Garden City Planning & Zoning

Randall Knight, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  October 4, 2017.  The Planning and Zoning meeting began at 5:00 PM and the board members present were: Lance Bourne (Chair), Susan House, Joey Stocking, Jim DeGroot and Zack McKee. Jared Hislop and Tom Stevens were absent.  There were a few people in attendance besides the presenters.  There were no public comments so the commission went right into the regularly scheduled meeting.

Rulon Crosby asked for clarification for a conditional use permit for an existing structure that is an over- and-under duplex.  This is the only duplex in the county not a side-by-side duplex.  He wants to add onto the existing building to make it a larger duplex.  The board said he would be able to if he met the building and setback requirements.  He asked for clarification for a private street providing access to an area he wants to build 5 houses on.  The commission said they had already acted on that request and would not hear any proposals on that subject.   

Tonya Petersen was not present so Lance updated everybody on what he had done to review her request for storage sheds on a lot off of Highway 89.  The majority of the commission agreed it would require a zone change.  

Rusty Hart returned to request the possibility of changing the front and rear setback requirement for the Thornberg Subdivision.   He had done a lot of research and found the original agreements made in 1967 were made with the county because the city wasn’t issuing building permits at that time.  Some of the lots have less than 10 ft setbacks in the rear and less than 25 ft in the front.  The current requirement is 30 ft front and back.  He thinks the Thornberg Subdivision should be treated like a PUD because the development plans are very similar.  Hart would like to have the requirement for Thornberg be grandfathered into what was originally agreed to so each lot owner wouldn’t have to go to the variance board if they want to enlarge their cabins or add garages.  The majority of the commission said they will not change the setback requirement because it would open a can of worms.  By changing the requirement they would be flooded with other requests by people not happy with their setbacks.  They said requests need to be presented to the Variance Board on a case by case basis.

During the miscellaneous discussion  Gillies said the city council passed the minimum square footage for a dwelling to be 600 sq ft.  They will also recommend a zoned area be made for a tiny home subdivision.