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Show City Council faced with many routine matters at February meet At the Monday night meeting meet-ing of the Parowan City Council, Coun-cil, a 7:30 session was held as a zoning meeing to discuss the change of status of two areas within the city from residential to business areas. One of the areas is on the west end of 100 North Street, owned by Mrs. Thelda Hyatt. The other is on the north edge of the city next to the Sam Pritchard homo and is owned by Taylor Walker. Both owners own-ers want to Install overnight and permanent trailer courts. The council approved the changes when the owners furnish fur-nish plats of their property. More troubles concerning the use of the city clump were discussed. It seems that it needs pushing up again with the driveways in need of opening. op-ening. After some discussion the council decided to hire a cat to do this, and also discussed dis-cussed the purchase of a cat of its own for this and other purposes. , The council also discussed the problem that is facing all cities, the problem of open burning, which is now condemned con-demned by the anti-pollution body. A law has been passed by the state, against such a practice, and cities are supposed sup-posed to quit this as soon as they are able to do so, and ling the problem. Clair Benson and Rick Evan.' oi the power department werr authorized to attend a meter repair school which will bt held ia St. George in the nea future. Councilman Morris Rasmus-en Rasmus-en reported to the body that the city, through its affilia tion with the Rocky Mountai Power Consumer's Associatk is now involved in a law su brought by the Associatk to prohibit the power to I generated in this area by pr posed government financ power plants, from going the southern California area when it is needed here. Mayor Gurr reported th.' he has been contacting thor people who would bring ne industry to Parowan and th: negotiations are still going o: to get one of them, a wa1 board and panel board branC of a southern Californa com pahy to come in. Such a plan has a potential of employinf 75 workers working in thro' shifts, or 225 people, if it can be brought here. He suggested that a group of Interested citizens make a trip to the California plants of the company and investigate investi-gate what such a plant would mean to us here. some day this may take place whether the smaller places can do it or not. J. W. Moore, city building and sanitary inspector, appeared ap-peared before the council, to report a violation of the city Sewer ordinance. It seems the contractor on a home being constructed for Jean Morten-sen Morten-sen on West 200 South Street, had gone to deep with the basement sewer outlets, to connect with the sewer line put to the property by the city. Moore reported that the contractors had dug up he city portion of the line, and buried it deeper using a pipe not approved by the city. The council ordered Mr. Moore to see that the line is dug back up, changed and then that it be inspected before it is covered cov-ered up again. The council considered and passed an ordinance regulating regulat-ing the placing of signs that reach out over the city streets and especially the placing of such signs on the city's main thoroughfare. This ordinaneo has been recommended by the state highway department Already Al-ready many of the signs on the city's main street jut oul too far, and the city is taking means of having these placed back of the property lines. Mayor Kendall Gurr and Councilman Richard T. Harris reported that they have already al-ready visited most of these places of business and have received promises that the present signs will be moved back or torn down. During the past several weeks, Parowan City and Par-agonah Par-agonah town have been discussing dis-cussing a deal whereby Parowan Par-owan City, will take over the maintenance of the Paragon-ah Paragon-ah electrical distributing system. sys-tem. Paragonah has asked the Parowan City to do this, because be-cause that town doesn't have equipment, to do this and Parowan has. Therefore Parowan Paro-wan City attorney was asked to draw up an ordinance or an agreement that would set out the terms of such a deal and both communities are to agree to it. The Parowan council stud-ied stud-ied it and gave its approval, and it now awaits the approval ap-proval of the Paragonah Town Board to put it in force. On the report by the city police department that the JD Lounge was not complying with the city ordinance in regards re-gards to the closing time for dispensing beer and the time for closing of such a business, the city marshall was told to notify the owner of that place of business, that unless he complies with city ordinances governing its operation, the eity will take its license away until he will agree to comply. com-ply. Councilman Harris, city rep-resentative rep-resentative on the planning and zoning commission called the council's attention to the need of a stronger ordinance on the placing of mobile homes promiscuously about the city. These homes are being be-ing placed on vacant lots in all sections of the city, with the owners, asking that utilities, utili-ties, power, water and sewer facilities, be placed to them. Mr. Harris recommended that the city study the matter and see if a more businesslike business-like way can be found to reg-late reg-late these practices. Also to wnfer with other cities to find cut how they are hand- |