By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Pat Painter, developer of a subdivision in Mona, will
be requested to attend a future meeting with the city
council.
"We know there is a problem there," said Gordon
Anderson, council member. "Now how are we going to address
it?"
The problem is that homeowners in the subdivision have
been putting part of their own sprinkler systems out into
the city-owned park strip. That will cause problems with
utility and road maintenance which will occur in the
future.
Homeowners, who want to have a green strip in front of
homes, are going into the street area. Council members
wanted that area to be used for street parking, among other
things, and wanted it kept dry and to have it graveled.
Some homeowners have put in decorative cement and
pillars.
"It will get torn out if there is any reason to do
utility repairs," said Rory Nielson, council member. "The
city will not replace it when the repairs are made."
Even the restrictive covenants of the subdivision are
being violated.
"We all agreed that it should be dry," said Philip
Brandley, council member. "How are we going to enforce
it?"
He said people needed to listen.
"Unfortunately, they only listen if they are hit in
the pocketbook," said Brandley.
Residents of the subdivision have been told not to
take sprinklers even to the edge of the property line, said
Harry Newell, council member. In winter, when the snow plow
clears streets, those sprinklers will be ripped out and the
city will not pay to replace them because they are not
legal.
Perhaps, said Anderson, refusing to issue building
permits until the issue is resolved would get attention. He
said the city needed to get some teeth into the city
requirement.
"It is an issue that keeps growing," said Allen Pay,
water master.
In addition to water needs not being met if the grass
keeps encroaching into the street right-of-way, there is a
safety issue, said Pay.
The right-of-way is designed to keep those parking in
front of homes from being in the paved portion of the
street, said Cory Squire, council member. "It becomes a
parking issue."
Nielson said that the council should be able to sit
down with Painter and work out the problem. Therefore, it
was suggested that Painter be invited to attend a future
meeting and discuss the problems his homeowners were
creating.
Those homeowners do belong to a homeowner's
association which has restrictive covenants.
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