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Police and Cedar Ridge officials want truancy ordinance in Hyde Park

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Police and Cedar Ridge officials want truancy ordinance in Hyde Park

By Jamee Dyches HYDE PARK -- A proposed truancy ordinance that would enable police officers to issue citations to students caught skipping school was discussed at Wednesday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Currently, police in Hyde Park do not have the ...

N. Logan planning commission working on RV parking permits

Friday, January 28th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on N. Logan planning commission working on RV parking permits

By Emily Pannell Johnson NORTH LOGAN—The Planning Commission is currently developing an ordinance that will allow recreational vehicle parks to be opened in North Logan with a conditional use permit. The first “very rough draft” of the ordinance authorizes the development of ...

Nibley planners say yes to dancing at the strip mall

Thursday, December 9th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley planners say yes to dancing at the strip mall

By Max Parker Dahl NIBLEY--Plans for a public dance hall were approved at the city Planning and Zoning meeting Wednesday. The recommendation to include a dance hall in a portion of the empty strip mall along U.S. 89-91 will be ...

Smithfield planning commission: 5-dog kennel OK if owner moves it

Thursday, November 18th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Smithfield planning commission: 5-dog kennel OK if owner moves it

By Elizabeth Grewe SMITHFIELD—Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting went to the dogs, literally. Emilia Mendoza requested a conditional use permit for a kennel for her five dogs. Mendoza’s property, located at 249 E. 200 South, has a kennel now but it ...

Planning commission OK’s Millville storage shop

Saturday, November 6th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Planning commission OK’s Millville storage shop

By Marissa Bodily MILLVILLE--A request for a zoning clearance for a storage shop was approved at the Millville Planning Commission meeting on Thursday night. A resident requested a zoning clearance permit so that he can build a storage unit. The ...

North Logan: Up to 4 unrelated people may live together in one house, planning commission says

Friday, November 5th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on North Logan: Up to 4 unrelated people may live together in one house, planning commission says

By Chelsee Niebergall NORTH LOGAN—The Planning Commission made recommendations to the City Council about regulating recreational vehicle overnight parks and single family residences Thursday. North Logan is the only city in Cache Valley that will have an overnight recreational vehicle park once ...

Millville to petition UDOT about ‘nasty, scary’ traffic at Maverick intersection

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Marissa Bodily MILLVILLE--The city Planning Commission plans to get petitions together and talk to Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) about traffic on Highway 165 between Hyrum and Logan, next to the Maveriick. The commission ...

Millville moves to make water laws fairer

Saturday, October 9th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Millville moves to make water laws fairer

By Marissa Bodily MILLVILLE--The Planning Commission is rewriting the ordinance requiring property developers to give up water shares in order to comply with a new state law. The commission discussed the ordinance that currently requires people developing property to give up one ...

Wellsville planning commission postpones Reynolds subdivision vote to Sept. 22

Saturday, September 18th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Wellsville planning commission postpones Reynolds subdivision vote to Sept. 22

By Satenik Sargsyan WELLSVILLE-- The Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone the final decision for the Reynolds subdivision. The Reynolds subdivision project consists of three building lots at 39 E. 300 South St. The owner of the property is constrained from ...

New Wellsville LDS meeting house plans approved

Friday, March 26th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Kayla Woodring WELLSVILLE—Potential building orientation as well as handicap parking stalls for a new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting house were debated at the Wellsville Planning Commission meeting Wednesday. The Richards-Bott Architectural Firm presented blueprints and building plans ...

Wellsville lot can be split, but it will cost landowner a fire hydrant

Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Wellsville lot can be split, but it will cost landowner a fire hydrant

By Kayla Woodring WELLSVILLE—After a public hearing Wednesday night, the Wellsville Planning Commission approved an additional building lot in the Hendry subdivision at 40 N. 100 West, with the stipulation that the block’s third fire hydrant be installed at the expense ...

Petersen brings home-building experience to River Heights planning board

Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Petersen brings home-building experience to River Heights planning board

By Tyson Thorpe RIVER HEIGHTS--Danny Petersen attended his second meeting as the newest member of the Planning Commission Tuesday night. Petersen was selected by Mayor Bill Baker and approved by the City Council to join the planning commission. He attended ...

Wellsville approves updates to its general plan

Saturday, February 13th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Wellsville approves updates to its general plan

By Kayla Woodring WELLSVILLE--Several proposed revisions and updates to the Wellsville General Plan were approved Wednesday night at the Wellsville Planning Commission meeting. City official Jay Nielson said the plan hadn’t been updated for awhile and that doing so was necessary in ...

Hyrum denies Elk Mountain’s request to build twin homes

Friday, February 12th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Hyrum denies Elk Mountain’s request to build twin homes

By April Ashland HYRUM--It was a unanimous decision to deny the proposed change to Elk Mountain's Phase One from 25 single family units to 25 twin houses at the Planning Commission's meeting Thursday. On the agenda was a public hearing and a ...

Henderson, Hancey lead N. Logan planning commission again

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Henderson, Hancey lead N. Logan planning commission again

By Kate Clark NORTH LOGAN--Bruce Henderson and Mark Hancey were re-elected as Planning Commission chairman and vice chairman at Thursday’s meeting. “Do I have to vote?” Henderson said with a grin after the unanimous vote was taken. “Thank you for your vote ...

Lack of affordable housing pushes young couples out of Wellsville

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Lack of affordable housing pushes young couples out of Wellsville

By Kayla Woodring WELLSVILLE--Adjustments to zoning regulations regarding the number of multi-family dwellings allowed in a residential block were debated at Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting. The debate, spurred by contractor Gary Hansen’s inquiry about building a seven- to nine-family unit of town ...