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Show !tO The Sail l ake TnbuiiA. Sptirlnr Monday IT. 1 T:; em Creatin Land Development 1 Continued From Page I 17 with rad ,tns are buying up frnnt-fagr.- x The lot in mo- bile homes or pretabs in r rtiany cases right next to per-- I homes maneiit. expeiMe There home I is no protection lot owners against this " half-acr- lintah County population has increased from 11.. 2 in ItHiO to an estimated 14.47. in 1972. according to the Bureau of Business and Kconenuc Research. Lmvcrs.tv of Ltah. " tions on mobile homes, although the county due-il- l The only county requirement he explained, is that each resilience (mobile or permanent i must luxe a minimum lb non square feet per lot "Only larely lias an nuside .connection to the city sewer been allowed and the city will Allow no more." Vernal s city manager said V . . Z ' a mobile home Replica of dinosaur guards subdivision in ernitl, a growing industry. sales activity for housing and recreation near Scofield Reservoir, including a new subdivision west of H"; approval ol a home subdivision ir Price Carbonville. between and Helper, and two mobili home siibdiv isioiis just outside of Price one with about too hits planned, south of the city, and Hie other with 15 to 25 lots, east ot town, and a new home subdivision in the north part of the city llseli concentrated Use like the canyons off Salt Lake Valley. It's more dispersed. That elimi nates concentration of pollution but presents a different cleanup and cmitiol pioblem." tu added e The Interior Department, m linal environmental statement on the prototype (210.000 barrels of ml per day. said this will create obs and '1.000 new about bring .'14.0011 people into the region. which has a present overall population ol about 110.000. It would create local tax revenues of about $03 million per year, state revenues of $02 million per year and lecleral revenues of $135 million annually, according to the it' pto-gra- 1 study the prototype program is successful, a resulting mature If industry (a million barrels ol oil daily ) could approximately - double the region's present population, the report noted "The social impacts ol uicould creased urbanisation create a conthet of life style because of the rural character '.of the region. Additional schools, transportation, health and sanitation sen ices would the report be needed added. -' ... CARBON COUNTY (.ary Praen. Price, Carbon County commission chairman. nid: tremendous growth problem m the county now and it looks like it's going - to get worse. Land values have tripled tn the past two ; years Besotting is in the mill tor hundreds of acres for industrial development in the Gordon Creek area. The old Job Corps Center we bought trotn the federal government m 1971 has been converted ' into a Carbon County Industrial Park. A subdivision of exotic homes in the hill' around Carbon Country Club has been proposed " a e the new ami plant power Huntington the increased demand on coal for energy are bringing people into the county," the commissioner said by He reported "a new wave ol GARFIELD COUNTY "We've had pressure ho subdivision," reported James F Yard ley. P.inguitcli chairman nf (inrticld County Commission and ch.ium.in of the ol Org.imution Governments (Iron. WashingGarhcld and ton. Beaver Five-Count- y Several Projee's Plans have bemi submitted, but nut yet approved, for a Kane) home subdivision ejst of the "We have no zoning ordicity and a mobile home park nance yet. Our county master lor about SO units, "and there plan is almost complete and are other protects in the hearings wdl be held on it this works. he added tall, Mr. Yardley continued. We do have a .subdivision orThe commission chairman said Carbon County adopted a dinance, seven years old. it comprehensiv e dev elopment requires the developer to put and oiling plan m 1971 and up a bond (or roads and the county's subdivision ordiwrier, with piping and a This nance requires a bond Irani a water source assured " developer assuring that he put turned a lot of them olf in sewer hues or septic tanks Among developments he listcurb and sutler, streets and ed expansion of units by two water lines motels near the entrance to The county population Bryce Canyon National Park. dropped trout 21.105 in 19MI to Hercules subdivision (about 15.7511 til 197(1. climbing back lbll acres), approved live to 1(1,572 by July. 1972, the years ago near the junction ol University of