New Businesses Opening

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  May 14, 2015. Kelly Budge and Andrea Wells requested a business license for their business called Whimsy Boutique, LLC.  It will open at 65 W. Logan Road #7.  All the proper paperwork had been submitted.  The motion was made and approved to grant a business license to this new company.

Stop and Drop requested to operate a portable toilet service in Garden City.  The owners are John and Kyle Spuhler.  They are storing their equipment and toilets at Needles and Leaves Landscaping Company.  The motion was made and passed to grant this company a business license to operate their business in Garden City.

Moe’s Eats requested a transient vendor business license to operate their mobile food trailer in Garden City each Thursday through Sunday during the summer months.  They realize that they will not be allowed to open their business during Raspberry Days.  The mobile food trailer will be parked on the south side of Epic’s building located on North Bear Lake Blvd.  The Council was concerned that perhaps the trailer will be too wide to park at that spot.  Council member Darrin Pugmire was asked to check this location to make sure that area can actually accommodate this business.  There are rest rooms available inside of Epic’s building which will be available to Moe’s Eats’ customers.  It will be open from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. at night.  They will be serving fresh corn dogs, fries, and more.  Merrill Moore will be operating this business.  Permission for the transient license was given contingent on the findings made by Darrin as he inspects this area.

Approval of short term rental licenses were granted to the short term rental located at 2176 South Bear Lake Blvd. # 298-300, Ideal Beach, Owners Richard & Lyn Bessey, and will be handled by Rily Property Management; to Ken Ashby using Bear Lake Lodging for the structure located at 929 North Harbor Village East Drive, #214; to Bruce Wilden using Bear Lake Lodging for the home located at 1850 South Bear Lake Blvd.; and to Jill and Jason Taylor, using Bear Lake Project Management for the home located at 721 Cambry Drive.

Three other short term rentals were granted short term rental licenses as follows:  The home located at 902 North Newberg Drive, #2, owned by Dan and Darlene Houser and handled by Bear Lake Project Management contingent upon resubmitting a drawing of the home layout; To Randy and Gillian Lloyd for their home located at 228 Snowmeadows Circle contingent upon obtaining signatures from both the building inspector and from the fire chief’s inspection; and the home owned by Eric Derr of Wonderr Holdings, LLS, contingent upon getting the signatures of the building inspector and the fire chief.

It was noted that perhaps a letter should be sent to all owners who currently rent their homes as short term rentals.  They need to know that all transient taxes and sales taxes that are collected eventually are returned to Garden City.  These taxes (pal taxes) are used for the parks, the pool, the library, and any arts projects and programs that are sponsored by the City.  In other words, it assists the City make activities available to guests who stay in these homes thereby giving them fun things to do while they are in Bear Lake.  It is important that these taxes be collected and submitted to the proper authorities.