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Show Single Copy 25c Volume 32, Number 27 Thursday, July 24, County Pondering Park Site Proposal r At Taylorsville n few,. by Hay Friess Green Sheet Staff Hriter SALT LAKE. The County Planning Commission here Tuesday held a hearing on a plan that calls for rezoning of the current Taylorsville park to allow the site to be turned into a shopping center. In return, the developers will replace Taylorsville Park with a larger and better park right next door. Powell Investment Co. has proposed to the County Recreation Board that the company purchase the park at 4700 So. Redwood Road. A grocery store would be built on the seven-acr- e site if the Planning Commission agrees to the request to rezone the to site from Powell would in return swap 11 acres next door to the park and pay all expenses associated with developing the park which would include ball diamonds, as well as other park facilities. The commission is expected to make a decision on the rezoning request in three weeks, following a tour of the area. Commissioners also held a hearing on a request from George Hobbs, 5775 So. 4800 West, to rezone 12 acres of land from l to Considering conditional use applications, the commision continued for three weeks a request from David Hardle, 5218 So. Redwood for operation of a day Road, carepreschool business. Approval was given the LDS church to build a pavillion at 4232 W. 5015 South. The commission also gave the green light to America First Credit Union, C-- 8 A-- A 19S6 Green Sheet Publication Y which will build a branch office at 5219 So. 4015 West, and to Shawn and Karen Noyce who asked to operate a home occupation preschool at 3558 Redgecrest (5200 South). Commissioners pared down the Noyce request from the requested two sessions a day to a single session with a maximum of eight children, expressing concern about potential traffic problems in the neighborhood. The commission continued consideration of a request from Walter Swain to build a retail store at 6020 So. Redwood, pending receipt of a site plan that is satisfactory. Saying it was way too many pigeons to be allowed in a residential area, the commission turned down a request from Edward Chapman to add 20 more pigeons to his coops at 4340 W. 5740 South. Mr. Chapman currently has 60 pigeons at his home. Turning to zoning change decision, the commission denied a request change from Brent O verson on property at 3454 So. 8000 West. Overson to was seeking a change from R-for 30,888 square feet of property. The commission said it did not want commercial operations movC-- 2 ing down 8000 West. Approval was granted for a change sought by Wilford Davies, 3225 W. 4700 South, asking for the addition of a car wash to the list of uses zone. allowed in a C-l- Looking at subdivision planar the commission approved the Rupp Heights subdivision, 76 lots at 2200 W. 4300 South. Magna Tailings Meeting Set pointed out that at least one person on the Utah Air Quality board has conceded that there is a health risk involved in the dust that is blown from the tailings site just north of here. p m. We want this community to be Sponsored by the Citizen aware of all the facts involved, the Awareness Committee, the session committee spokesman said, and will be an open forum featuring they can decide for themselves what from Utah Air., repreaentatives aboirtit.' Board of Quality, the A period for questions and Health and Kennecott Copper. answers will follow the opening A spokesman for the committee presentation. A meeting aimed at to a tailings dust a solution seeking problem here will be held on Tuesday in the Cyprus high auditorium, 8623 W. 3000 South, beginning at 7 MAGNA. City-Coun- ty NO CONSTRUCTION . . . Attempt is made to turn off malfunctioning in Granger park, the subject of Thursday night's City Coun- - sprinkler Council Uniquely Unanimous cil action which negated previous decision to construct a new city hall in the park. - Park Attains Permanency by Ralph H. Goff Green Sheet Staff Writer WEST I move we VALLEY. adopt this resolution, but without admission of any legal obligation to do so, Janice Fisher asked the City Council here Thursday. With that motion, the council voted unanimously to accept a citizen petition to remove Granger park from consideration as the site for a future city hall - the first time the council has been in total agreement concerning city hall since the issue was introduced three years ago. That resolution, based on an itiative in- circulated by Citizens to Save Granger Park (CSGP), states that neither now, nor in the future, shall a City Hall, public building, or any other like building, structure or edifice be constructed in any part of the total square footage of land in what is now known as Granger park. petition In addition to preventing any future construction, neither now, nor in the future, shall the land area of what is now known as Granger park be sold, leased, rented or otherwise used for a purpose other than a city park, the resolution stated. While limiting construction, another clause exempts restrooms, boweries, playground equipment and other normal and usual park development from the proscription. Im very proud of the citizens here and would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in this effort, CSPG spokesman Marna Lutton told the council prior to the vote. We need to maintain pride in the city and I feel this issue has done a great deal to bring the citizens together she added. CSGPjj she pointed out, had collected qeqrly 5,000 signatures on petitionSj-AO-sav- e the park. In addition to collecting names, though, the group also raised funds to help with the compaign. Mrs. Lutton presented the city a check for $250 Thursday, saying the money left over after expenses should go for the beautification of Granger park. She also noted a number of local businesses had volunteered to donate both trees and shrubs as well as services to upgrade the current facility. I would specifically like to see the money go to fix the drinking fountain, structure might be built, City Manager John Newman explained. I believe the majority of the council still thinks that Granger park would be a good place to put city hall, but they respect the will of the people, he said. They want to see all the other proposals and I dont think theyll want to jump into anything too quickly. After all, it took them 2'k years to come to a decision to build it at Granger park, it will no doubt take more than a day or two to decide to put it somewhere else. cilman Claude Jones suggested. CSGP, she said, would gladly help the city find funds for park improvements. Those interested in additional information concerning the Granger park improvement campaign may contact Mrs. Lutton at Hank Price at Donna Allen at or Walter Ewell at With Granger park removed from consideration as a city hall site, the council is looking for some breathing room and probably will not make a quick decision as to where the new 969-889- 968-798- 9 966-438- she told council members. Councilman Brent