Homes

CLINTON -- Owners of property located at approximately 2565 West on the south side of 1800 North recently petitioned the city council to consider a request be sent to the planning commission for rezoning the property to allow for patio home development.

LAYTON -- Phase three of a project on the city’s east side, which will include developing single-family homes on 24 lots of 8.55 acres of vacant land, has been given the green light.

The city council voted unanimously at a recent meeting to grant final approval of phase 3 of Foothills of Cherry Lane, located at approximately 1925 East Oakridge Drive. Phases one and two of the housing project are currently underway.

LAYTON — On every other school day last year, Layton High School Senior Josh Lillywhite got to leave school for a couple of periods and spend time a block away at a residence on 234 East on Golden Avenue.

There, he and 75 other construction trade students set aside their pencils and books in exchange for hammers, nails and measuring tape.

The students spent nine months of sweat and hard work building the 1,400 square-foot rambler to be move-in ready.

And those students were not the only ones busy building a house.

CLINTON — A leading home builder and 30 homeowners living in Cranefield Estates, a high-end residential development, are debating the fine points of what a clubhouse is and the amenities it should contain.

The homeowners want a meeting place where they can gather for special occasions, while Ivory Homes Development officials are envisioning a pool and spa area with a picnic pavilion.

The two sides are meeting to find a middle ground.

BOISE, Idaho -- A federal grand jury in Boise has indicted two former Idaho residents on multiple counts of financial fraud and making false statements on mortgage applications.

SYRACUSE -- The city council has given final approval to a 66-unit subdivision project in the southern end of the city.

BOUNTIFUL -- Firefighters are reminding residents to use caution when using alternate heat sources after a husband and wife suffered carbon monoxide poisoning Friday morning.