and they could not delay the motion in fairness to the developers. THEY DISCUSSED the impact of the annexation on the schools. The mayor said the Davis County School Board would look at the annexation and determine what impact it may have. Councilman Glade Nelson moved the approval of the annexation of Riverside and designated zones on the official plat, A-- l zone for those that requested being personal property owners, J. Clifton Linford and Seth Linford,' Byron Blood and Howard Blood; the LDS Church property was zoned 4 and all other properties to Zone It was passed unanimously by the councilmembers. R.R. VAN HORN met with the council to discuss a fence complaint. He explained how the fence was set up on his lot and felt he was in compliance with the ordinance. The council asked Brent Steed, city inspector, to respond. Mr. Steed said the fence was in concurrence with the city ordinance. The council discussed the proposal on Kaysville Peak. They tabled the matter until further research can be completed. New city licenses were issued to Mitchell Nursery and Gift Shop: Bryce Anderson for window cleaning service; Paul Pitcher, mechanical contractor working on the new Columbia Elementary School in Kaysville. R-- R-- KAYSVILLE city recorder. Dean Steel said, training of personnel for the new computer system for the Kaysville city building has begun. The city building is being remodeled and interior work done. There has not been any work done the past ten years and it is receiving a new face ligt. Alone? Mountain Fuel building and prepare . ground on the site at the corner of Hawthorne and Wasatch Drive, with some federal aid. He indicated that site would be ideal fora library where at present, residents in the south portion of the city are as close to the Farmington headquarters, probably, as to Clearfield. Kaysville operates its own library. COUNTY LIBRARY Director Jeanne Layton said the citys taxes provide nearly 20 percent about $ 33 ,000 of the current operating budget of $757,000. "Under the law, they can establish a library of any sort. There are no criteria. A library was operated in the city for many years until about 1974, when it was closed prior to opening of the new Clearfield library in October, 1975. The closing was earlier than anticipated because of furnace problems, she explained. If Layton had formed its own library many years ago it couldve financed a facility by now with those tax dollars, Mrs. Morgan said, indicating the city has been without a library for what she termed a whole generation of young people. 1 SOME $2,500 was used from a library fund set up when the former d building was sold to finance architectural drawings prepared five or six years ago for a library that would meet population per capita book standards including a small auditorium and study areas. I think we would have great support for a library where we havent had it for the museum, she said, noting the museum was built with the possibility of adding the library where restrooms, furnaces and reception areas could be jointly used. THE MUSEUM has seen several delays in its opening and although funding was originally to be done minus city council support, that body finally agreed to "bail out the museum group until sufficient monies could be raised. The library and museum could complement each other such as in the housing of historic archives, Mrs. Morgan continued. BUILDING THE library jointly with the museum could cause problems, now, however, Mrs. Morgan said, due to sprinkling systems and other improvements although the site currently reserved for the county headquarters could be used. Speaking of what she termed an inaccessibility to the Clearfield library, she said hundreds of patrons instead of thousands" were probably using it from Layton. BUT A report compiled by the library about a year after the Clearfield facility's opening showed 50 percent of those taking out cards were from Layton adding, "In the meantime, they've had a substantial portion of the bookmobile (stops). It (bookmobile) has been (by Layton residents). I certainly feel the city could should do it (build own library), she said. There should be a way. Look at what has been done with parks and recreation with (former recreation and park director) Jay Star-k- i getting the most mileage out of the money. I SEE Kaysville functioning on a very small basis, at least providing something. I think Layton has not shown the strength, she added. But Mayor Shields said Monday he didnt know if the city could afford its own library now, being hit by the same tight economic pinch as other government agencies, including the county. IN ANY CASE, he said the matter would have to be taken up with the citys library board. That body could make a recommendation on any future action, but it would be up to the city council to take any decisive action requiring the use of city funds. Last year the city had to tighten its belt to the point of deferring many equipment purchases or additional hirings. It could be termed a luxury to consider such a prospect so soon after the tight squeeze. AND MR. Whitesides said the countys decision wouldnt be a popular one with Layton residents his neighbors. Whatever happens, perhaps Ms. Laytons statement made over the years might best sum up the future. Ive said over the years that Layton would have a library one way or the other. Limited Franchise For Cable TV By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON A limited fran- chise for a cable television company, approval for the low bid to provide lights for a city park and the granting of a RS and a PRUD were three of the main items of business considered by the Layton City Council at their regular meeting or August 20. re-zo- THE TELEVISION franchise was given to the Star West Communications Co. After submitting the necessary technical information to City Atty. Bruce Barton to prove the reception would be good, the city attorney recommended to the city council that the limited franchise be given. Star West will transmit cable television via satellite to the mobile parks located near the south gate of Hill AFB. One apartment house complex in this same location will receive the services offered by Star West. After requesting bids several times for the lighting of a ball diamond in the Chapel St. Park, the Layton City Council finally approved the low bid for the project. Wayne Bone Electric received the contract. The project will not be completed until next summer. THE MORGAN family was granted a request for a from A to RS and PRUD for 30.80 acres of property located south of Oak Hills Dr. at 1200. E. The first phase of the development will be the installation of a water line to the John Morgan home and to a home yet to be constructed by Tom Winegar on a five acre parcel of the property. Development of the remainof the 30 acre piece w ill come at a later date as the Morgan family decides how the property will be used. ing part IN OTHER business. Councilman John Baker stated he would request the state of Utah to allocate funds in their 1982 budget for the improve ment of the road leading to the city sanitary land fill. All requests for road work must be submitted to the state by Sept. A public hearing for consideration of the Kent Smith ordinance amendment was set for Sept. 17 at 7:45 p.m. The proposed amendment would allow 25 foot frontage set backs on both sides of the corRl-ner lots zoned RI-and B R-- At the present time 30 foot set backs are required. |