Garden City ordinance changes

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich  Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 11, 2019.  Discussions about several ordinances and how to keep or change them was held.  The first ordinance, #19-06, there was a discussion of updating the beach development zone height to 35 feet.  Just the week before, Planning and Zoning had decided to keep the beach zone at 25 feet.  However, the City Council didn’t think it would make that much difference and changed it to 35 feet.

The next ordinance, #19-07, was updating the definition of an accessory building.  It was determined that an accessory building could not be placed on a lot until a home had been built on that lot.

Ordinance #19-08 was discussed concerning home building heights.  Apparently, several homes built recently are higher than the City allows.  Nothing has been done to stop this from happening, but the Council thought that a different way of measuring this height should be determined.  After a brief discussion, it was suggested that the measurements should go from the basement floor at the lowest level.  That would give them an exact point to work from.  The Council decided that they should investigate this matter further.  It will be on next month’s agenda.

Ordinance #19-09 is an ordinance updating the short-term rental requirements.  Fire Chief Wahlburg was present and noted that the original inspection of a home should be done by the Fire Chief.  There are several things that the Fire Chief needs to check that would be missed if the homeowners did their own checking.  He noted that there are also fire grills, and pits that should be included as well.   He reported than when he does a first inspection, there is a 40% to 50% failure rate on his first visit.  The fire Chief also does all the inspections for businesses.  He noted that there are certain businesses that need to be inspected yearly.  The Council accepted this suggestion and noted that they will rewrite this ordinance.

Ordinance #19-10 dealing with a Conditional Use Permit in Zone 3C was discussed.  It was   decided that Churches be added to this ordinance.  A motion was made and passed.

Ordinance #19-11 is an ordinance creating an overlay zone specific for food trucks and food truck locations and setting regulations for conducting such businesses.  The motion was made passed.

Ordinance #19-12 is an ordinance dealing with updating the transient merchant license requirements.  It was determined to take out food trucks since they have their own zone.

The motion was made a passed.

Ordinance #19-13 Is an ordinance creating the food truck overlay zone.  This item will need to be sent back to Planning and Zoning for their approval.

A resolution #R19-01 is a resolution updating the annual renewal fees for short term rental properties.  After a discussion of this matter, it was determined to increase the TRT tax by 1%.  This item will need to be brought back next month because raising taxes requires a public hearing.