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desires to return to this area. The need for such a facility has been established by a
survey made 3 years ago. The location is advisable since most of the doctors for
the Idaho Falls area live on the east side. Ambulance calls are expected to be at
a minimum due to tt...e permanency of the occupants of the nursing home.
Mayor Wehmann pointed out that this development would contribute considerably to
the tax base for the City of Ammon without adding to the schqol problem.
Mr. Call answered questions which indicated that the facility would have to be in-
spected and licensed under state regulations, that the parking lot is planned for
the front primarily to avoid a snow..,drifting problem in the winter, that the zoning
change was requested only for the 5 aGres needed for this development, that no
federal funds will be involved, that the developer will put in all water and sewer
lines, that the property will not be purchased by the Truscan Corporation if the
State does not give approval on the proposed nursing home, and that construction
would beginw:ithin 6 to 12 months after approval is .received.
Mayor Wehmann called attention to the three-year moratorium committment which
the City has to restrict digging into 17th Street after the pres~nt improvement
project is completed, and suggested that the developer get plans under way ,so that
the lines for utilities can be placed before the street constrMction is finished.
Concern was expressed by several of the citizens present that some undesireable
commercial use might be made of the property if it is zoned R-3A and the plans
for the nursing home does not materialize. Tom Chriswell, Chairman of the
Planning and Zoning Commission, reviewed the restrictions of the R-3A Zone
and Attorney Anderson advised that the residents could request the zoning to be
changed back to R-l if the proposed development is not carried out.
It was noted by Mayor Wehmann that the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning
Commission by unanimous vote, after having held a Public Hearing,'is to re-zone
the proI>erty under discussion to R-3A. As a matter of record, it was also observed
that there were no objections by the public present.
Councilman Francis Lee moved that the zoning' of the 5 -acre' tract north of 17th
Street (Legal Description as follows: Beginning at a point East 65 rods and North
40 feet from the Southwest corner of Section 22, Township 2 North; Range 38 E. B. M. ,
Bonneville County, Idaho, and running thence' North 495 feet; thence East 440 feet;
thence South 495 feet, mor~ or less, to the North right-of-way line of East 17th Street;
thence West along said right-of-way line 440 feet, more or less, to the point of
beginning.) be changed from R-l to R-3A. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman
. Dille; voting was unanimous in favor; motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 P. M.
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CITY OF AMMON
March 17, 1976
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council.
The meeting was called to order at 7: 35 P~ M.
the following City Officials present:
Mayor George Wehmann
Councilman Russell N. Swensen
Councilmab. Francis Lee
Councilman Marvin J. Anderson
Councilwoman Carol A. Dille
by Mayor George Wehmann, with
Clerk Deon Hemingway
Engineer David E. Benton
Attorney W. Joe Anderson
Maint. Supv. LaVern E. Williams
Others present during the meeting were Victor Owens and his Boy Scout son, Mark
Owens, two other Boy Scouts; and Bud Birch.
The meeting opened with the pledge of allegiance to the flag and prayer by Mayor
Wehmann. Minutes of the meeting of March 3, 1976, were approved as typed.