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Show ' t. pi h , - iCO Gmniffl Vol. 4 No. 43 (MGsebici) Cz)3z2D nnnflD Wednesday, ,f Davis Has Little October 31,. 1984 !3S 7 Respect? APRIL ADAMS Review Staff FARMINGTON Davis County may have a Rodney Dangerfieid syndrome, where it just dont get no respect from residents in other counties. Davis County officials are trying to market the area as a good business climate are running into this attitude and are out to change it. We need to change this idea people outside the county have, that Davis County is second class," said Richard Mayfield, county planning department di- rector. People have created an invisible wall at the county line and sometimes dont step in because they think nothing is here, he said. Its very frustrating to run into this kind of attitude, when we are trying to market the county as an attractive place for a business to locate. But we are working on it, he said. Officials in the states economic a & a development department hold this attitude, which makes it difficult when trying to promote the countys new economic development plan, Mayfield said. "We challenged them to change this attitude. Its a real problem. If talking of other countys development plans, they very seldom refer to Davis Countys, he said. "Its as if they look at the county as something that is here, but doesn't have to be. After talking with several Salt &tatt Pnoto by Rodney candles, pumpkins carved into jack- are arranged in display at the home of LIGHTED by Opponents. Say Initiative Lake City real estate agents, May-fiel- d said many of them also ex- Unconstitutional CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff The U.S. Supreme Court has said that obscene material may be prohibited and indecent material which is not deemed obscene can be regulated by the FCC. One of the main arguments against Initiative A by opponents is that it is unconstitutional since cable TV is not a public medium. Opponents to cable TV regulation say, that under the constitution, government has no right to censor materials sold by private entities to private individuals. Many feel that people should be responsible for what is viewed in their own homes-th- at government should not take the responsibility. W Wright are decorated at the Montgomery home. (See page 2A for Halloween photos, story.). ....... ready for Halloween visitors tonight. Hundreds that names distribution of indecent material on cable television as a public nuisance and gives John BOUNTIFUL Harmer, Officials hope to attract busiLt. Governor of Califor- civil fines for the offense. Initiaformer nesses to the area and create jobs A also adds criminal penalnia, spoke in defense for cable tive for residents with the new ecoTV regulation, an initiative to be ties for violations. nomic development plan, recentThe proposal would apply to brought before Utah voters this ly implemented. distribution of obscene as the election. Mayfield said there is "plenty of 30 well as "indecent material. about to Harmer, speaking industrial property in the county The definition of indecent people at Bountiful High School, waiting to be developed. said he has fought pornography material as it appears on InitiaThere are almost 500 acres in as an attorney, as a citizen and in tive A is explicit in naming the North Salt Lake alone, some althe California state legislature. He parts of the body to be censored,, ready developed, he added. said if passed Utahs initiative, It also defines as indecent materiSome communities ought to do Initiative A, would require cable al the ultimate sexual act, normore to encourage this kind of TV to adhere to the same laws mal or perverted, and includes growth, perhaps by zoning certain that regulate regular TV. flagellation, torture, or other viosections of land as industrial or Initiative A would add more lence indicating a sadomasochiscommercial. regulation to an existing state law tic sexual relationship Many of the prime industrial sites are being allowed to be developed into residential areas. We ask the cities to zone certain areas for industrial sites, the planBut Larry Edelman, of the atA tentaSALT LAKE CITY ning director said Population estimates also show tive settlement has been reached torney general's office said a tenthe county grew by 48 percent bebetween a Davis County paint tative agreement had been tween the years 1970 to 1980. manufacturing company referred reached, that would include a for alleged toxic waste storage viThe state grew 32 percent m poppenalty payment and the firms ulation overall, he said. olations and the Utah State Atcompliance with state laws Dale Parker, director of the bu90 office. the of 2010, By percent year torney Generals reau of Solid and Hazardous A settlement has still not been the people m Utah will live along the Wasatch Front, and the counWaste, said the violations were reached, however, with Hercules, alwill discovered on an inspection of more firm the Center Inc., grow by Freeport tys population the site. so referred to the state for repeat than 100,000, he predicted. He said the bureau was dealing In the next 25 years, the counviolation of state hazardous waste with several Davis County firms will in laws. has than it grow greater ty the last 25 years, Mayfield said. Valley Paint Manufacturing of wh6 are now( working toward In 1960, the county population Woods Cross was refered to the compliance on hazardous waste was approximately 65,000. Tostate attorney generals office by laws,1 who havent been referred is which about the state bureau of Solid and to the state it 160,000, is day, The bureaus main concern Hazardous Waste. a substantial growth, he said. im- West Point, Gable TV Regulation Good, Says pressed the opinion they didnt see the county wasn't economi- cally viable. We need to change this age, Mayfield said. A Chester and Beverly Montgomery in Ex-Offic- ial But Harmer gave reasons why he disagrees with those views The Adult Film Association of America (AFAA), a pornographic film industry, he said, was a $10 billion industry la$t year and 70 percent of their income is net profit. No other business in America is that profitable other than illicit drug