Garden City Council Meeting

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  November 9, 2017.  The State passed a new state law for home based businesses.  It went into effect last May.  If the business appears to look just like a home and doesn’t have extra parking, etc., no business license is required.  The City needs to change their ordinance to conform with the State.

Allen and Sherry Taylor want to encumber lot 4 of Bear Lake Meadows and lot 9 of Triangle Estates Subdivision.  The properties are adjacent to each other. The Council noted that there are two properties separated by different subdivisions.  They asked for a 30-day extension on this item in order to get in touch with the City’s attorney to determine if this is a possibility.  The Council has never encumbered property from two different subdivisions and asked for the time to determine what would be needed to encumber these two parcels. Mayor Spuhler asked that this item be placed on next month’s agenda.

A Resolution was passed to update water rates for any pipes larger than a ¾” pipe.  In such cases, that meter will have to be upsized as well.  This will have an impact on what the Public Works Dept. currently does.  There will need to be an impact fee as well as higher water usage costs.  Riley Argyle, Public Works, is currently working on this item to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.

Rod Stewart and Ted Holmberg appeared before the City Council to see if  Holmberg’s lot can be split.  They had gone to Planning and Zoning to change the zoning on this property from a C3 zone to a C2 zone.  The C2 zone allows storage units whereas C3 does not.  The Planning and Zoning Committee will probably give  Stewart a conditional use permit instead of changing the zone, but wanted to make sure the lot split was taken care of first.  Also, the Zoning Committee wanted to make sure that there is an entry/exit off of Highway 89.   Holmberg said that he had already been in touch with UDOT to take care of road access.  

Stewart noted that he will start out with about 150 storage units and then build up to 350 units.  He will make sure the area is secure, that there will be good lightening, and will plant trees around the perimeter to make sure the area looks inviting and neat.  The City Council suggested that these gentlemen contact the KOA to let them know they will be getting new neighbors to the south.  They also suggested that the Planning and Zoning Committee be sure to include all of the details in writing the conditional use permit.  They need to make sure all items required be included in the conditional use permit.

The City Council will canvas the election on Tuesday, November 14, at noon.  They will look through all the voting materials and make sure all of the laws were followed at the recent election.

Pat Argyle, Realtor, asked if the two-acre property on 350 South just off Bear Lake Blvd. (owned by Ned Calder) could be used to build three big barn type buildings on that lot.  There would be a big splash pad and other nice amenities provided.  Currently that property is zoned agricultural.  The Council noted that it couldn’t be turned into a subdivision, because a subdivision has to have at least five acres.  Also, a subdivision must have a certain number of lots--more than three.  Argyle indicated that she would look into this matter further.

Darrin Pugmire report that it is currently reasonable for the Third West road to move further south, and it is something that needs to be done.  Most of the land that will be gone across has already been deeded to the City. 

There is currently a problem out by Lana Hodges’ lot, Rocky Mountain Electrical Company is currently putting in a line up Hodges Lane.  However, they are not on the easement area and need an encroachment permit.  They haven’t contacted any of the homeowners in that area to find out necessary information about future roads and what would actually be the more convenient and proper place for this new telephone line.  This is a real problem because plans for Third West are involved with this telephone line.  It will be causing problems for the City in at least two or three places.