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Show Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, October 24, 1984 7A Not Health Hazard ; Wood Stoves Pollute, Pose No Danger APRIL ADAMS 1 Review miu "i ifP5 ' sister Leslie - 200-pl- .. - IFault Means turn ; ' , OK Units Invalid FARMINGTON A techni-231- 1 fault found last week makes it 38e allowance of a apartment complex invalid, City jpuncil members discovered. The hearing process will have cte be done again and the council Sffill have to vote on the rezoning Sfioposal and ordinance amendment change. Residents at a meeting to ask the rezone jgjuncil to reconsider decision on ' acres immediately south of Farmington Junior High School were told the rezoning was QiValid anyway. I The council voted a few weeks 4go to rezone the land from commercial to residential, and to $mend the ordinance allowing to one allowing for planned unit developments. I But the action was declared invalid since notice of the public bearing on consideration to redone the land to allow the 16 was not posted in three conspicuous places in the city,' said City Manager Max Forbush. I City officials had been asked by residents near the junior high Jf all procedures on the hearing 192-un- had been followed correctly. We discovered the technical fault ourselves. We went back and checked the process and found out we didnt post the notices coirectly. said It was an oversight, Mayor Merrill Petty. He also recommended resi- dents opposing the project and the developers get together and see if something can be worked out that will satisfy both parties. The planned unit development had been on the council agenda for site plan approval, but was tabled due to the procedural error. Petty also said the city had received letters of protest on the proposed project. There are some strong feelings against it in the nearby neighborhood. Residents attending the invalid public hearing voiced concerns about additional traffic on the, streets and the danger posed to children coming from local football and soccer fields. Another hearing on the rezoning matter will be held Nov. 21 at 7:15 p.m. at the city hall.. 1 1 es es V . wood-burnin- ev-er- Layton residents For the past Also join us at the COSTUME CON- five months the CHILDRENS Red Cross volunteers have TEST on October 27th at 1pm been constructing a HAUNTED VILLAGE in the Ogden City Mall thats sure to scare in center court (register at 12:30), and THE GREAT the living daylights out of PUMPKIN you! Be prepared to scream and chilL.but dont be afraid Times: 7-- 7-- 11 10 alley, Childrens Monday-Thursda- y p.m., Friday p.m., Saturday 6-1- Y Oct- ober 27th at 2:30 in center court. Dont miss The Spook to join the fun October 19th-31s- t. GIVE-AWA- 1 Costume Contest and The Great Pumpkin Give-Awa- y at the Ogden City Mall. ..cosponsored by the Red Cross and p.m., Sunday Closed. (Located next to Musicland). KJQ Radio. impact on local schools, taken away privacy from local residents, increased traffic and blocked sunlight from backyard nt hen the majority of the City Council agreed with them that there are already enough apartments along a strip of Fairfield Road in Layton. The Boyer Company was asking for a rezone of about 10 acres df commercial property on the southeast corner of Fairfield and Rainbow Drive to allow construction of a apartment gardens. He also pointed out the number of apartment complexes already situated along Fairfield and said the area had enough apartments. A motion to deny the complex was made by Sam Trujillo and n seconded by Kent Smith. Bob Stevenson and Golden Sill ..were in favor of the complex, leaving the tie to be broken by Councilwoman Ann Harris, who was acting as mayor in the absence of Mayor Coun-cilme- 204-un- it complex. I The complex would have in- cluded 20 units per acre, a swim-fnin- g pool and club house, as well 4s a tennis court. The units ivould have been rented at about $450 per month, according to Dick Moffit, a representative of Boyer Company. Thomas Oleson, representing the adjacent property owners, fold the City Council the complex would have caused undesirable pro-ter- n, Lewis Shields. She also voted against the apartments. She said she favored i ' more apartment developement but in other parts of the city, so that a large concentration of those developments did not accumulate in one part of the city. CONCERNED o INVOLVED WORKING FOR YOU, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND DAVIS COUNTY DICKAMORE J. STATE REPRESENTATIVE ClEARFIELD-lAYTON-SOUT- KI PAID BY H (YEDER DICKAMORE COMMITTEE sible. Not burning material that puts out a great deal of smoke would also be helpful, he said. Burn only dry, seasoned wood. Following instructions that come with the stoves is also a good rule of thumb, McGarvey added. Air quality alerts for certain areas can be obtained by calling the Air Pollution Hotline, 533-723- 9. our livestock heading in Q5 fiCBO PCD Residents Pleased LAYTON g stoves use the stoves dampers as much as pos- wood-burnin- WANT TO BUY A HORSE? , . hear a proposed apartment devel-bpmewere suprised but pleased cold air remains near the ground, trapping smoke and smog with it. The smoke leaves the chimney, but it doesnt go up, he said. He recommended all owners of HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS us - During past summers when inversions occurr, the ozone standards in the ebunty are violated, but federal ozone standards have not been exceeded for the past three years, McGarvey said. The department has received a number of complaints this year and in past years on g stoves creating a nuisance to nearby homes, McGarvey said. With the countys hillside environment," one homes chimney may be near the window of a neighboring home. Most of the complaints usually surface when inversions occur and trap the six days. smoke close to the ground. Particulates are small particules Inversions happen when hot air in the atmosphere that can be rises and a stagnant amount of breathed into the lungs; mainly small pieces of carbon, McGarvey said. Concentrations found are not in violation of the federal Clean Air Then turn right now to Act, he said. Carbon monoxide Classified. are monthe also levels in county itored continuously. Q(S)g)& . common with pound pumpkin, a product of their backyard garden. The overweight vegetable will hopefully soon turn in- jto dozens of pies and cookies. SJbeir of the stoves can create a nuisance on the neighborhood level, said Delane McGarvey, assistant director of the county environmental health department. The materials havent been picked up in high enough amounts to create a hazard to the public," he said, but he added people with lung problems may be bothered by the problem. Complaints have also been received on a neighborhood level, he said. County health officials have been monitoring the amount of particulates in the atmosphere y use FARMINGTON Though the g use of stoves in Davis County hurts the air quality, there is not a health hazard to the general public now posed by the particulates and carbon monoxide produced. ' But sfate health officials have become concerned lately over the growing evidence that home wood burning is an increasing contributor to air pollution. During the winter, about 13 percent of the visible air pollution and 10 percent of the carbon monoxide along the Wasatch Front are from residential wood burning, said W. Lee Shaw of the Utah Department of Health. During extremely cold weather, this percentage may be even greater, Shaw said. However, though enough concentrations ;of the pollutants havent been measured as enough to harm the general public, heavy. wood-burnin- 1 ZJ0IISSING TEETH of Ben lansford, 8, and his ;Ann Lansford, 6, of Roy give them one thing in Staff - Read The Classified For Best Results r i City Mall with JCPenney, Weinstocks, The Ogden Bon, Z.C.M.I., & Nordstom. Plus over 90 fine stores and services. Over 3,400 FREE parking spaces. Located on 24th Street and Washington Boulevard. |
