Garden City Planning Commission

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  December 5, 2018.  There were three discussion items on the agenda.  The first was a request by David Hubbard to be allowed to bring in food trucks.  He would like to lease or buy an acre-and-a-half of property west of Bear Lake Blvd. along 100 North.  He noted that there are several drive-ins in Garden City, but they serve mainly hamburgers.  He thought it would be nice to have several different types of food handled by the food trucks.  They could be one that would prepare Asian food, another with Italian food choices and so forth. 

The trucks themselves are fully self-contained.  There are 14’ in length and follow all of the Salt Lake City regulations that have been put in place.   The trucks have their own power; they use a propane generator. Hubbard noted that his company does a first-rate job with the food trucks.  He feels that the area where the trucks are parked and where additional parking would be provided would look nice.

Hubbard had been reading the City’s bylaws and noted that he would probably need a conditional-use permit in order to carry out this business.

He said that he would get his business license in Garden City.  If he purchased the property, he would be paying property tax in this County.  Both items would bring money into the area.

He said that if this business was successful, he would build a nice restroom building at this location as well. 

The Commission members told  Hubbard that they were quite excited about the idea and asked that they have some time to make sure the City Council and others within the community be given an opportunity to let their own opinions be obtained.

The next item was to be a discussion about whether a garage should be allowed to have more square footage than the house on a lot. This item was tabled in order to obtain more public input concerning this issue.

The third item was whether or not to allow 35’ feet for all buildings from the highest point of a lot in all zones.  This item was also tabled to allow the Commission to get more information from the public.

It was noted that the January Meeting will be held on January 9 instead of the first Wednesday in the New Year.