dealing. Their basic motivation is not warped fascination but profit, he said. That motivation is now directed toward cable TV, he said In 1977 the AFAA hired a market research firm to see how they could expand sales. The conclusion by the firm was that as long as adults have to go through public ostracism there would be problems in distributing pornographic material. According to Harmer. the firm recommended cable TV "Get it into homes and you'll quadruple distribution in five years, was their advice, Harmer said At that time, he explained, it was unlawful to show more inde-- , cent material on TV than was allowed m movie theatres as stated by a 1934 law. A lawsuit was initiated and with help from Jhe, American Civil Liberties Union a ruling was made declaring the law, did not apply to cable TV (Midwestern s FCC) Paint Business, State Reach Waste Settlement ( - with Valley Paint was the storage of toxic waste over the 90 day limit. But Edelman reported the hazardous material had been shipped to an approved storage site. Parker said other violations included the companys failure to have trained employees handle the toxic solvents, and the absence of a cbntigency plhn,,' Though an undisclosed tentative penalty payment amount has been reached, Edelman said part of the payment will most likely be suspended uport the company state' agreeing to comply with all we have litigation as an inevita- hazardous waste laws. "Z will not Paint bility, he said probably Valley Since an penalty payment, be required to construct a storage facility for their toxic waste, as agreement was not reached with this company, Hercules officials was the case with Acorn Building will contact their headquarters in Freethe of West, Components Delaware, said Edelman port Center. A meeting is scheduled soon They have not contacted us with Hercules officials, who were yet, he said. He said he, hopes to refered to the state this summer reach some tentative proposal, befor Class One hazardous waste v fore the Nov 13 meeting of the the most serious of the state's Solid and Hazardous offenses.-Waste Committee There are issues of litigation Most of the companies comthat came up during settlement ply, once we contact henv.We attempts, Parker said. We agreed to wait before we haven't really had aggressive en- talk about details on issues wehre forcement until recently. he Said . ' Commission Sets Six Stipulations en - yet, APRIL ADAMS Review Staff but beginning on Nov.l, deputies will be enforc-- i ing county parking ordinances." .When winder rolls around ; people continue to park in thd street, he satd. During the1 first big snowstorm of October, snow crews had trouble removing snow due to cars parked on the street, he said. I think (overnight street ' parking) is ofllpiEupr problem11 with parkingYSimpsort shid Simpson said he would to be, warned that the department will be enforcing'' the ordinance antlianj thing they tan do Ro keep car? off the street is appreciated. like-peopl- it f m. Burn Plant Permit OKd Amid Protests Overnight Parking Will Get Attention FARMINGTON dents living in Davis County unincorporated areas will be the targets of a Davis County Sheriffs Department program to crack down on automobiles parked in the wrong places, especially those left overnight. Capt K.D. Simpson said people in Val Verda and Fruit Heights who park overnight in streets cause big problems for snowplows and are violating county parking ordinances. Street paiking is legal during the day, but ordinances prohibit parking in streets from midnight to 5 a.ni. Citations have not been giv - - s e FARMINGTON After a lengthy meeting and amid angry shouts and loud comments from area residents, a conditional use permit for a proposed resource recovery plant was approved by the Davis County Planning Commission Thursday night. The commission also set ,six stipulations that would have to be met by builders of the plant, including Requirements for land-- , scaping artdisigns. The permit is for a 22.9-acr- e parcel of land directly east of Hill Air Force Base on county land. About IQ of 40 area residents who attended theNrietting pro- v tested, and told commission members the resource recover) plant would lower nearby proper values They also claimed it would in- -' crease traffic on local roadsv attract rats and npe and cause pollution An Ogden lawyer, Steven Bailey, representing some residents living near the proposed site, said he would seek a court injunction against the facility if action weren't taken to stop the project. But Richard Mayfield, staff consultant to the planning commistold the audience sion, commission menibers cduld only decide on the issue of land use. Many pf the comments and questions are outside the planty ning commissions jurisdiction.-- , They are hear to decide the mechanical issues of land use. he said r The site is zoned Ail; proposed agricultural. The garbage burn plant is considered a public Utilit, ty building in the special use Mayfield said The land, because of the nature of the proposed facility, does not require annexation into Layton, Mayfield said. The issue had been per-nu- reviewed by county legal staff, he said. Mayfield is also the director of' the county planning department. ' Barry Burton, staff planner, said the plant would have a capacity, scaled down fiom The proposed originally plant The maximum height limitation for the zone is 50 feet, he said. The plant's two smoke stacks will fie i 22 feet high, and the building will be 63 Teet high. A permiUAo the Federal Avia t tion 'Administration is being pro- -' cessed. Burton said, since' the facility may be built fairly close to the base runway. But base cnV gineering personnel have giA&n, favorable responses to the plan.;1 he said ZyT The resource recovery plantfSite fits in with the masterplarhf&r surrounding land owned City, he said by lay-to- n ' ,V discussion with the clip's planner, a buffer of light IndpStJX is planned along the casjri boundary of the base. The plant is alsong the same lines. ne said. Some area resu dents disagreed with Burton statement, saying the plant woul-no- t fit in with LaytonS mastery In a ' plan, -- w1 Continued On Page 2 f . v 1 $ f 'i ; V V i i V |