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Show League of Women Voters Take On Study of Planning and Zoning (Editor's Note: Tlio following is the first in a scries of stories dealing with planning and zoning as it relates particularly par-ticularly to Cedar City. The ;c;lc.j lias boon developed oat ii a study by the Cedar City; League of Women Voters and Vis been prepared by Mrs. ' Ray Juvelin, a member of the league.) In the year 2000 our chil- upon the Cedar City resident to play the role of host to the visitor. If the tourist aspects as-pects of our development are to reach full flower, every citizen will have to feel that he is part of a large welcoming welcom-ing committee lest the tourist tour-ist sense that only his dollar is wanted and not return. Some see the extensive promotion pro-motion of new industry for the area as the best or only 'Ken ana granaennaren will be looking back at the year 1967 as the one that marked ihe fork in the road for Cedar City. What will be their judgement of us? Were we .vise, bold, courageous, or timid, fearful, and cautious, jv perhaps practical, prudent, and progressive? The great weight of decisions that must be made at this juncture in iur history lies heavily on our shoulders. With Interstate 15 about to become a reality, linking us in proximity with the rest of the nation, and, at the same time, presenting a threat to our economic well-being, well-being, the course of our wholt healthy direction our planning plan-ning should take. Others depend de-pend heavily on a constant growth of the college or a new spurt in the mining industry in-dustry to insure an economy that will grow to provide enough jobs for the young people who would like to continue con-tinue to make their homes here rather than to seek jobs in more prosperous communities. communit-ies. Others, perhaps, would like to keep things as much like they have always been as possible and feel this can be accomplished by turning "thumbs down" on all proposed pro-posed change. This latter course would eurelv be self-1 future could very well be decided de-cided in the next few months and years. More and larger groups of citizens are concerning themselves them-selves with some of the basic questions that must be answered ans-wered if the future development develop-ment of the city is to take directions that its citizens would prefer. Many see the Interstate as a threat to our defeating inasmuch as change is inevitable. The appearance of Interstate 15 in our midst is a drastic change that illustrates il-lustrates this point. The problem that we all face, then, is how we make these changes work for the benefit, not the detriment, of our community? How will we have to plan to meet the challenge chal-lenge of these changes? commercial Interests and feel a great urgency to find new ways of attracting the travel-ler. travel-ler. Aside from the obvious and paramount importance of the educational and aesthetic benefits of Iron Mission Park development, some see a side benefit from the natural in-terest in-terest of a tourist in the history his-tory of an area. The natural scenic attractions with which we are bountifully endowed suggest to others the possibility possibil-ity for promoting the great recreational advantages the tourist would encounter here. Brian Head Ski Resort and the mountain subdivision developments devel-opments are concrete steps in this direction. The presence of the C.oUppp nf Southern Many of these questions are1 answered by little decisions, day by day, made through government processes, some under the pressure of emergencies; emer-gencies; others with a good deal of planning and fore-sight. fore-sight. We seem to have come to a point now, however, where some of the big decisions deci-sions must be faced and made. The League of Women Voters Vot-ers has been conducting a study of the zoning and planning plan-ning ordinances of the City and County and, in the course of its study, has become more aware than ever before of the tremendous part that planning plan-ning and zoning plays in the flltllTA rlevlnnmAnt nf thai Utah in our city has spawned the Shakespearean Festival which attracts ever-increasing crowds, including many tourists. tour-ists. All of these developments place increasing demands city and county. Because it affects all our lives, either in our jobs, schools, or environment, envi-ronment, the processes by vh)"h these decisions are made are the business of all of us. |