Show Proposed Rezoning Ignites Protests Two VO areas in which commercial commercial commer commer- cial i zoning ning has been been requested have become oni hot Js' Js issues ue involving involving in in- residents living Jiving adjacent adjacent adjacent ent ent to the areas area the county commission county planning commission and the Bountiful city council UT JT ALL BEGAN EGAS as ns far rn backas backas back back- as Sept 2 1960 when Mr M. and Mrs Leonard Winegar S. S Orchard Dr requested sted that the county rezone their property to commercial because of or the thc in in- increasing increasing increasing in- in creasing commercial growth around them B By Jul July 1961 five of their neighbors neighbors' h had d joined in with them in their request They in include include include in- in clude Mr and Mrs J. J Paul Kingston Mr 11 and Mrs Anthony An thony F. F Cristaudo E. E T. T Williams Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams Mr and Mrs August Simonsen and Mr 1 and Mrs Bill Melby THEN ON JAN 20 1961 David T. T McNeil and Owen Sanders Salt Lake businessmen business business- men requested rezoning an anarea anarea anarea area near Orchard Drive and South to commercial On Oct 3 1961 the planning commission commissi n recommended to the thc county commissioners commissions s that thata a public hearing be held to consider consider consider con con- sider these requests along with Avith an amendment to the C l zoning regulations code TWO IWO PUBLIC hearings were then set On Dec 4 1961 the amendment ment change was was' heard This change read this this wa way Add certain uses uses by right providing for lor screening and landscaping requiring supporting evidence for rezoning r requests quests filing of ofa off offa a development plan and bond 10 and 1 determining a reasonable development period of time This change was denied b bythe by bythe the co county nty cO commissioners TilE THE HEARING also considered consid ered among other petitions a request to 10 rezone the S. S Orchard Drive area from a residential res res- residential R 2 to a commercial C l. C-l. 1 And on Dec 6 at a public hearing the r s considered a request to rezone the seven acre area on the west westside westside westside side of Orchard Drive bordering bordering bordering border border- ing Virginia Lane on the thc south the Bountiful I Irrigation Com Coin Company pany pang ditch on the west and Wi Wicker Lane on the north from i n. n It fl 3 3 3 to to C l. The county planning commission commission commission commis commis- sion did not recommend a zoning zoning zon zon- ing change in either case just a p public hc hearing Harold J. J Tippetts county planning director director director di di- rector explained explain d to the petitioners petitioners peti peti- that the decision to change the type of zoning was entirely the county commissioners commissioners' commission commission- ers ers' rs' rs prerogative THE TilE PLANNING commission did recommend that additional be placed on C l zoning activities On Feb 16 1962 the commissioners commissioners com corn missioners approved the zoning change requested by Mr Mc Mc- Neil J JON r t ON I MAR 23 23 Mr Ir and Mrs 1 Winegar representing ing their six neighbors who had filed the thc petition pe per for for the zone change across from the Grand Central shopping center met with the commissioners to discuss a proposed agreement This agreement stipulates the following the tho county is willing willingto to rezone this area if a fence is constructed so as to provide pro protection for Cor adjoining proper ty ly owners IN REPLY the petitioners agree to construct such a fence and post a bond to insure such completion of a solid type e fence at least five fie feet high along the easterly casterly boundary line linc of a 20 foot buffer strip the Sec See ZONING ou 00 page 3 1 l l Zoning I Continued from Front Page ful Irrigation ditch heretofore d deeded eded to the county The fence is to be constructed when the development of the property be be- gins The said fence shall be built buill within two years of the date of oC agreement or within the time of any extension granted by the county Upon Upon signing of this agreement agreement agree agree- I ment and the furnishing of the bond b by the owners petitioners petition petition- ers as required by this agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment the county agrees to adopt an amended zoning ordinance ordinance ordinance nance rezoning the real properly property prop prop- property erty erly of the owners above referred referred re re- to from residential R 2 to commercial C C l. 1 THESE AGREEMENTS have been signed b by the petitioners but not as of Thursday da signed by the Ue commissioners Last Frida Friday a group of Penman Penman Penman Pen Pen- man Lane residents located directly west of the proposed commercial zone met with the commissioners to protest the therez rezo rez rezoning hing ning agreement THEY SAID the they r opposed the zoning change because the rights of property owners are jeopardized by a 1 I areas Orchard Drive is not wig enough to contain traffic now and this would increase the traffic flow Clow and the homes in inthe inthe inthe the area would lose value by reason of being adjacent to commercial property The They said that they had not realized that such a big development would be built at the Grand Central shopping center site when it had been zoned com com- So they had not protested protested protested pro pro- tested strenuously at that time But the they now feel that more commercial zoning would be bevery bevery bevery very detrimental to the area They also pointed out that the county planning commission is opposed to this rezoning I They said they would like to meet with the property owners who had requested the change to see if an amicable agreement could be reached concerning the type of commercial development development devel planned for fOl this new area in the thc event the rezoning is approved TilE THE COMMISSIONERS said that if they could present new evidence to back up their protest protest pro pro- their decision decision deci deci- decision test they'd hold up sion on the matter until June 1 when they will again meet with all property owners concerned Concerning the other request for Cor commercial zoning at Orchard Drive on Mar 16 the county planning commission submitted a written protest to the commissioners' commissioners approval of I allowing an expanded com commercial commercial commer commer- mer-I mer cial zone in this area The They were also petitioned on Mar 30 by residents of the area to change their decision On April 13 the commissioners stated that they intended to stand on their prior decision decision concerning this matter NOW TilE THE Bountiful cit city council has sent two letters to the commissioners commissioners' in m protest of each of these controversial changes In the letter concerning concerning concerning concern concern- ing the Virginia Lane and Orchard Orchard Orchard Or Or- chard Dr change they stated that they felt the commercial zoning on the Bountiful perimeter perimeter perimeter eter is unjust uncalled for and extremely detrimental to the situation in Bountiful In the other other written protest protest protest pro pro- test against commercial rezoning rezoning rezoning re- re zoning at South and Orchard Orchard Orchard Or Or- chard Drive they felt Celt it was injurious to the proper development development development devel devel- of Bountiful Shopping centers should be dire directed ted toward toward to to- ward incorporated areas and not on the periphery of city boundaries the letter stated IT IS S UNJUST and discourteous discourteous discourteous to the residents of f Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- and we have a right to expect protection rather than injury from Crom the county commission commission commission commis commis- sion the letter concluded Through the interest created by these controversies two others others others oth oth- ers have asked for or their property property property prop prop- erty to now be rezoned com com- They are arc Harold Calder whose property properly is lo located located located lo- lo on Orchard Drive on the south side of Virginia Lane He filed a petition with the county for Cor the change on Mar 22 1962 Thursday the county planner received a telephoned request from Crom R R. R N. N asking that his property located east of the commercial zone north of Grand Central be rezoned you guessed it it- it commercial bf |