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Show ou WASATCH COUNTY COURIER © DECEMBER 27, 2000 E mele Mion Ue po oe eee — CE Commission Considers Beaute Development Ordinance COURIER 4 he | Planning — + determination foie Sok ae @O @. , ensity 2000 t o ota Si g ee SUPREME mination. We’re ht amen oe eir 1999 and Duval Last Tuesday, con-. . e did not act on ment period. There commentat last Monday’s meeting. ing them money,” said He added. Prevost. that after two years a The Commission will likely ee a was no public cerned about it cost- , . — decide | - co i= ef s the matter after the first of the year. | * x ven Pullan. - not provide for the county “Not one of those for a special election county officers,” he The Supreme agreed. ©: involved‘in therole it has taken,-and it Lake City. Justices decided ‘against hearing secondary arguments, and ~ occurred here,” Duval added. ~ Pullan focused his remarks primart- offered their ruling: the following morning. During their exchanges with the justices, both attorneys argued the law ly on state law, saying it would be inappropriate for the court to allow an early election for a plan that contained “Constitutional defects that still need- was on their side. Duval’s case hinged on the state. Legislature’s decision i in ed to be worked out.” “As this court’s aware, that election ~ mM , | eee 2 REPUBLIC . Title Company of Utah Pavicsten ny 5 eo ae ay ee out ain, | ouite Heber City, UT 84032 Located in Historic Heber Bank Building { statutes provides for the election of . said. Court evidently pS | Sten . } : ™ a ea to be ‘appeared ‘before the Supreme Court : : , OLD al election could be held. Duval also charged the county with meddling and “playing games” _ — with the case, suggesting the commission had overstepped its bounds | by ordering a Meveumaer 2002 election. “We believe the suiindad plan does ey ee: | teaseasaiel that county officers the county statutes in order to determine when both a primary and gener- enough to provide for the will of the people to be heard,” Duval said. “We to deliver ‘0-mintite "briefs" i Salt ‘"irivifes° abuse” “aiid “that ™that “has: j q not. too county to select the best method that __ tion,” Pullan explained, saying the special election question is “troubling.” “served their needs.” The county attorney told the court “The normal channels of the trial he had “exhaustively” looked through © court will not be accomplished fast County the commission Originally, year. agreed to present the case as aco-petitioner with the sponsors to the Utah Supreme Court. But in an 11th hour move, they pulled out, forcing petitioner attorney Gordon Duval to rewrite the case for the high court. : - “‘’'m Arete edit provides schedule electic election ing general elections. to the first Tuesday in November every other __ believe it is purely a question of law.” 7: eter- Commission | the motion, but instead kept the _ issue open for a 14-day public com- code, clearing the way he said, for a _ are elected at the regular general elec- COURT Commission ruled that such timing would have violated state statutes limit- q 4 talking thousands.” ordi- Al Mickelsen, the county’s plandirector, told the Count CONTINUED FROM A1 TSS AED the Conversely, j “We're d The a ae | Bae | AL MICKELSEN | | «| t’s very costly-to de _ Commissioner LaRen Provost was ‘skeptical of the idea. Mickelsen said his department would developer should have look at projects on a to go back to‘ ‘aquate : case by case basis to one.’ decide if the developMie Reise i er needs to do anoth| keep developers some that explained _ county current Under er such study. rules, a density determination is only _ their plans current with the county but good for two years. If the developer _ for reasons beyond their control are last. Monday during (in Se fe public hearing ont the nine there >" ; : | : j ; not be penalized, he explained. talking thousands.” nance. ning nation must be completed. | Mickelsen. wants to remove the expiration date stipulation on the county's density ers. “It's very ‘oncia to do a density determisaid si: NAO. County Department: ie unable to build within the two- _ year limit. Those developers should » 2: ee? f “CHAR LEST ON Charleston Town Hall a ee Cy % : ee ae ee | tT vs Town Board meets Thursday, Bec 38 ary P. m. . S 654-1515 DANIEL 25 North Main, Heber City TT wo [ — has not started building in that time frame then another density determi- -HEBER CITY _75 North Main, Wasatch Residents See Income Boost alice City- : eee) Lomntissiant meets ee Deg 28. at. hs pan. 654-9900 Fe laa - TPT ee Wasatch stipulation was no longer needed and an unnecessary expense to develop- ‘4 Be STAFF sil cacti natal deaaiaalal TIM WESTBY ~~. 654-3227 | woe Average 99 Tax Return $4,000 Biche: have the third highest — 4 to “Tigures recently Tax Utah by the ~ higher income at $45,965. While Park City residents reported much higher levels , according released 7 state, ne income of $23,858. Heber City residents had an average income of $40,256 last year. Midway residents claimed a slightly e in bea cs the ee eee Fy aaa Commission. The average gross } ; } f sh | - incomes averaging $75,245. es. | rt claimed on their 1999 returns was 1. Summit ......cc.-564,0680 == 4 788 South A oer e the year before. Wasatch’s to. the Summit its hold ¢ County, maintained , a i 4 ne a et neighborhood: north, e (se d $41,419. That’s nearly 4° <4 a $4,000 increase from — | 34 a income county residents tax : T er 654.9992 -jncome level in: the state. belongs to Piute County: with an average gross “PPI \¢ ve income a or with an aver- cd 7 asatch County residents 5 ee one - age income of $64,668. Davis County | was second at $42,293. - The lowest — : reat - on abe TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF =) ee a. |