Garden City Council Meeting

Anita Weston, reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  October 13, 2016.  Carol Thomas requested a license to conduct a professional home design with online retail, at1970 Lake Cottage Dr.   The name of the business will be Carol Thomas Design.  The license was approved.

Andrew and Tami Myers requested that they be given a short term rental license for their property at 886 Cambry Drive.  The request was approved.

JBC, LLC., would like to obtain a short term rental license for property located at 634 South Balsamorhiza Road.  It was noted that not all of the required fees have been paid.  Motion was made to allow the license to be granted pending payment of the outstanding costs.

The request to encumber lots 16 of Cherimoya Hill Subdivision 1 and lot 39 of Cherimoya Hill Subdivision 2, Parcels #41-33-05-126 and 41-33-06-039 was made.  The owner of the property is James Kemp.  After a brief discussion by the Council, permission was granted.

A short discussion was held concerning Chapter 11C-800 dealing with Recreation Vehicles and the Overnight Camping Ordinance.  It was noted that RVs and 5^th wheel vehicles have increased over 50 percent this past summer.   People have been trying to camp on the church parking lot and on 150 parking lot.  People renting short term rentals are also bringing all kinds of extra recreational vehicles. This ordinance needs to be updated to handle these situations.

Resolution #R16-09 deals with the Administrative Code Infraction Fine Schedule.  The motion was made to change the wording of the infraction fine schedule to read that the $100 fine per incident be changed to $100 per day.  The motion was approved.

Chris Shurian and Brian Balls asked that the City Council approve phases 1, 5, and 6 of the Water’s Edge located at 50 – 150 South Bear Lake Blvd.  The motion was made and passed to allow Water’s Edge to move forward.

The motion was made to recess out of the City Council Meeting and passed.  The motion was then made to open the RDA meeting and public hearing.  This motion was also passed.  A motion was made to open a public hearing for the RDA.  Time was given to the public for comments and questions.  The motion was then made to close the public hearing and passed. 

The resolution R16-07 shows that certain findings are satisfied by public service and are economically sound and feasible.  Motion was made and passed to accept this resolution.

A motion was made to also accept Resolution 16-08, and the motion passed.

The motion was made to adjourn the public hearing.  It was seconded and passed.

The motion was made to re-convene the Town Council Meeting.  It was seconded and passed.

The motion was made to pass Ordinance 16-06, an ordinance adopting the Water’s Edge Community Reinvestment project area plan, as approved by the Garden City Redevelopment Agency, as the official community development project area plan for the project area and directing that notion of the adoption be given as required by statute. The

motion was seconded and passed

Elk’s Ridge Water System Easement and Property Agreement discussions have been held.  Most land owners have agreed to and accepted the suggestions that were presented.

There are ten water connections that need to be turned over to one of the land owners.  This agreement between the land owner and the City needs to be signed. Also, an agreement needs to be written to finish up this project so that that area will be able to be developed.