Itah bureau timates ,1'aiid County "Lahtornia-- i are coming in and buying up the oklei .homes in Panguiteh. Escalante. Boulder, many of them retired couples. It's becoming a county of old people. The young ones leave." he commented population in I9wl to chmbcu Irotn fiH7il in 1970 and then declined to ail estimated li 272 ill 1972 li,345 SAN JUAN COUNTY "Water is a big problem holding things up here." reported Bill G. Dunovv, Monti- - B landing 7 tie said Monticelio alniut 29 new homes the past two years, native growth rather intlux of outsiders " has nad built in "mostly than an housing development in Creek, "delayed with cancellation of the HID is still m the planprogram. ning stage, he said. A new subdivision has been proposed on in to 12 acres north ot A Mortenma Bhtnduig Industrial developments include a rare metal' )lant. started a year ago at Biand-ina by 21st ( entury lorp 20 million uranium prove" mg plant staited two yeais . ago by Rio lgon Mining 92 miles northwest of Monticello. drilling ol a producing natural gas well last spring, and present Mulling lor othyrs. lt miles northeast of Monticello. a new trailer park lor tourist' on the east edge of Monticel- - technical schnol under construction at Blanumg. and tentative overture' to locate a plant to niauutacture mens lo. a shirt' m'Blanding. by South- ern Itah Indus' He', wludi has (our other plants in Utah, he said Juan approved its . y master plan in San 19t-5- auntsub- sequently passing subdivision Mr and zoning erdinaees. Dunovv noted Development Requirements The ordinance requires that J developer, if he subdivides into lots of an acre or less, is for putting in responsible streets, water, sewer facilities and electrical connections, the commissioner pointed out "This was too much responsibility lor a subdivision on a dude ranch 12 miles south of l Monticello. inside Imest The subdivision was cancelled." the commissioner commented It the property is lots, subdivided into the developer 'doesnt have to do anything." under Hu ordinance. Mr. Dunovv added Manti-l.aSa- Holmes. Dale of tilt San Juan County Commission reported that Blanchng residents, on Aug 21, approved $130.iltii bonding to install a million-gallowater storage tank and delivery lines for the city etiauman n He also noted expansion and creation of a new service area facili'ated at was recently Mexican Hat by the transfer of 300 or 4IH) acres of land trom tiie Bureau of Land to the state Management Without enough population to by incorporate and hemmed-ttederal land, the town couldn't expand, he explained. n San Juan County population has inched up steadily from 9.040 in I960 to an estimated lit 700 m 1972 Sack lets SAND GRAVEL lime, Cemeat, Piaster t mail m $, II, 100 Ik left OOOPl SMTIAXI Blandmg. j Gartield County populutiuii declined from 3.577 in 19tri to 3.151) in 1970. rose to an estimated 3.271 anJ in 1971. settled back to an estimated 3.100 m 1972. GRAND COUNTY Wmford Bunce. Mayor Moab. reported no new subdivisions in the city, but "a lot of work going on in tlu- - old ones and some of the vacant lots being tilled in." EARLY WEEK SAVINGS PRICES EFFECTIVE MON., SEPT. 17TH 18TH, mm 1973 "We jiassed a city ordinance this summer, allowing reon-into create mobile home subdivisions. There are none in the county It doesn't have tlte ordinance, Mayor Bunco said. g The largest subdivision development in the area is Castle Valley River Ranchos, a tract in Castle Valiev. 18 miles east of Moab. surveyed in late 1972 and being sold in pieces, according to the mayor "They've- - been selling the lots this summer, but there are no buildings yet." be said He added that a On or 40 acre tract had been siibd.wd-e2.l)00-acr- i I e v five-acr- e GRADE 'A' FRESH WHOLE YOUNG AND TENDER d . on Wilson a plateau above Moab on the east, "but the develnjKTs quit alter ing two or three lots "We've had sell- ordi zoning MATTRESSES EMERY COUNTY Snow. Gardell Fcrron. County commission Emery chairman, said production is being increased in all coal mines in the county, and one is expected to triple its output in the next year. This activity and construcf the Huntington plant tion are Hie two factors afleeting population and development in the county. He mentioned "15 tu 20 new homes at Lawrence, and a few near Elmo and at Cascade, mostly prefabs " Mobile homes are also sprouting in Ferron, in subdi-vision or spotted around the. y X BOX SPRINGS FACTORY PRICES NO WAREHOUSE NO FREIGHT From Our