For local Pete Williams, the ban on teardowns is personal.
Willams says in The Deseret News that "the city's proposal for historic preservation is "using a jackhammer to do dental work."
"You can accomplish what they want to accomplish without a historic district," he said. "We want preservation, but we also believe people have property rights.""
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The City Council passed a temporary zoning ordinance that treats the area as if it was subject to the rules of a local historic district, but that ordinance expires after six months.
The Council is considering a permanent ordinance but has not decided on that yet.
Go to http://www.slcgov.com/hot.htm for more information.