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Friday, January 16, 2015

Garden City Planning And Zoning

Anita Weston, Reporter
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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