Show i I I I M I No Private Club Bountiful is not going to a private club on have ha I South right now J THE CITY council said no Emphatically I. I ACTUALLY the city council decided against revising the allowable uses in the C 3 zone to allow private locker clubs There was no specific request for a club on South though there would have ha been if the council had voted to allow such use Those who wanted the r. r change were vere present at the city council meeting Monday I I evening e along with a large group of residents who opI opposed opposed op op- I posed the change WHY Win BUILD a private club We Ve want to build a classy place where businessmen can take customers and friends to lunch where they can get geta a drink in pleasant surround surround- ings s. s THERE WOULD be no noi i abusive language no drunks f Wives could go with their r husbands to dance If allowed on South just east of Duerden's we would build an office aboveground above aboveground ground with the club below ground All we would need is a plaque telling the club entrance the proponents said THE STATE law regulates what we can do with such a club We cant can't solicit members members mem mem- bers cant can't sell beer which is fine Bountiful people are above the beer level anyway anyway anyway any any- way he said In a private club we make no money from the mini bottle bottle bottle bot bot- tle just drinks-just on the set up So we dont don't care if people drink or not We get just as much from them having a 7 POLICE POUCE Chief Dean 0 0 O. Anderson Anderson An An- derson Berson said he had talked with the Salt Lake Police They report report report re re- re- re port far fewer problems with the private clubs than with regular lounges To go to a club a person must be a member This gives more time to check age etc They seem to have no fights or drunken parties I WOULD rather see a private club than another tavern I dont don't think it would cause any more drunks on the street Do you plan to dance Mayor Morris F. F asked The answer was yes This could cause some problems too the mayor noted for music music music mu mu- sic today tends not to be soft and HE WAS told the group planned to cater to persons over 30 and that the building building building build build- ing would be well insulated We plan to put to into the interior alone lone the proponents noted Tonight we are specifically talking about a zone change only Mayor continued But in reality we are pretty well determining our future decision AND I AM Alli pe percent cent dead against a night club on South There might be other places in the city where it would not be objectionable but not on South or in inthe inthe inthe the Five Points Shopping Center which is the same zone as South I dont don't believe Bountiful would be any better off with witha a club than it is now It would be still better off if we didn't even sell seU beer here I dont don't care if people have to drive into Salt Lake City to get a drink he said I CAN divorce this decision from my religious convict convictions ons because this is a legal decision decision decision de de- de- de said Councilman Layne Forbes The state law says alcohol is legal under certain conditions if people want it I look at the decision from froma a purely practical point of view since I work in the attorney generals general's office A substantial number of the crimes I see are caused by people who have been drinking Their crimes have been where spawning liquor is used FOR EVERY reason you youcan youcan youcan can give for a private liquor club I can give you a dozen against Councilman Forbes said People can still use alcohol in their homes But I can justify my decision decision decision de de- de- de on the fact that liquor is not good for the community he said THE BEER problem is one of our great greatest St problems said Councilman Don Perkins who is also vice principal at Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- High School I think it is even greater than dope I can vote against the proposal without any re re- EVEN THOUGH the planning planning planning plan plan- ning commission recommended changing the zone to allow the club by a unanimous vote I do not see how it would markedly increase the tax base or use of electricity So Councilman Rod Shumway made the motion to deny the petition to increase the uses allowed in C The council voted unanimously against the proposal |