Short Term Rentals, Rec Center Proposal

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  March 10, 2015.  Bob Peterson, Garden City’s ordinance officer, reported that the state legislature proposed a bill to take responsibility and enforcement of all short term rentals in the state.  However, as the legislators became more familiar with this idea, they discovered that it is much more complex than at first thought.  The bill was pulled, and it appears that in the future the State may pass a law or write up some general guidelines for short term rentals.

The legislators thought there were about 1,900 short term rentals in the entire State.  However, it was noted that there were over 4,000 in Park City alone.  The sponsor of the bill discovered that most of the data he had was way off from what actually exists. Not only was the data off, but each city has unusual items that needs to be considered.  One size does not meet all.  Peterson will keep his eye on what is happening in the State concerning this item in the future.

Peterson is still working on the models for the recreational center.  He will have enough data to share with the public at the next council meeting.

The information from the data collected from the pool has been extremely helpful.  There were 3,500 paying customers who took advantage of the pool last year.  The numbers for this year are already way ahead of those collected last year.

Peterson is still working on ordinances, the work done on the C4 zone will be addressed in the coming meeting, and permission for signage for the bike path and scenic byway areas is being researched.