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Show City Council approves new building codes Fred Christensen, community development director, presented several codes . relating to the building department to the Pleasant Grove City Council Tuesday night, all but one of which were approved. Those included were the Utah Plumbing code, its appendixes, and the swimming pool, spa and hot tub codes; building inspector to be known as building and deputy building officials; energy codes outlining the minimum insulation standards from the Utah Energy Code; and the administrative code that goes with the National Electrical Elec-trical Code. ; Other ordinances approved included in-cluded a statement that when two codes conflict the more restictive of the codes applies; 1985 Uniform Building Code and appendixes; 1985 Mechanical Code; deletion of the Fallout Shelter and Gas Codes from the city ordinance as they are covered elsewhere; and the 1980 Standard Specifications Ordinance. The ordinance concerned with the damage bond for city improvements was held for further consideration. In other action, the city council met the newest police officer, John Lloyd, who was introduced by the police chief. The council discussed the possibility of building a city road north from 200 South just below the canal over the Bureau of Reclamation right-of-way for the J-4 Aqueduct. Mayor David Holdaway said this could be an access street. He said there is no residential construction planned olong the street for the foreseeable future as it is presently an orhard. The trees have been removed for installation of the pipeline and trees cannot be planted directly over the pipeline. However, it is alright to built a road over the right-of-way. The mayor said that perhaps the city would have to fence along the sides of the roadway to keep those walking through the area from taking fruit from the orchard. See City Council Page 3 City Council tinued from front page urther discussions with the BOR orchard owner were planned, iristensens said that the Plan-! Plan-! Commission was desirous of nging the ordinance requiring 3, gutter and sidewalk for new struction so that certain areas of city are not exempt, as the code allows. i general, the council felt that all eloping areas of the city should required to install curb, gutter sidewalk unless it is just ab-itely ab-itely impossible to do so. hristensen went further by ;ing that he would like to see the council require every area of city which is not now with curb, ler and sidewalk to do so. He said he would like it to be possible for property owners to borrow the forms . from the city, have the city do the engineering, and have every property owner put in his own improvements. im-provements. A public hearing on a curb, gutter, and sidewalk policy will be held June 4 to get input from the citizens ! on the subject. " The new state law allows the cities to operate on a tentative budget until Aug. 10, Finance Director Kay Driggs told the council. The proposed budget must be completed by June 16. Prior to that date the council will hold some work sessions on the budget. |