"Since we feel like there is pending legislation on shaved ice, we're not going to enforce the ordinance," Billings said.

It's already too late for Taylor Headman, who makes enough money with her stand and working for the family lawn-care business to pay for most of her clothes and all of her activities.

"We wanted to teach her work ethic, budgeting and accounting," said her mother, Marni Headman.

Taylor hoped to open the stand earlier this month to raise the rest of the $1,100 she needed for a two-week trip to Guatemala that begins Friday.

A budding photojournalist at the Walden School of Liberal Arts in Provo, Headman and the other students at the charter school will explore ancient ruins, visit a marine preserve, hike and deliver books to a sister school.

She raised the money for the trip, but even without the law, her business faced another hurdle. The local grocery store where she was going to open her stand this year doubled its asking price from $500 a month to $1,000.

At $1 per Snowie to $4 for a 32-ounce cup with toppings, that was too steep for Taylor.

She hopes a central Provo gas station will accept an offer for the stand. Meanwhile, she has learned a number of lessons from her enterprise.

One is that you can fight City Hall.

Another is just as time-honored.

"It's all about location, really."

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