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Show Standard-Examine- r INSIDE A special flag Cook Elementary students receive patriotic gift.4 LIFESTYLE Encouraging talent Theater program gives youths chance to February 28, 1998 DAVIS COUNTYS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER excel.6 VOL 17, NO. 25150 CENTS ITY Owners will clean up manure more often, build better fencing By AMY PRAY Davis Bureau r Standard-Examine- LAYTON - Once in deep doo-do- o with its neighbors, South Bend River Ranch has redeemed itself with the planning commission and will keep its conditional use permit. Business practices at the horse breeding and training facility at 897 S. Angel St. were questioned over the past several months after manure piled up on the site and cattle escaped from pens into neighbors yards. Some neighbors argued that cattle were not allowed as part of the conditional use. The permit states that the ranch could house 80 horses, although other documents permit calves, also. The planning commission voted Tuesday to allow owner Shaun Rhoads to keep a total of 80 animals on site, including the cattle used m horse training Rhoads must comply with requirements to put up stronger, livestock-grad- e fencing, haul away manure once a week and control drainage. If the improvements are not made by April 15, the city could revoke Rhoads permit. However, Chairman John Maas said the commission was not out to get the ranch. He said Rhoads would have to come back to the commission for a conditional use expansion if she decided to keep more than 80 animals or wanted to hold an auction. parking is not allowed as part of the current permit. We dont want to pick this apart or make it fall apart, Maas said of the agreement being worked out between Layton and the ranch. Were not perceiving this as a long, drawn-ou- t issue. Neighbor Julie Sargent admitted that changes in the past month had improved the area, including the smell and manureladen drainage running into the street. , She still wanted assurances that improvements would continue after Rhoads was let off the hook. ''John Conley, who boards two quarter fibrses at the ranch, said he had confidence m the owners. He moved to Layton from California last year and went through a Screening process before his horses were even accepted. Its a well-rustable. If somethings done to change that, itd be a detriment to the community, he said, worried that he might lose a home for his horses. On-stre- n, Police ready for move Clearfield chief says eager to get out of cramped quarters hes Examiner Davis Bureau CLEARFIELD - Police Chief Morton Sparks hopes to have 27 seven dispatchers, five reservists and four clerks m the citys new $10.5 million Public Safety Administration building by the year 2000. Sparks said this week officials will interview four different construction and design teams for the project and should have a contract with one of them in March. The building, to be financed d with general obliis to go just southbonds, gation west of the current City Hall, 140 E. Center Street. Sparks said where most of the teams being considered have talked of using a "pretty aggressive approach in getting the multi-stor- y 60,000 square-foo- t building done, he is hoping to break ground this summer. The administration building will serve as home to the police department, courts, city administration offices, dispatch, public works, legal counsel, and the parks and recreation department. Its really needed. It will be a real boon to this community," he sworn-officer- s, voter-approve- GETTING THE STEPS DOWN: line dancing steps before Fourth-grade- Natalie Peterson (center) and her friend, Heidi King, have fun as they learn a few new square dancing at Cook Elementary School on Feb. 1 9 The dance gave a new twist to the PTA meeting that night r a Western dance Meeting finds a new beat Parents, students pick up their feet at PTA meeting-tumed-danc- e By LORETTA PARK Standard-Examine- r correspondent YRACUSC-Th- e cou- ples giggled as they came through the school doors Some were dressed in cowboy bools, big buckles, hats and full skirts Others looked as if they had just gotten olf work or finished plaing tag outside. They came to dance and it didnt matter to most that their partners were half their sie. Its not often parents get the chance to swing their children and At Cook Llementary School m Syracuse, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters brought Cook students back to school on I eb. 19 in the evening to dance as part of a PTA meeting Duane and Shauna Wood-manscwestern dance instructors from Draper, spent the day teaching the students different line, round and square dances The students then helped their parents learn the steps do-si-d- Chairs lined the perimeter of the gym for those parents who couldnt keep up. Refreshments were sold with proceeds going to the Ogden Rescue Mission. Principal I aurel Bam said the school's PTA wanted to plan activities that included the whole family and gave them something to do other than watch television in the evenings. The students were surprised to hear Laurel and her husband, Walt Bain, did not make plans to go anywhere but the school for their 14th wedding anniver- XX V? ''X -- r f J - Vr said. if And a boon to the police department, which is now tucked away tn one half of the City Hall ground floor, where quarters are cramped and criminal suspects are within reaching distance of city employees and citizens accessing the building to pay water bills. X. S 2XiW , If sary. ) H?