Anderson, after thanking Mrs. Lutton for the donation, revealed that the council had already been studying im- provements at Granger park. in excess of It would require $25,000 - were talking about a sizable amount of money here - to put in the improvements we need, he told her, but even though theres no money in the budget for it now, I think we can find the money somewhere to do the park right. Perhaps Mrs. Lutton would consider staying on to help out with raising funds for Granger park, Coun- -- Candidacies run announcements that have appeared elsewhere previously. Those seeking office may, of course, pursue the promotion of their candidacy as paid advertisements by calling enhanced with building models will be part of display during series of master plan meetings which start next week for six different areas of the city. With Eyes To The Future 262-668- - Ideas Of Citizenry Sought WEST VALLEY. Citizens, profes- sional planners and other city officials will be brainstorming the citys future during a series of meetings scheduled to get under way here next week. The initial session will be held Tuesday at the Redwood Multipurpose Center, 3060 So. 1585 West, for residents of district one (north of Two 35th South and east of nights later at the same location, the meeting will be for district two All (south of 35th and east of sessions, six in all, will begin at 6:30 p.m. All meetings in the e matseries will focus on ters, in addition to zeroing in on specific needs and interests of each planning district, according to Community Development Director Joe Moore and John Janson, city citys long range planner. A broad range of topics will be ade issues are dressed a discussed, Janson pointed out, rang city-wid- city-wid- ing from image and beautification to commercial development, residen- tial density and traffic congestion. One of the primary purposes of the series of meetings, Janson explained, is to develop an exchange of ideas between the citizens of West Valley and the professional planners and city decision makers. In some cases, he said, the city will make suggestions and find that the citizens really like them or, on the other hand, may totally reject them. On the other hand, citizens may come up with a new approach to community development and the professional planners can show how to implement it or, on the other hand, demonstrate why it may be impractical. Among specific issues in the citywide category, Janson noted, will be discussion surrounding how to cope with growing traffic volume, control of heavy trucks on residential and arterial streets and other transpor tation matters. Also, projections for the commercialization of 3500 South will be aired, as well as commercial development at major intersections along arterials such as 4100 South. When discussion zeroes in on district one, some attention will be given to such matters as: a boat docking facility on the west bank of the Jordan River at 2320 South; commercial development in the vicinity of 1400 West and 3300 South, one of the major entrances into the city; development of the property surrounding Decker Lake; Redevelopment Agency progress. District two subject matter will in- clude: progress toward park development in the area north of 3800 South and 2200 West; need for a new east-westreet east of Road and between3700 and 3900 South; commercial expansion in the area of 4100 South and Redwood Road; specifying sites for low density residential development. st Red-'woo- d Attack By Pit Bull Terrier Brings Charge MAGNA. Cruelty charges were park. In City Session With the primary election less than four weeks away, the Green Sheet wishes to alert candidates for public office that announcements of candidacy will not appear in the news columns after the July 31 edition. The Green Sheet will decline to BACK TO THE FUTURE . . . Community Development Director Joe Moore (left) and John Janson, the city's long ranger planner, review proposals for West Valley's future development. This map FUNDS . . . Marna Lutton presents to Mayor Mike Embley a $250 check for improvements at Granger park. Presentation came after City Council action that reversed decision to build a city hall in the fil- ed last week by the Humane Society of Utah against Mike Norton of Magna. The charges, filed July 16 before Judge Rex Conradsen in the First Precinct Justice of the Peace Court, allege Norton committed the crimes of cruelty to animals and allowed a vicious animal to run at large. Both charges carry a possible penalty of $1,000 fine andor six months in jail. The charges stem from a June 11 incicent in which Norton was reported to knowingly or intentionally caused one animal to fight with another. Witnesses say he caused his pit bull terrier to attack and kill a stray cat along the 2900 block of 9150 West. This problem is not an isolated Continued on page 6. - Advocates Of Small Lots In The Minority WEST VALLEY. Its time we made a statement on this issue. They should be larger lots, Claude Jones told fellow members of the City Council here Thursday. His remarks came as he cast his second no vote of the evening conof property for cerning the a small lot subdivision. Jones joined Duane Moss, who has zone consistently opposed the 7 in favor of the larger-lo- t designation since his election to the council, in opposing the zone change. zone allows single famiThe ly home construction on as little as re7,000 square feet, while the quires a minimum of 8,000 square feet before a home could be built. R-l-- 8 7 8 The resulting split vote Thursday, however, was not enough to impede development of the proposed Sunset Hills or Cape Cod subdivisions. Sunset Hills, located at 4350 So. 5600 West, is a subdivision on a little more than 6'4 acres, while Cape Cod consists of 79 lots on 19 2 26-l- acres. The average lot size is 8,000 square feet or greater, Community Development Director Joe Moore pointed out. Only a few lots on streets contain less than 8,000 square feet - the minimum requirement for an 8 zone. The idea is thats what they actually could do now if they want to (build on the smaller lots), Moss pointed out. What Ive been trying to do all along is send out a message that we dont want the zone -period. Id like the citizens to consider that under current marketing and economic conditions, it is more feasible to build larger homes on larger lots for about the same price as building smaller homes on smaller lots, Jones explained. We could change things now if the rest of the council would just bite Moss added. the bullet, Why should we have to wait until all this (legal work to eliminate the 7 zone from the zoning ordinance is done. We could do it now by just rejecting the proposals as they come through. This is not the time to send the developer into a tailspin," Councilman Janice Fisher pointed out. Any changes of this nature should be done during the master plan hearings. There are a lot of areas of the city which concern me and I plan to be attending those hearings to listen to the public and find out what can be done to resolve the problem. 7 R-l-- |