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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Garden City Sign Ordinance

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times


GARDEN CITY, Utah.  September 11, 2014.  The updating of an ordinance definition for conditional use was sent to the Council from the Planning and Zoning Committee   After reading the definition several times, a couple of wording changes were made, and the new definition was accepted as changed..

The sign ordinance was discussed in Planning and Zoning.  The committee indicated to the Council that some changes need to be made, but they were having difficulty getting a handle on this ordinance.  They discussed the idea of having pictures taken of various types of signs that could be placed in the ordinance as examples of each section of the ordinance.  Next to the picture could be a short summary of sizes, safety, designs, limits and so forth.  The Council thought this was a good idea and asked Bruce Warner, Council Member, to introduce this idea to the members of the local Chamber of Commerce and get input from the various businessmen who belong to the Chamber.

Bruce Warner introduced some suggestions concerning changes in the business license ordinance.  He thought there should be one main business license where the City Council could impose any unusual or different requirements on the license. Anything dealing with land use needed to go to Planning and Zoning prior to coming to the Council.  After some discussion, it was decided that the Council should be given the opportunity to approve the license as they have always done.  They also liked the idea of being able to personalize licenses by giving unusual or different requirements depending on the application.   It also gives the council members an opportunity to meet the individuals and become aware of what businesses are entering the town.

Warner felt the transient business license is good, but that the City needs to be careful to make sure those coming in will follow what they had originally presented to the Council as their business plan.  It was suggested that the individuals get a completed credit check and attach it as part of the transient license application.  The Council approved this requirement. 

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