PLANNING
COMMISSION MEETING
August
2, 2017
Reported
by Anita Weston
GARDEN
CITY, Utah. August 2, 2017 A public hearing was held to discuss a
re-zone request at 55 W and 350 S to change the zone from a Single Family
Residential to a Commercial-3 Zone. The
request was made by Julie Anderson.
Anderson
said that she and her sisters would like to raise strawberries and raspberries
and sell them at their lot. She said
there was enough property there to grow the fruit for sale as well as have a
small shop for other types of gifts for sale.
Several
neighbors were at the hearing. Most
indicated they really didn’t want a business in the middle of their
neighborhood. It was noted that the
possibility of a Conditional Use Permit could perhaps be used to allow a
business there only until the business changed hands. Then, the City could allow that area to again
become a Single Family Residential zone or allow the new owner to get another
Conditional Use Permit. After looking
into the Conditional Use Permit it was decided that this issue did not meet the
requirements of a Conditional Use Permit.
The
public hearing was closed and the regular Planning Commission Meeting was
called to order.
The
Commission discussed the request for the Anderson rezone. Several members of the Committee noted that
they did not like the idea of spot zoning.
Currently, there are more commercial areas in Garden City than
residential areas.
There
are some businesses that are carried out in homes. These businesses, such as a beauty operator,
an accountant, etc., only have one client at a time so there are no traffic or
parking problems.
It
was noted by Glen Gillies, the Commercial Building Inspector, that if the lot were to be changed to commercial, the current
building would have to meet the commercial code requirements and that it would
cost less money to tear the current building down and build a new one instead
of trying to get the current building to pass commercial standards.
The
motion to deny the request to rezone that lot was passed.
A
discussion ensued concerning the minimum square footage for a house to be
called a house and not a trailer, or other type building. There is a “tiny home” that has been put on a
lot in Buttercup. It has only 140 square
feet of living space. It was built on
wheels and does not have any specs to be able to check out the building for
residential requirements. Gillies
asked the Commission to decide the difference between a house and a
trailer. He noted that from all his
reading, a house could be over 500 square feet of living space while anything
under 500 square feet falls into the trailer category.
Gillies said that a trailer should be built on concrete. This tiny house must follow
requirements. It needs the proper
setbacks, and connect to the sewer, water, and electricity. This “tiny house” does not have enough
livable space. He asked that the minimum
amount of space be at least 180 square feet or more. The Commission noted that they would look
into this issue.
Norm
Mecham has purchased a 15-acre piece of land at 300 West through to 100 West. It touches 150 south going east. He will be creating a CPUD. His plan meets the density requirements,
the parking issues for nightly rentals is generous, and it connects with at
least two city roads making movement in and out of the CPUD easy. Mecham is aware of the need to run fiber in a
new subdivision and is willing to do that.
Mark
Smoot will have 20’ roads at his proposed PUD.
They will be one-way streets and the subdivision will be gated. The speed limit within the PUD will be 3
MPH. He has also made the PUD less dense
than his original plan. He will be
working in phases. He will include a
hotel with nine rooms that have a western look.
The changes that he has made look good.
The
Commission noted that they need to clean up some of the ordinances for greater
clarity. They need to add more
regulations to fit the unexpected that are being encountered by the Commission.
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