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Show 5jOMBlSSF.LBERG ' I , J,iRN'1N'GTON - There T? cej ds with Inis Srcat JEVLLbuiW their houses V f i L5? lr"efricient metnods 'hcy aradv own. at VX 4?,' lhis l0n8.'iuiet pn-to pn-to Md With Plenty of farm ivd ri ' grow most of their i!erUntPofthat. sewer and , A :5taire nearbV and they'll 't I 'Prinklers in their J tiiiiiii! thm"r'JiMii Good as it sounds, even to the Davis County Planning Commission, there are some problems that need to be worked work-ed out. JOHN McENTIRE and a friend want to build their houses on a 13-14 acre parcel at the end of a one-quarter mile lone private road in west Farmington off of 100 North between Burke and Clark lanes. . land adjoining the road is owned bv relatives who've approved the two men s prop-HKUSiBiUlttl prop-HKUSiBiUlttl III I ' ' ' " " osal but that land could some-dav some-dav see development as a sub-division-currenily. there are no such plans, though. A 30-foot wide road ncht-ot-wav has been obtained but the county's normal is 60 and its minimum is 50 feet. For now. Mr. McEntirc says he can't alTord to pave the road. Several similar pn ate right-cf-wav situations have been approved in the past. Planning Com. Chairman Charles Black noted, but Planner Barn Burton Bur-ton reminded the commission "there are some other cases where it would be more difficult diffi-cult to reach (developed lots)." "I'M SI RE there are many similar situations (possible!. ' Mr. Burton continued, asking, "are there enough of this type that could destroy or hamper future development by not being able to put a road in as they should be1 The county's master plan covers only major thoroughfares, thorough-fares, not residential streets, he explained. TO MAKE matters more interesting. in-teresting. Mr. McEntire indicated indi-cated an undedicatcd county road sits on the corner of his property but is. for all intents and purposes, a pasture. "The project is commendable. commend-able. " County Com. Harold Tippetts said, "but it has some problems." He ennumerated the current county statute that a cul-de-sac las that would bcl can not go longer than 4-600 feet while this would be the equivalent of two city blocks or at least I .) feet. A "PRIMITIVE, private road" is involved, and raises the question of some agricultural agricultu-ral parcels located nearby on 650 West. "A number of people peo-ple owning agricultural parcels are anxious to build-they're on a 20-foot road. The county has maintained the lane over the years." Negotiations are underway to widen that to the 50-foot minimum but the question of utilities and road surfacing has yet to be answered. "THEY'RE not (landown ers) willing to pave it. They're honest and sincere in what they want but tomorrow they may be gone. New people would go out (buyers) under the concept it (road) was properly prop-erly maintained. "Many bought land and wanted to plant pasture, ctc-now ctc-now they w ant to live there but can't afford the road-we can't issue a building permit, Mr. Tippetts, the former county planning director, continued. "WE'RE NOT adverse to (making it) a county road if there arc enough people (fronting (front-ing on it) hut there's no way it's economically feasible for two people (to pave it)." Mr. Mcl.nlosh said. Were the county to foot the bill it would mean using all county taxpayers' money to help just a few, it was noted. A I.EfJAL opinion will be sought before the next planning plan-ning commission meeting set for June 2 while Mr. Burton said he would further study the issue. |