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Show 4A Lakeside Review, Wednesday, November 5, 1986 er to ;'-- ,v 5KAY MiSTfcs , VJotLB yifj MWSfr, FaJ ft "rsirsT"1- ri3 Or JNT ,y - , s cfLUSttTio CLEARFIELD Troubled youths will now be offered a place to stay and a comprehensive program for treatment in UcMLY&RbMK? it 'iK . iu ?vvTl . VA' Clearfield. O sn Koy ery issue : r Will city require homeowners to keep sidewalks BRYON SAXTON Review staff ROY One Roy City councilman refers to it as the burden from the heavens, while other council members say it could be a very slippery issue. At a Roy City Council meeting, city officials devoted 20 minutes to discuss any possible litigation behind approving a city ordinance that would require residents to remove snow from their sidewalks. Last week the council addressed the concern of how the proposed ordinance could be administered without placing the city in the firing line of litigation from residents. The council decided to seek additional information from other communities with similar ordinances before making a final decision on the proposal. The council intends to reveal its findings at its next scheduled council meeting Nov. 25. City Attorney Roger Dutson initiated the snow discussion by explaining he had drafted two different ordinances to allow some choice and to inform the council on how the ordinances could read. Dutson told the council it could adopt an ordinance that would require the homeowner to keep his sidewalk free of snow. The second ordinance would give the homeowner 24 hours to clean his walk before According to Noel Gill, Davis County Mental Health coordinator of youth programs, troubled youths will now have place to call their own. Gill said adolescents in problem situations will now be assigned to the countys treatment home, instead of being sentenced to other state institutions. The treatment home, 904 S. State, will provide teens with a program and upon completion youths will be released back to their previous place of residence. Gill said the large home, now a treatment center, will be the first facility in the county geared to helping adolescents in difficult situations by providing a controlled around-the-cloc- atmosphere and supervision. Youth who are housed at the facility will be referred by the state Division of Family Services, Gill said, adding, but no hardened criminals will be treated. Gill said he expects a majority of the youths who will be assigned to the facility will be near the 14- - to age group. Depending on the students past problems, program participates will live in the facility and will receive instruction from various county mental health professionals. k The adolescents will be providg ed with a table, a gym and a recreation room. ping-pon- Gill some students may be allowed to leave the facility under adult escort, while others may be restricted to the site. snow-free-? being issued a citation by the Public Works Department. He said if residents do not or could not comply with the second ordinance the Public Works director cpuld have the city clean the walks and charge the property owner on his water er not complying. Councilman James Thomas agreed, saying he thought most prudent people would elect to walk on the easiest route between point A and point B, instead of in the snow. Thomas said he felt some bill. residents must think that snow Councilman Willard Cragun is a burden from the heavens, supported Dutsons first ordi- and therefore it should be renance, saying the council should moved by the heavens, by ordinance waiting for it to melt. pass a that is simple and understandDutson told the council able. ordiadopting a Cragun said the city needs a nance could make the city liable easy to understand ordinance if the issue of snow removal bethat could be enforced by police comes part of a civil lawsuit. or by any private citizen who He said in the past the city has wished to file a complaint with only been, liable for city the city against a property own snow-remov- al snow-remov- al f fitaiiuiitmtiiii APRIL ADAMS Review staff A majority of CLINTON residents surveyed say they are ; satisfied with the quality and rate I of growth in Clinton and many K k .t, believe the City Council is doing a fair job. Surveys with questions on development, services and related items were distributed to 431 houses, representing 24 percent of in Clinton, said l the households ; City Manager Jim Smith. " City officials will pore over sur. results to determine future vey P city planning policies. p ' Though more industrial zoning Is opposed, many residents sur-- : veyed favor more commercial v h zoning and an overwhelming ma- -' jority say they would support a commercial center in the city. When asked what type of taxa ; . . r i tion they prefer should the city need additional revenue to improve services and facilities, sales winner. tax was the hands-dow- n A franchise tax on utilities was the second choice. Property tax was the least popular method of taxation. Only 1.9 percent believe the City Council and mayor are doing an excellent job in meeting community problems; 23.5 percent believe the officials are doing a good job; 32.7 checked the fair box; and 17.7 percent of those surveyed believe the city does a poor job in meeting problems. An additional 24.2 percent say they dont know what kind of job their elected officials are doing. Industrial zoning isnt favored, with 48.1 percent saying no to more, 40.9 responding there should be more and saying they didnt percent 1 1 know. Developing light commercial zones in residential areas was met with mixed reactions, with 47.1 percent saying no and 43.6 percent favoring the idea; 9.3 percent said they didnt know. But the majority (58.9 percent) said they are satisfied with the quantity, quality and rate of growth in the city while 29.9 percent said they are not and the remaining 11.2 said they didnt But more commercial zoning received a mostly positive response, with 61.6 saying there should be more, 29.4 responding negatively and 9 percent saying they didnt know. If a commercial center is developed on 800 N. 2000 W., with comparable prices and items as residents are currently shopping for in other area, 88.3 per- know. Recreational activities are popcent say they would shop there ular in Clinton and those regularly. When asked if they would be in tioned say they would like to see favor of more density homes in more emphasis placed on swimtheir neighborhood, 79.7 said ming (78.1 percent), bike paths (73.7), tennis (60.7) and baseball they would oppose twin homes. The idea of more apartments (52.6). 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