Garden City P&Z

Randall Knight and Anita Weston, Reporters

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 7, 2014. It looked like it was going to be another long-drawn-out Planning and Zoning Commission meeting by the number of agenda topics. The 4:00 PM public hearing meeting consisting of a road trip to potential areas conducive to hotels and motels was canceled due to less than half of the board showing up.

The regular P&Z meeting started at 5:00 PM with Lance Bourne chairing.  Only three other board members were attendance to make a quorum and they were: Susan House, Jim Stone, and Mike Schiess.  Pat Argyle and Dewayne Gifford were absent.  Gary Cox was also seated at the table and Jim Hanzelka was on the phone.

 

Don Webb discussed his future plans for Western Skies Lodging Hotel, which was formally Pickleville Commons and located at 2085 S. Bear Lake Blvd.  He asked for clarification on what he needs to do to get approval from UDOT for egress/ingress.  It turns out that after thinking he had all of the required permits and authorizations UDOT is not going to allow new businesses to have parking along Hwy 30.  So he needs to provide more parking spaces than originally planned and also enlarge the entrance and exit lanes onto Hwy 30 or get access from surrounding property.  He also asked for clarification on when the one year time clock began; plan accepted/recorded or permit received.  His original plan proposed 16 log cabins consisting of a bedroom and bathroom, but since the cabins are smaller than planned some of the cabins will be a little large and may have two bedrooms.  That would reduce the number from 16 to 13 units.  Phase 1 of the original plan allowed 4 units so he can still build one more and then he needs to submit plans for the subsequent phases for 3-4 units each. He still needs to design and submit the sign design to the city for acceptance.

Scott Huskinson discussed the sign requirement for his business located at 32 W. 75 N. that is located next to the Texaco.  The name of his business will be Zips and the menu will consist of hot dogs, premade salads, soft drinks, and shakes.  The sign would be a 1962 Hydro-swift boat mounted to two poles and suspended several feet above the ground.  The current boats located at the site will have seats in them for the patrons in addition to other bench seating areas. The drive thru window will be for those who don’t have time or desire to walk-in and use the seating facilities.  Since the boat sign doesn’t meet the current ordinance requirements the design will need to be submitted to the P&Z. 

This completed the easy part of the meeting before they started to recheck several ordinances discussed for the last several months.  Some were accepted during last month’s meeting but sent back for clarification by the Town Counsel.  14-01, an ordinance updating the bonding of infrastructure in11E-505 was first.  Recommendation was made to include egress/ingress in the definition.  Other wording changes and additions were also recommended. Motion was made and approved to table the ordinance until the next version is released for review.

14-03 Parking Ordinance update to 11C-303-E was discussed.  Request was made to change restaurant to food establishment was made to make it more generic.  A long discussion focused on how to determine parking spaces for fast food businesses since the current requirement, as written, wouldn’t require any spaces.  There was a concern about the original design having only inside seating but would eventually evolve into outside seating areas, so the parking space requirement increases. Darin Pugmire had submitted wording to separate the requirements for the different types of businesses, but it had been removed by Schiess.  Pugmires’ version separated the food businesses into different categories and required fast food businesses to have a minimum of 10 spaces for buildings with less than 1000 sq ft with an additional space for every 200 sq ft.  The restaurants spaces would be based on occupancy divided by 3.  It was pointed out the city is planning on providing approximately 277 parking spaces between the park and 75 North.  Motion was made and accepted to table the ordinance and to reword the ordinance to cover fast food versus restaurant requirement. 

Ordinance 14-04 updating height and phasing in PUD/PRUD 11F-100 was discussed.  This was tabled by the Town Counsel and sent back to the P&Z commission.  This was tabled until the hotel height recommendation is drafted, reviewed and accepted.

Ordinance 14-05 updating the height and phasing in subdivisions in 11E-303-A and 11E526-F was discussed.  The Town Counsel sent this back for clarification on infrastructure for each phase so each phase will stand alone.  The Commission agreed to add subdivision to the definition and each phase has to be operational throughout the development of subsequent phases.  Motion was made and approved for 11E526-F.  Motion to accept 14-05 with wording change was made and approved.

Ordinance 14-06 making changes to all zones in 11C was discussed.  It was pointed out that the city needs to have zones to accommodate virtually all types of business, otherwise they can go anywhere within the city except near schools, or churches if they are an adult oriented business.  Motion was made to table the ordinance.

Ordinance 14-07 an ordinance adding definitions for infrastructure, phasing and stand alone to 11A-200 was discussed.  Motion was made and approved to table until wording is updated.

Ordinance 14-10 an ordinance discussing sign requirements was discussed.  Motion was made and approved to table the ordinance until the commission has reviewed the updated version.

The Zoning Map was reviewed.  Motion was made to review the map at home on their computers so they could see the boundaries better than what was available on the 8X10 print provided.

Commercial setback was discussed.  Recommendation was made to leave them as they are because a person can go to the Variance Board.

Hotel and Motel Zone was discussed.  Recommendation was made to keep these businesses off the beach.  Because it was getting late, members said they were "brain dead" and one of the board members had to leave, the discussion was tabled and the meeting was finally adjourned at 8:45 PM.