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Show What businesses should be allowed downtown? ... QMl By GARY R. BLODGETT News Editor BOUNTIFUL - Recommendations Recommenda-tions for deleting seven types of businesses from an 18-square block downtown shopping area and placing six more under "conditional "condi-tional use" were tennatively approved by the Bountiful City Council last Wednesday night. HOWEVER, THERE will be more council discussion on the concerned businesses at Wednesday Wednes-day night's council meeting and another public hearing will be held May 28 at 7:30 p.m. before the revised re-vised ordinance can be adopted. The list of "concerned" businesses busines-ses were drawn from a long list of businesses that the newly organized orga-nized Downtown Advisory Council Coun-cil reviewed earlier. THREE OF the businesses originally ori-ginally labeled as being "deleted" from the downtown area are existing ex-isting businesses an automotive repair establishment, automotive THE FOLLOWING land uses -or types of business - still tentatively tenta-tively scheduled for deletion from the downtown area - are planned dwelling groups, health care center, cen-ter, mental health certer, automotive automo-tive self service station, cleaning establishment, laundry, and land used for growing commercial crops. Proposed for "conditional use," in addition to the automotive repair establishment, automotive service station, and surplus second-hand (including antique) shops are a convenience con-venience goods and services store, laundromat and outdoor recreation park. IT WAS also suggested that the amended ordinance redefine some of the language, especially to delete de-lete use of military surplus goods in the downtown area but to allow sale under conditional use other surplus, used or antique items. Councilman Keith Barton strongly suggested changing the three existing businesses considered consi-dered for deletion to be placed Drive-in establishments are just not suitable for the downtown area as I see it." Kenneth Newman, owner of an antique store which sells all types of new, used and antiquated merchandise, mer-chandise, bitterly opposed the council's proposal that his store be placed on the "deleted list" for downtown. "THIS WOULD mean I could not expand, remodel, replace if I had to, or sell my store as an antique anti-que and used goods establishment," establish-ment," he said. John Egan told the council that without being placed on the conditional condi-tional use list, he could not expand his business which has been a family fami-ly landmark on Main Street for 35 years. "It's my livelihood and likely like-ly will be a business for my children as well," he said. OTHERS at the public hearing spoke in behalf of the three existing businessmen, but no one opposed the deletion of the other businesses from the downtown area. PHOTOGRAPHYGory Blodgett MUELLER PARK LDS STAKE young men and young women, along with adult supervisors, cleaned both sides of 1 800 South between Davis Blvd. and 900 East as a community service project. Bountiful Streets Department loaned this front-end loader and large dump trucks to carry the debris away. service station, and a second-hand (or antique) shop. But after a long discussion -with considerable input from the businessmen owning these businesses - the council tentatively tentative-ly decided to place them under "conditional use" which would allow some restricted expansion. IF DELETED from the proposed amended ordinance, these existing businesses would not be able to expand ex-pand or in any way alter their business busi-ness or structure in which the business busi-ness is located. "We don't want to do that," explained ex-plained Mayor Dean Stahle. "These people have invested a lot of time and money in their property and business and it would not be fair to curtail that livelihood." under conditional use and to leave the remaining seven types of businesses as being "not acceptable accept-able to the downtown area." THE GEOGRAPHICAL area considered as the downtown area extends from 500 South to 400 North and from 100 East to 100 West. Councilman Richard Sharp said the council is "not trying to provide pro-vide a hardship on anyone or to discourage business in any way. We just want to be more selective in the types of businesses allowed to build in the downtown area." MYOR STAHLE emphasized that "we want pedestrian shoppers, shop-pers, those who will get out of their cars and visit the downtown stores. |