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Show Council approves R&D zoning By MARCELLA WALKER After months of deliberation, Pleasant Grove City Council Tuesday approved a new R&D zone and gave the nod to re-zoning a Parcel of land in north Pleasant wove as an R&D Park. Public hearings were held on both questions at the beginning of the regular council meeting and a room J1"1 of interested citizens were on hand. Dell Young, councilman and chairman of the Planning Com-m'ssion, Com-m'ssion, presented an amended C0Py of the proposed R&D zone ordinance for the review of the cuncil. One change inserted the Word "light" before manufacturing Under conditional uses so that it reads, "Professional, scientific, Search and development offices d attendant non-polluting light Manufacturing, processing and testing facilities, for current and wizon state of the art technology "ems, and electronics." The minimum area for any R&D ark district was set at nine acres ather than the seven in the original Proposal. Under the width and frontage regulations section for B. it states: lhe minimum width and frontage n a public street shall be 100 feet for ny lot whether or not it is in an egrated project development, except when the lot is part of a w,mPre.hensive integrated project 'ch is designed and maintained "er security surveillance which precludes direct access to the lot from a public street.' " The portion in quotes was added. Under the setback regulations, E. and F. now read, "Parking shall be located within the buildable area except it may extend to 15 feet from the front property line bordering on a public street or district boundary adjoining residential development, or to 5 feet from a rear property line which is not a district boundary, when the remaining setsback area is landscaped with trees, shrubs and berms which produce an aesthetic screen and transition. All parking areas shall be paved. "A landscaped area a minimum of 15 feet wide shall be provided along the entire perimeter of an R & D Park district, except for crossing streets, to serve as an effective screen and transition for adjoining developments." The word "penthouse' was removed under the height regulations. Changes made under special provisions include "perimeter fencings to separate this zoning district from a residential district are required and shall be six feet high except reduced to three feet high within thirty feet of a public street." The other change in this area was "that there shall be two means of ingress and egress provided for an R & D Park district as well as a plan of circulation for emergency vehicles and disasterevacuation. -See City Council Page 2 bui li an siai Brigham Young U was managing ec j4 i jf Tl Universe and som OQ itV U tfMinffl! Haddow decided I AVJ VVWllVil -continued from front page The Larsen-Davis Laboratories manufactures a medical heariBf improvement device which is sol: world-wide. Vlll MM VIII f Q A large property owner said they are forced to either sell all five acres to a person for only a single home or sell to someone who wants to subdivide sub-divide it because they did not want to go through that hassle just to sell their property. Russ Schow, who represents the city on UVIDA, noted that the city needs to make the way clear so the children will be able to get jobs locally rather than have to go away to work. Another man noted that there are other areas which could be developed in the industrial zone for an R & D Park. He added that the Industrial Park is in bad shape and it is a shame. He also stated that the downtown area is falling apart and needs upgrading. Dick Bradford of UVIDA said they are trying to get industry here because if not it will go somewhere else. The communications and high technical fields want to located in residential areas, and they can work well together, he added. Brian Larsen of Larsen-Davis Laboratories which plans to put an R & D Park in Manila if permission is given, told those in attendancse that the park would not all be developed at once but over a period of time. Part of the property would continue con-tinue to be farmed by the present owner. He also explained that the firm does light manufacturing but does not take more than the UPS trucks to deliver. Mr. Larsen quoted studies and letters which indicated that R&D Parks do not have a detrimental effect on property values. He said that R&D traffic does not interfere with church and school traffic because of non-competing hours, whereas a residential development would add traffic 24 hours a day, seven days a week . Following Mr. Larson's remarks, the Planning Commission met and then made a recommendation to the council that they re-zone the nine acres which had been described from A-2 to R&D Park district. Before the vote was taken, Councilman Lloyd Ash, who had indicated at an earlier public hearing that he was opposed to the site as an R&D Zone because he felt that other locations in the city were better suited, spoke to those present. He said that those with large tracts of land, who have lived in the area for a long time, have indicated that they are in favor of the park. Although he personally would like to see the park elsewhere he felt that he could not, with good conscience, fight this location. The council unanimously approved ap-proved the zone change on a portion of the property between the Manila School and Manila Stake Center. A question was raised if a commercial com-mercial or industrial zone would not cover the same thing. Mayor David Holdaway said this was a more restrictive zone than either of the other two. He said there are not many locations in Pleasant Grove which have enough property for this type of a zone, and especially not right now in the commercial and industrial zones. Councilman David Faux reported that he had made a study at the request of the mayor and had contacted con-tacted 25 property owners in the area around where the proposed R & D Park was located. Of the 25 questioned, seven were definitely not in favor of the park. The others had no objections to the park. One suggested that the area in question be used as a city park. Mayor Holdaway said that if about eight acres of ground could be leased from the LDS Church it could be developed as a park and maintained by the city. E. Mark Bezzant noted that the survey taken last winter showed that the people in that area as well as all over the city were against any kind of duplexes, twin homes, mobile homes, condos, etc in their neighborhoods. neigh-borhoods. However, the survey showed that the people of that area were highly in favor of a city park in the north part of the community. Mayor Holdaway pointed out that no one, when asked, wants to have a duplex, twin home, condo, etc. next to them but it is the responsibility of the city to provide areas for housing so that our children will have a place to live. It was stated that the Pleasant Grove City Council promised the people of Manila when they were annexed to the city, that it would remain a rural area. George Field, a member of the Planning Commission, Com-mission, said that, when a farmer sells his property to subdivide," then that is when the problem starts. |