1958: When Layton residents opposed commercial rezoning

                              The Fort Lane Shopping Center of the mid-1960s.
                                                             -From the Heritage Museum of Layton collection.


LAYTON residents initially opposed rezoning the land near where today's Winco store is to commercial status.
According to the Weekly Reflex newspaper of March 1, 1958, Golden M. Adams, a nearby residents and others opposed rezoning land between the old Bamberger railroad station and Fort Lane, along Gentile Street, to commercial zoning.
Dean Morgan wanted to construct a grocery store at the northeast corner on Gentile and Fort Lane. Also, the Fort Lane shopping center would soon be built where Winco is today.
There were only a couple of homes along this stretch of land at the time, according to Layton historian Harris Adams.
Adams said he was a member of the City Council at the time and that he voted "No" for the rezone. His was the long negative vote and the rezone passed. Adams said it was the homes to the east of the property that he felt would be unfairly affected by commercial development. He had no problem with rezoning land in the area commercial that was west of Gentile Street, but didn't favor any retail development on the east side of Gentile, as it was too near homes.