Garden City Planning & Zoning

Randall Knight, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

  

GARDEN CITY, Utah. November 5, 2014.  The Planning and Zoning public meeting had several people in attendance and focused on the areas proposed for the four Hotel/Motel zones and if that zoning would increase the property tax.  They were assured the taxes would not be affected until a developer builds a hotel or motel.  Then the surrounding properties could be affected.  A person asked if a sufficient fire truck was available to fight fires on buildings higher than 35 feet.  The P&Z board stated that developers have to work with the fire district to provide the necessary fire truck. 

The P&Z meeting began as scheduled at 5:00 PM and the board members present were: Lance Bourne, Mike Schiess, Dewayne Gifford, Susan House and Jim Stone. Absent were Pat Argyle and Steve Arnold.  Gary Cox, City Administrator, was also present.

After accepting the minutes for last month’s meetings the board began discussing the definition for a Gross Leasable Area.  The definition was accepted with the removal of a sentence about the parking space.

The next topic discussed and accepted was in regard to Hotel/Motel Zones height exceeding 35 feet.  The Commission agreed that the Hodges Canyon area be removed from the possible locations. A recommendation was made to accept the overlay for the remaining three areas for Hotel/Motel Zone; i.e. just above the old raspberry patch south of Hwy 89, above Hwy 89 but below Shundahi, and an area just south of Lochwood on both sides of the canal.

The commission agreed that new subdivisions need to require current surveys before any work could begin.  They also agreed that residential homes could be built in commercial zones.  Cox stated the city has been make progress on increasing public parking areas in town and they are currently looking at a plan to increase the parking at the City Park on the north and east sides.   Bourne stated the City is also planning on aligning their short term rental licenses with the HOA guidelines.  The city council feels it is wrong to issue short term rental licenses to people when they know the HOA will not allow it.   Joey Stocking gave a brief sign ordinance status report and stated the document had been reduced to 8 pages and it is still in a draft form but hopes to have a clean version for review next month.

During the miscellaneous discussion, Susan House, said she found a document that agreed to 3.5 parking spaces per 1000 sq ft of the Gross Leasable Area.  Mr. Bourne identified the following areas that need to be cleaned up: the building just north of the Chevron, an abandoned trailer on 75 North and an area across the street from the cemetery.  Cox said he would file a nuisance violation and leave it to the judge to settle.

Meeting adjourned at 5:50 PM.