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Show ?sNot Everyone Is Happy With ! Council -Action BvGARY R. BLODGETT ' Ripper News Editor n-sTERVILLE -- Annexation and re-t re-t requests dominated the Centerville , : Council last Tuesday night -- and not all "'.petitioners went home happy. ft-Q oF the petitioners had their re-h re-h denied -- one to rezone property in irlhwest section of town to allow sale , ,rucks and parts, and the other to !..-U5 acres into the city. ' ; nrst denial came after a long discus-p,, discus-p,, .1,'' and a 5-minute video tape -- of the . . wed site of a used truck and parts busi-U busi-U ' I near 2000 North west of the Denver . 'rio Grande Railroad tracks. The busi-Ifl busi-Ifl disowned by Don Boyce and the re-; re-; ",us to rezone the site from Agricultu- ' .; to Industrial-1 . jUE ANNEXATION denial came when .- hRandall petitioned the city to have 4.5 e, of property at 1450 North Oakridge r- annexed into the city. IE The council, voting 5-0, said they had to )w ..r, the annexation because the city can- -provide services to the property in ques-j ques-j Mayor Neil Blackburn explained that .;er pressure is not adequate for fire pro- i.jon because the property is located i e the city's nearest reservoir. , k " OIR ATTORNEY says the city must be : to provide all services to a home, and ,:can't do this at this time," the mayor ; Councilman Kim Leishman, who made .motion for denial, asked the council to insider the petition at such time that the .can provide the necessary services -narily the water pressure needed to pro-, pro-, :; adequate fire protection. IN REGARD to the proposed rezoning of t: business site in west Centerville, the A : 'jficil was told that Mr. Boyce has been fcj, dialing illegally, without a business year and a half. Sgt. Jim Oswald said Mr. Boyce was cited in April last year after several priorattempts to inform him that he was operating a business busi-ness against city ordinance. He said there are no utilities in the area and the city cannot can-not provide adequate services. A LETTER from the National Resources said the trucks and parts at the site were allowing oil seepage and sewage into the adjacent (Farmington Bay) waterfowl area A report from the U.S. Corps of Engineers noted that the business is in violation of the "Clean Water Act." City Administrator Mark Palesh said there is a city ordinance allowing junk repair, re-pair, "but that this is ajumk lot." MR. BOYCE said he objected to the business busi-ness being referred to as a junk yard and said the vehicles and parts, including tires, did not come from his surplus business in North Salt Lake. "Most of the vehicles are military trucks that are to be rebuilt and the parts are of value and not junk," he told the council. "I'm a rebuilder of trucks and heavy equipment equip-ment and I take pride in my work." HE SAID he would comply with the city ordinance and would build a permanent structure and fence around the business site. "I'll follow the ordinance if you will give me the chance," he said. He admitted that he had been doing business busi-ness in violation of the ordinance for about 1 Vi years and had first ignored a citation but later appeared before the judge on the citation. cita-tion. REZONING requests that did gain council coun-cil approval included 1.15 acre at 280 S. 160 West from Agricultural-1 to Residential-185. Residential-185. The "L-shaped piece probably will have four or five single-family homes. Also approved was a .43-acre site at 1051 N. 400 West to be rezoned from Agricultural-1 to Residential-185 for a single-family dwelling to be owned by Dennis Anderson. |