Ordinance Officer Report

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  September 10, 2015.  Bob Peterson, City Ordinance Officer, gave out three citations—one for parking in a handicapped zone, and two trash cans that had not be taken inside within the 24-hour time period.

He received 18 calls requiring action and seven information calls.  Of the 18 calls, four were cars on the beach, two were noise before ten p.m. and three were noise after ten p.m.—two in private homes and one was a short term rental.  There were some calls about excess noise but were outside the City limits.  There were two calls where cars were parked on the street because of lack of parking at the short term rentals where they were staying.  There were three ATV problems on the beach and one transient business call.  There were two calls on parking issues, one individual was selling corn without a transient license, and 17 signs have been collected because they are not in conformance with the sign ordinance.

During the next months, Peterson will be working on the City’s Sign Ordinance.  He has asked Joey Stocking and a couple of other people to work with him to make the ordinance more enforceable.  He will present the changes at the next Planning Meeting.

He will be working on taxes collected from businesses and debt collection procedures.

He noted that the raspberry stand at Jake’s was located in such a spot that it did block the view for cars traveling and turning at the bottom of Logan Road.   He did not take any action because it appeared to be a UDOT problem.

There was a cart on the corner of Bear Lake Blvd. and Highway 89 for a while.  He had the individual responsible move it up onto his property instead of encroaching on public property.

Moe’s did pay for a transient license every ten days.  They indicated they will be back next year, so they must have done quite well through the summer.