Show Yea Or Yea Mortuary Mortuary Nay Wilt Will there be a mortuary on Orchard Drive near North or not THE TIIE MATTER was not re resolved resolved re re- solved this week by the tile Bountiful ful city council Earlier the planning commission commission commis commis- sion voted to recommend turning down the petition to build a mortuary mortuary mor mor- there This week the proponents proponents pro pro- discussed it with the city council TilE THE COUNCIL decided to take until its next nert meeting to decide Atty Ally George K Fadel spokesman spokes spokes- man tor for Lindquist Mortuaries presented a petition signed by nearly all of ot the tile neighbors liv live ing tog around the area proposed pressed for tor the mortuary PERHAPS IT IS not fair to consider a mortuary as commercial com corn men mercial lal Mr Fadel Fade said The planning commission turned it down as an extension of ot commercial commercial com com- mercial which It opposed A mortuary is much like a achurch achurch achurch church which is now allowed in residential zones It 11 requires solemnity and decorum In fact churches have Ilave dances and scoutIng scouting scout scout- ing log making more of a distraction than a mortuary he said THOSE USING a mortuary should have haye a right to quiet And a mortuary is not something something something some some- thing that he helps to stimulate business in the usual way he said As tar far as traffic interference it again is like a church About 75 79 per cent of funeral services in this area are held in churches church es Mr Fadel said THIS MEANS the cortege would go to the cemetery from the tile church and not from the tile mortuary This should not burden burden bur bur- den East Cast In recent days we have havu tried to find other land Two good plots are not lIot for tor sale The Tile own owner er wants to lease the land and ami build the building he said but not sell WANT the mortuary mortuary mortuary mor mor- to be in Bountiful in anarea an anarea anarea area which resembles commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial but is not commercial They want access to main streets This location fits tits all needs he said Charles Lars Larsen en who is acting act ing fog as agent for tor sal said l he could not think of a better between the tile bumper shopping shop ping center and residential property property property prop prop- erty south of the center A AS FOR TRAFFIC it could go right along Orchard Drive to 2200 South and down to the front gate lie He also said he did not believe the land could be used for tor any other purpose except for tor multiple multi pie dwelling units A RESIDENT Arvid See 1 MORTUARY UARY on page 2 Z MORTUARY Continued from front p peat pate l C. C Hull Hilt 1040 N. N E E. E said he heIs heis heis is opposed to any further development development devel in the area I think a mortuary mortuary mor mor- is needed but I want a neat clean city We came here from tram South Salt Lake because disliked we the way it was developing The shopping shopping shopping shop shop- ping center at North was supposed to be all the commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial development he said PUBLIC PRESSURE can sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times ruin plans made for the good of the entire community Councilman Morris said Sometimes this is good Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times it is not He cited recent action about Davis Boulevard as an example I 1 DONT DON'T KNOW Just what will happen to traffic on Orchard Drive if the mortuary is allowed But Dut I am fearful of the traffic pattern I would like to see the mortuary elsewhere Councilman L. L F. F Eckman said he did not like to go against the planning commission But Dut I cannot cannot cannot can can- not see any use of this property that would give fewer problems than the mortuary Nothing would be less offensive COUNCILMEN Walker Mabey and Layne For Forbes b e s said they would like more time to consider the problem This was done |