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Show PG approves annexation resolve ' V U,h tion for annexation of the Mi thPp?r addltion was approved by ' ' TuPfHeaSant Grove City Council last luJay night. l nexati PUblic hearin8 on the an" J6Xatlon request will be held June JVacrl! prPerty consists of 4.436 soil f SS the State Road to the .J h from West St. It is all owned by one person who desires to put a house on the property. The land is presently in the county and county law requires five acres and the property is not that big. The property is contiguous to Pleasant Grove City. A copy of the request has been given to American Fork City. The property sits on what is the probable boundaryline bet ween the two communities. The council felt that the annexation an-nexation would help set a precedent that this is a borderline between the two cities. The Building Official said the Planning Commission recommended recom-mended that the annexation be given the RR zone rather than the RM7 See Annexation page 2 Annexation request Continued from front page zone. Water lines are in the area, the Building Official said. A septic tank will probably required as sewer lines are not in the vicinity. In other matters, Councilman Keith Christeson asked for and received permission from the City Council to remove signs which are unlawfully attached to utility poles. He said that sometimes there are four or more signs on one pole advertising ad-vertising garage sales, yard sales or tilling. He was given authorization to have the police enforce the ordinances or-dinances and remove the signs and he said he will assist them in their efforts. Residents in the neighborhood of 700 South Geneva Road met with the city council to register complaints about the top soil business in the area. They said that inspite of promises from the owner to keep the dirt from blowing around it is still doing so. Monica Hansen told the council that the efforts to stop the blowing have not been satisfactory. Fred Christensen, Building Official, Of-ficial, told the council that he had visited the site on several occasions and had not seen the dirt flying, even when the wind was blowing. He said there was a small amount of dirt flying when the machinery was moving the dirt about. Mrs. Hansen said you have to live in the area to see it. She said the dirt flies when they are loading it and when the wind blows. She also stated that one day the engine on a loader was left running for a considerable length of time when no one was at the property. She felt this could be a real hazard to children. She presented a petition signed by 76 people who felt that the dirt is hampering their health when it is blowing through the air. Mrs. Hansen argued that children with health problems, such as her child who had had pneumonia recently, and older persons were suffering because of the dust in the air. She added that they would not have bought a house there, in a residential area, if they had known that a big dirt mound was going to be sitting there. She noted that she is afraid someone is going to be really hurt before it ends. Another neighbor said that her house was in the direct line of the pile and when the top soil owners are working there the dust is so bad that her house is a mess. She explained that she cannot hang clothes out to dry anymore. The women stated that the dirt problem is not there all the time but it is pretty steady. They said they felt it was not their responsibility to call the property owners and tell them that they have a dust problem at the moment. The owners should have that responsibility respon-sibility themselves, they said. The council discussed the legal rights of the city in an executive session which was held at the conclusion con-clusion of the council meeting. Mayor Holdaway said .that they were still proceeding with plans to landscape the railroad underpass area on the State Road. He said that the state had allocated $30,000 to help pay for the landscaping. The city will provide the labor. The Department of Transportation Tran-sportation had recently stated that the money will not be released until July 1. The city had hoped to have the landscaping completed in time for Strawberry Days. Mayor Holdaway said he would contact the DOT and tell them why the work should be done now rather than waiting. |