| Hyrum
decides to amend law for sidewalks in new subdivisions
By Dallin Koecher
October 8, 2007 | HYRUM -- Having a hard time coming
to an agreement on installing sidewalks in a new subdivision,
the City Council decided Thursday that amending a city
ordinances would be the first step.
Jay Stocking, a developer for the South Cache Subdivision
in Hyrum, came before the council to offer suggestions
about fixing damage to sidewalks around the new housing
development as building occurs. Stocking said because
not all homes are built at the same time in a new development
the sidewalks that are put in are damage during construction.
This practice has caused a lot of waste in the past
and to avoid it in the future, Stocking offered to give
the city a cash bond worth 20 percent more then the
cost to him to put in the sidewalks. He said he would
give the city the cash bond to put in the concrete as
the development fills up.
"Makes me sick to have to replace sidewalks," Stocking
said.
The council was concerned with making a fair decision
for all contractors that also followed Hyrum City ordinances.
They wanted to make sure the developer of any subdivision
takes responsibility for the entire project.
They came to the conclusion to not accept the cash
bond at the moment but to change some of the ordinances
to make it more fair across the board for future developers.
In other business the council voted unanimously to
approve a resolution for a new resource plan to help
with the city's power concerns.
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