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Show Beer Ordinance Gets Tropic Council Okay TROPIC The Tropic Town Council adoDted an ordaince permitting the sale of beer after a public hearing at which no objection to the proposedprdinance was expressed. The town adopted the ordinance which will permit the sale of beer in original containers for consumption on or off premises according to the type of license obtained by the applicant. The council deleted the Class "C" license portion which permits the sale of draft beer on premises. Surprisingly, no citizens appeared to object to the ordinance even after considerable opposition by Tropic citizens was expressed by petition to the County only last summer when operators of "Shingletown," a sandwich shop north of Tropic located in the county sought a beer license to sell beer under the same conditions. The establishment was granted a license by the County. , Tropic also adopted a master plan itor the community which has been underway for the past several months and had been developed by the Tropic Planning Commission with the assistance of the Five County Association of Governments. A zoning commission will begin deliberation on zoning compatible with the master plan on May 2. Fred Stout appenred before the Countil to comment on the master plan, pointing out areas which appeared to be unclear or ambiguous and stating that goals and policies should be precise but not overly restrictive and should favor growth, and, if necessasry, annexation. Stout also said that he felt the Tropic Town Council had been negligent in its duties by not pursuing action on its streets which had been paved under the Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant. He said he felt the streets were so bad as to cause a hazard and 'Were causing costly damages to tires and wheel alignments. Council members assured Stout they were still pursuing correction of street problems. In other action, it was decided that Tropic would write a letter to the National Park Service headquarters in Denver requesting that the NPS, when it hires a new superintendent for Bryce Canyon National Park select someone who will be willing to hire as many local people as possible. The town would justify its request by stating that the presence of the park in Garfield County severely restricts development of other industry and thus 'seriously limits jobs in the area, adding that when ths park hires people from outside the County, it only contributes to the serious unemployment problem. Council members will ask the NPS to provide special training locally to develop the experience among local residents required by the NPS in Its selection of employees. In other action, the town decided to conduct a special survey to determine the accuracy of the 1980 census statistics relative to the law to moderate income status of the community. |