Finishing Tables to You COMPARE the SAVINGS Fully Guaranteed KING and QUEEN QUILTED SPECIAL 1 Fitted Sheet Flat Sheet 2 Pillowcases 2 Pillows town I 1 Tlie population county's dropped from 5.54ti in 19WI to 5.15U in 1970. inching up to an estimated KINS 5.272 in 1972 SIZE MATCHING l National Forest. with headquarters in Price, is divided into three portions, the largest stretching along the west borders of Carbon and Emery counties, and two smaller segments. one east of Moab, Grjnd Comity, and one wet Juan of San Monticello. MATTRESS AND 2 FOUNDATIONS Mantt-LaSa- north-sout- NORTHERN 4 ROLL PKG. $159 90 QUEEN SIZE MATTRESS AND MATCHING FOUNOATI I h $99 22SZ52S 90 County bunch Frank McElwain. chief for recreation, timber and fire, said- subdivisions around, but not large nr SAVE MOO j 'lll B I fl B B 3 CLEAR WATER TOM 50 6vXcAN J Any degree of frmness, select your springs 330 to 1,333 will change King; 264 to 1,032 Queen. Firmness with coil count, wire See the mattress people GOLDEN RIPE X WESTERN tankard I B B B OVERMAN MATTRESS CO. I Where Better Mattresses Are Made I B n a iEsrani3HS3EJianHCinHan3in FAMILY 303 CAN "w OPEN MONDA Y5 AND FRIDA YS TIL 9 B B Sa.t err 7761 3 Sv-4(14 440 S iwg;rc ALL DELIVERY FREE within 50 miles povg 2MS Jmvsiiy 3x3 ; jj7 I O '5(0) APPLE SAUCE 40 years experience. Terms arranged or lankAmencard. Welker 1 LW) Bananas gauge and padding. S n CHUNK TUNA $59 90 KING or QUEEN SETS B B 0NlY ON CUSTOM MADE "Most of our use comes (nun the W asatch Front population rather than visitors. We don't have the al SIZE Quilted Mattress and Matching Foundations "Tnere are isolated numerous. This area is npe. it's hot and it s going to go. but it doesn't yet have tlie pressures ol other areas in the state " or TWIN FULL lands, - aBBHaODOBIiaBBDBB nan i ceiio. San Juan Count;, commissioner "We'ie try mg to enlarge the water treatment, system' storage and delivt-eand Imt h Monticello a! es-i- s B B B B - enough private land to handle it." he said . "Jobs created lot ol homes "There's lie said lie "is concerned" about the transient nature of development in the county and supported Mr. Taylor's view of the potentially dangerous septic tank proliferation. We do have a high water and it moves fast table, the underground tiaougli So cobble rock formation sewage is probably earned to reap possibly away Mr somewbete else," pear Bennett said lie added that "a private outfit contracts with county developments to transport garbage to Vernal's landfill dump " I uitali Ceunlv's population, and attendant problems, could multiply with the development of ml shale deposits m the area. The Interior Department is now pushing a prototype program. The two Utah tracts of ml shale deposits proposed for this initial program are about 50 road miles .southeast ' of Vernal. Colora--do'two tracts are due ea'I border and the across Wyomings are southeast ol all in the ltock Springs . same general region Influx of People n e t oiees His Concern "There A targe proposed development is LaSal ski Resort, adjacent to forest land, about 25 miles east of Moab in the area. It would Beaver Cri-einvolve facilities on 10NI acres iif private land plus use permits on forest land. The ' project, favored by the area's Economic Development Committee which is seeking an developer, is based on a survey and feasibility completed lust pnl by two planning consultant firms for tin- Four Corners Regional t ommission j s . "Sr l'llHs 111 Paii-guitc- v weie boom uranium lirouel t a flood of people Our tmal master plan, for county and city, was approved in 19 '). undated from the original in 1954." Mr. Bunce said are going up in the Punguitch Lake area. There are tour subdivisions there. The forest sen ice is installing a sewer system in the area. Commissionei Yaidley said, adding that a new paved toad Horn to Cedar Crooks expected to be completed next summer, "will bring more de' in lb- fmc-'plavelopment teau arc-- Mr. Bennett noted that Vernal city ordinance has restric- m into- - it We Hie the vvFhh homes or trailers being tlietc now." Sevier River Estates eight miles south of Par.guitcti (sn acres), three years old "with no hi mes yet but lots boing sold. and tentative ap- to Richard; pi oval given Perry. Las egus. for subdivilots of so sion into aert east ot Hatch, trom winch plans to get water all through the alley with for yours nances bTced ;md the road to Bryce "about live h.mili"v in si S a njsissssspri Shi G, Sf.7.7 1I1 )).' 1 1 1 ; n |