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Show The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Your Community Newspaper By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News County Townships Dissolved— Reorganized The Commission also recently moved to dissolve the current multiple Weber County township planning commissions in favor of establishing two—one for the east part of unincorporated Weber County and another serving Ogden Valley and the unincorporated areas of Ogden Canyon. The current township planning commissions will be dissolved by the end of April. Applications for new planning commission members will be taken by the county until April 29, 2004. For more information, contact Sherri Sillitoe at 399-8794. To apply, you must be a resident of unincorporated Weber County. Incorporation update Residents from the community of Eden protest a polarized incorporation movement by placing anti-incorporation signs in their yards. New Pineview rules-Beer, liquor may be banned on beaches By MATTHEW EVANS Standard-Examiner staff mevans@standard.net OGDEN — Recreation at Pineview Reservoir will be a little more regulated this summer because of a host of new rules, including a possible ban on beer and liquor on the beaches. The rules, approved by the Weber County Commission this week, are aimed at swimming, fishing, boating, camping, fires and dogs. The move puts the county’s laws at Pineview in line with those recently adopted by the U.S. Forest Service, whose rangers team up with deputies from the Weber County Sheriff’s Office to patrol the 2,870acre lake. “Hopefully, this gets us on the same page,” Commission Chairwoman Camille Cain said Tuesday when the three-member commission voted unanimously in favor of the new regulations. POSTAL PATRON EDEN-LIBERTY-84310 HUNTSVILLE-84317 OGDEN CANYON- 84401 HCR 843AO The Eden Park Board will hold its annual budget hearing on May 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eden Park Bowery. The general public is invited to attend. On March 16, the following interim appointments were made to the Eden Park Board at the Board of Weber County Commissioners’ regular meeting. The interim board was organized so they could move forward in formulating a budget and taking care of other park obligations pending completion of the formal appointment process as set forth in the Utah Code. These appointments will be in effect until that time. The appointments became necessary after several board positions were left vacant through the loss of regular members. The Board of Weber County Commissioners appointed the following to fill the interim positions: Wayne Pack, Mel Rawlinson, LaMar Bott, Linda Gillespie, Deborah Hegg, and Rod Peterson. Peterson is acting as Chair of the Board, and Lisa Pack is serving as Secretary. The Park Board is looking for volunteers to interact with the board as representatives for the varied groups who regularly use the park facilities, e.g. soccer, baseball, football, and horse clubs. For more information, or to volunteer, please contact Rod Peterson at 745-3942. Ogden Valley Sign Ordinance Amended The Weber County Commission recently met and passed an amendment to the current Ogden Valley sign ordinance. Monument signs, as a conditional use, are now permitted at the entrances of commercial and manufacturing subdivisions in Ogden Valley. PLANNING cont. on page 13 PRSRT STD POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 11 EDEN UT Eden Park Board Budget Hearing Slated Ogden Valley Planning News Weber County Commissioners have approved a contract with Wikstrom Economic and Planning Consultants for the execution of a study to determine, primarily, the economic feasibility of an incorporated Eden City. The Weber County commissioners unanimously approved the $15,000 contract Tuesday, April 20 at their regularly sched- May 1, 2004 Sheriff’s deputies will huddle with their counterparts at the Forest Service today to discuss outlawing alcohol. The new rules were prompted by skyrocketing use in the area, said Chip Sibbernsen, a ranger with the WasatchCache National Forest’s Ogden Ranger District. “It’s one of the most heavily used recreation areas on Forest Service land in the Intermountain Region (15 sites in Utah, southern Idaho, western Wyoming and Nevada),” he said. “The thing that makes Pineview unique is the water.” Most of the rules deal with the water. Before, both the county and the Forest Service required boats to be docked at least 50 feet from shore. That’s been shortened to 20 feet. In low water, the 50-foot rule sometimes meant tethered boats blocked access to inlets. The new ordinance also bans fishing, diving or swimming within 50 feet of public docks. It does not apply to handicapped Map of Pineview Reservoir displays areas that will be affected by the new rule changes made by the U.S. Forest Service. Map courtesy of the Standard-Examiner. anglers. In addition, the new rules banish dogs from beach areas — Anderson Cove, Middle Inlet and Cemetery Point; outlaw glass from those beaches; prohibit open fires on beaches, except in fire rings; close day-use areas and ban camping on beaches from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.; and establishes “quiet hours” on the reservoir, its campgrounds and facilities from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Violators will be charged with a class C misdemeanor, which carries penalties of up to $500 in fines and 90 days in jail. “This is just a common-sense approach to some of the problems we’ve encountered over the last little while,” said Reed Richards, the deputy county attorney assigned to the Weber County Sheriff’s Complex. “I don’t think this will create a lot of controversy.” He acknowledges a ban on alcoholic beverages could be a different story. The Forest Service is pushing to outlaw alcohol on beaches at Anderson Cove, Cemetery Point and Middle Inlet. Boaters wouldn’t be affected, Sibbernsen said, just beachcombers. “Drinking alcohol up there tends to set off a whole bunch of other issues,” he said. “It interferes with the experience of other people.” If a decision to ban alcohol emerges from today’s meeting, the county commission would likely weigh in within two weeks. “In the event we can come up with a reasonable solution, we’ll come back to the commissioners and ask them to amend the ordinance,” Richards said. Even then, Sibbernsen said, rangers likely wouldn’t cite people for the violation, also a class C misdemeanor, until mid-summer. “We would probably just inform them and ask them to remove it until then,” he said. “We also plan to give handouts explaining the new rules. We want to really work with the public.” The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS to Host Valley Reunion The OGDEN VALLEY NEWS (OVN) will host a Valley Reunion sometime near the beginning of August. The OVN is extending the invitation to anyone born on, or before, 1945 that was raised in Ogden Valley. You may also bring a partner. This reunion will provide an opportunity to renew old friendships and visit with those schoolmates that you may not have seen in years. Plan on bringing copies of your favorite old photos, stories, and memories that reflect life in Ogden Valley as it once was. If you know of anyone who would be interested in attending, please notify them of this upcoming event. Details will be announced in future publications of the OVN. If you would like to help organize the event, or if you have suggestions for this event, contact Shanna at 745-2688, or Jeannie at 745-2879. Ogden Canyon Clean Up a Success Note: This article is being reprinted by persmission of the Standard-Examiner. See page 11. Letters to the Editor . Page 2 Calendar of Events . . Page 14 Announcements . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Page 6 Historical Article . . . . Page 9 |