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Show Developments okayed The Cedar City Planning and Zoning Commission gave their initial go-ahead to three planned subdivisions Monday night, but turned down an animal clinic site. Two of the subdivisions were in outlying areas of the city and the commission discussed at length the possibility of subsidence problems. With both proposed developments, the planner brought with him, letters he used as evidence in his favor. In the first subdivision, The Sun Howl Subdivision, just north of North Cedar Kstates, Kent Stapley said the Soil Conservation Service Ser-vice conducted soil tests in the subdivision area. The tests according to the letter from the SCS showed soil "equal to or as good as any" in the area. He also presented the commission with letters from contractors con-tractors who have built homes in North Cedar Kstates who also said they have experienced no hydrocompaction problems. Tests were made in 12 foot deep holes, made by a backhoe, Stapley said. He also stated the land has been regularly irrigated for 50 years reducing the chances for lingering gypsum. The SCS gypsum content showed less than one percent, per-cent, the letter said. The second subdivision, Pinewood East was presented by Stapely and Dallen Gardner. Tests in the Pinewood area show a rocky soil, they said, with boulders and gravel being encountered. en-countered. To the east of Pinewood East (about 900 feet) tests were made which showed 16 to 23 percent gypsum, they said, but a rocky ridge separates the developments. In both cases, the plats presented were the final plats, okayed subject to the engineer's signature. The third development approved was the preliminary plat in a subdivision sub-division which would extend 800 West up to 500 South, completing a dead end street. The proposed animal clinic was to be located in the 1200 block of 200 North, i,: presently Highway Service Zone, but was turned down by the commission as being incompatible to the surrounding businesses. |