- t ' i - X - jLCj The couple walted for a few moments, surrounded by the students Mothers held babies and e boogied with their f 7, first-grad- sons. The parents and children learned to line dante with thumbs hooked to their bells One boy did not want to dance, but his mom convinced him to try it A young girls face showed disappointment when her feet 's did not follow Duane commands Brad Ross danced with his and New fees bring changes By BRYON SAXTON Wood-mansec- See DANCE2 By BRYON SAXTON Standard Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON - Starting in June, Davis County Sheritfs Department olficials will have fingerprinting technology that will iden- The Davis County Commission on Monday approved a $140,000 contract between the sheriff s department and the Western I DOR COPY -- V t Davis Bureau - A change business license fees arc assessed here in March will cost apartment owners, home-base- d businesses and those who store any hazardous or flammable materials a little more. On the flip side, businesses experiencing revenue boons will get CLEARTirLD Glenn Belnap and his mother, Km Three year-ol- d during a PI A meeting at Cook Elementary ROUND AND ROUND: dance a do-si-d-o Funds help speed up fingerprinting speed up by days the investigation and tification process of criminal suspects Sparks said a recent needs assessment study revealed his department needs about 21,000 square feet to operate, while City Hall with both floors has less tnan 20,000 square feel. We could have taken up this whole building by ourselves and still would have been short, Sparks said of the building the department shares with several other departments. Standard Examiner Identification Netwoik, giving the department the funds to buy fingerprint scanning equipment The system will be paid for with an $S0,(X)0 federal grant administered through the Utah State Commission (if Criminal and Juvenile Justice and a $60,000 match lrom the county. Its a better way ol doing business, said Major K. I) Simpson, of the system expected to be in place statewide by October Simpson said the technology will put the county in a network with 13 other western states, giving them a data base of about 23 million fingerprints compiled by WIN out of Sacramento, Calif Simpson said being in the system allows them within minutes to receive possible identification of a crime scene suspect or identify a jail inmate . I " See PRINTS2 in how 1 a break. Clearfield City Manager Jack Bippes said this is all an effort to even the playing field and be in accordance w ith slate law. The city council after a Tuesday public hearing adopted an amendment to its business li- cense ordinance that will assess See FEES2 r i Council rezones land to residential The city council has agreed to rezone a parcel of land on the east side of 1200 West at about 2300 North from agricultural to a single family residential. The council also accepted the concept of a planned residential unit development, or PRUD, which would provide with higher density twin-hom- By BRYON SAXTON Standard Layton designated open space in the development The parcel previously had been split, with a portion sold to the DavisWeber Canal and another sold to the LDS Church for a new Stake Center. As part of the GrahamSprmg Creek development, the frontage along 1200 West would be developed A portion of the road was completed as part of an agreement last year between Clearfield and Layton. WEST POINT Hearing set to plan city salaries The city plans to set the salary for the mayor and council members next month The city used to have a full time mayor, but that changed this year. New Mayor Jay H Ritchie serves part time A public hearing on the matter is planned for 6pm Tuesday at the city offices, 3016 W 300 North The council will consider a proposal to pay the mayor $500 a month and council members $100 a month Kaysville Council meeting moves to March 24 The second city council meeting in March has been changed from March 17 to March 24. The meeting will include a public hearing on a rezone in west Kaysville Capital Assets has asked the city council to rezone 92 acres of land at 350 S Angel Street from one acre agricultural to half acre residential The public hearing will begin at 6 30 p m The change in date was made because two city councilmen could not attend the regularly scheduled meeting Farmington City switches to monthly billing Utility bills in Farmington may be coming out on a monthly basis instead of every two months The city council recently approved a conceptual plan to mail bills out once a month. The process will cost a little more an additional 25 cents for water, 25 cents for sewer and 25 cents for garbage The monthly billing will produce smaller bills for customers, dropping the minimum $77 50 for two months to $38 75 per month With the additional proposed increase of 75 cents, the minimum monthly bill will be $39 50 The Farmington Newsletter will be mailed each month in the utility billing Coming Tuesday Road work Antelope Drive to be in Layton Read about in the next Lakeside Review extended it |