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Show gmonday, 12, 1977 Foreign models capture market Foreign cars gained the largest share of the market in Utah during September while total new car sales declined According to dramatically. data released by the Utah Automobile Dealers Association, new cars sold in Utah es with 32 percent registered in the previous month, and up significantly from the 25 percent share of the market chalked up during September, The top five selling Fur- do- Mercury, Oldsmobile and Buick. Among the imports, the same top five scored again as well. They were, in order of the number of new cars sold, 1976. Imports gained a substantial share of the market during September, selling 1,539 new cars. As a percentage of the total, imports accounted for over 36 percent of the new car market in Utah. This compar Toyota, Datsun, Honda, Volkswagen, and Suburu. Toyota actually outsold three of the top five domestic models. County means business once sign laws passed a new ordinance governing billboards in Salt Lake County is passed into rather law, there will be of enforcement aggressive both new and old regulations, says County Commissioner Pete Kutulas. Kutulas explained the proposed ordinance must still be reviewed either late this month or early next month by the county planning commisOnce plaints about the size of large billboards. Another problem has been that current ordinances are out of date, he maintained. Avenues moratorium lifted Many homeowners and developers in the Avenues got a reprieve from the Salt Lake city commission last week as it voted not to extend the y sion, followed by a waiting period, before it can 15-da- jKj 0 become law'. The commissioner attributed lack of enforcement of w'hat regulations there are in the county to an overburdened building inspection department. According to Kutulas, inspectors have had to concentrate on subdivisions and commercial and industrial buildings because of an unprecedented building boom in the The county issued county. more building permits in the first six months of this year than in all of last year, he said. The majority of complaints received have been about portable flashing light type signs, Kutulas said. There have also been a considerable number of com building and demolition moratorium which expired there Dec. 6. Instead, the commissioners passed an ordinance re- stricting demolition, addi- tions, or new construction on 65 historic homes in the and Memory Grove. The ordinance, to extend for a maximum of six months or until an Avenues Historic District is adopted by the commission, forces owners wishing to modify those 65 properties to obtain approval from the Historic Landmarks Com-itte- e and planning and zoning commission. Structures not identified in the ordinance are unaffected. Ave-enu- one call wonder woman Beautifully hand-carve- d. French vitrine, limed pine. Brunos Furniture of UNUSUAL ACCENT SELECTION Ut She can type. Take dictation. Does filing and billing. Has a great phone personality. . . Good secretaries are hard to find unless Sneliing & Snelling is on your side. One phone call means a measurable savings to you In time. aanravatinn anri mnnau That'a mil is nnaii 1377 & 1381 SOUTH MAIN STREET 345 So. State 521-926- ii 3 Wfiwt New Futuret Begin i .5 mestic cars were unchanged during September. They were respectively, Ford, Chevrolet, thermore, the latest monthly figure for September is 10 per cent below sales in September r: nr 1976. during September totaled 4,224 versus 6,352 registered in the previous month. ii5 , cs 1 |