Garden City Planning And Zoning Report

Randall Knight and Anita Weston, Reporters

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  August  6, 2014.  A public hearing meeting was held as scheduled at 4:45PM.  The board members present were: Lance Bourne, Dewayne Gifford, Susan House and Mike Schiess. Those absent were Jim Stone, Pat Argyle.  Gary Cox, City Administrator, was also present.   There were no public members present.  The topic discussed was the Conditional Use Permit Definition. Bess Huefner from the city council was present and made recommended changes.

The regular P&Z meeting scheduled for 5:00 PM was held as scheduled. The board members present were same as above.  Mr. Jim Hanzelka supported the meeting via telephone.

The minutes were reviewed and recommend changes were made and accepted. 

The first topic for discussion was Ordinance #14-03 regarding parking and occupancy requirements in #11C-303-E.  Mike Schiess recommended leaving the ordinance as is and assign somebody to establish an acceptable formula to determine the number of parking spaces required for a business.  The main concern was the number of parking spaces being determined by the square footage of the building doesn’t make sense for all businesses.  This is because the businesses that use a particular building can change over time in a way that would affect the realistic number of parking spaces required.  Susan House recommended the ordinance be accepted but a definition for a gross leasable area be completed. This proposal was accepted.

The next topic discussed was #14-13 in regard to updating the Conditional Use Permit definition.   A motion was made to table this.

Rezoning discussions followed in regard to an area south of Ideal Beach.  The recommendation was to change the zoning from Residential Estates to Commercial 2.   The recommendation was to change the zoning for sections 008 and 011 (approximately 50 acres) to C2 commercial.  The motion was approved.

Rezoning discussions in regard to the C2 area west of 300 W from Logan Canyon road to 450 S took place.  Recommendations were made to change the zoning to C3.  A motion was made and accepted.

The commission discussed the Zoning Map that shows the recent rezone changes. The commission would like to have an overlay made to the zoning map to show the proposed Hotel/Motel areas.  These topics were tabled for further discussion.

During the miscellaneous discussion it was pointed out that Spinnaker Point requested a change to the subdivision plat.  The commission said it has been finalized and will not be reviewed.

Meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM.