Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, January 7, 2015. A public hearing began at 4:30 p.m. allowing
the public an opportunity to question and make suggestions concerning six
ordinances that the Committee has been revising and updating.
The regular meeting started at 5:00 p.m. Members of the Planning Committee discussed
in detail the various ordinances they have been working on.
Ordinance #15-1 allows short term rentals in all zones in
Garden City except where Homeowner’s Associations do not allow them. Homeowner’s Associations must provide the
city with a letter stating they do not allow Short-term rentals in their
subdivisions along with a copy of their CCR’s showing that they are clearly
prohibited.
Ordinance #15-2 notes that no building or structure shall
exceed the height allowed in the zone in which the building or structure is
being built.
Ordinance #15-3 is an ordinance that updates the height and
phasing allowed in a PUD/PRUD. The
height requirements shall not exceed 35 feet except in the Beach Development
Zone where the height shall not exceed 25 feet.
If a developer is developing the property in smaller units, each phase
must be able to stand alone.
Ordinance #15-4 is an ordinance making changes to the
zones. Updates and requirements as well
as a list of permitted uses and conditional uses is set out in the ordinance
for the Residential Estate Zone, the Single Family Residential Zone, Multiple
Family Residence Zone, Recreational Residential Zone, the Hillside Estates
Zone, the Commercial Zones 1, 2, and 3, Parking Areas, Commercial Building
Splits, the Highway Commercial Zone, the Beach Development Zone, the
Manufacturing Zone, the Agricultural Zone, the Planned Unit Development/Planned
Residential Unit Development areas, Flag Lots, and Affordable Housing Areas.
Ordinance #15-5 is an ordinance updating the height and
phasing in subdivisions. Building height
shall not exceed the limit for the zone in which the subdivision resides.
Ordinance #15-6 was written so that homes can be built in
commercial C2 and C3 Zones. It was
discussed for quite some time. It was
decided that some additional items needed to be added and changed in this
Ordinance.
Ordinances #15-1 through #15-5 were passed by the Planning
and Zoning and were sent on to City Council for their approval. Ordinance #15-6 was tabled and will be added
to the Agenda for next month.
The City Council approved the ordinances that were sent to them.
**The above ordinances #15-1 through #15-5 that were passed
by Planning and Zoning were also accepted by City Council at their meeting held
January 8, 2015.
The Planning Committee also discussed the sign
ordinance. Committee member Susan House
had taken pictures of many signs here in Garden City and showed them to the
individuals present at the meeting. It
was decided that the pictures could be made part of the sign ordinance as
examples of what kind of signs are encouraged for use by businesses and what
did not look good and should not be used.
This item will be placed on the agenda for next month.
The Planning Committee is still struggling with how many
parking stalls should be required by new businesses in order to accommodate
their customers. Parking seems to always be a problem here in town. The members of the Planning Committee were
asked to check out businesses in other cities and locations to see how this
problem has been handled by them. This
item will also be on the agenda next month.
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