Garden City Planning Commission

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  October 2, 2019.  A public hearing was held beginning at 5 p.m.  Anyone who was interested in Ordinance #19-20 dealing with Architectural Standards could respond to this issue.  There were no comments.

The second ordinance being discussed was Ordinance #19-21 updating the ordinance dealing with the Planning Commission.  Some comments were made.

The next item was a request to re-zone an area along Kimball Lane.  There was a brief discussion concerning this matter.

There were no more comments, so the motion was made and passed to close the Public Hearing.

The regular Planning Commission Meeting was called to order.  The first item was Ordinance #19-20.  It was suggested that the word commercial be placed before architectural standards.  It was noted that many people work from their homes and perhaps it should remain as written.  After a short discussion, the motion was made and passed to change the word business to commercial everywhere it is noted in the ordinance.

Ordinance #19-21 contains information dealing with the Planning Commission Ordinance.  There were three-word changes suggested   After more discussion, it was decided to have this item brought before the Planning Commission next month.

A discussion was held concerning a re-zone application for property at 38-04-000-0038 along Kimball Lane to be re-zoned from Recreational Estates to Commercial (C2).  The request for this change was made by Alan Arthur and Norm Mecham.

Arthur would like to start building within the next 30 days and was hopeful that the matter could be handled quickly.  It was noted that the property would be split in half with Mecham taking the eastern part of the property.   Arthur would like to build on the western part of the property and wants to build two buildings that would store boats and trailers.  They had rough plans that have been drawn up showing what the two buildings would look like and how much parking was included.  A motion was made and passed to change this property from Recreational Estates to C2 for the western part of the property if the split was completed.

It was also noted that Arthur would like to put some apartments above the smaller of the two suggested buildings.  They are not for nightly rentals—they are apartments for single families who would be workers living there for various periods of time.   They noted that there were 14 parking stalls along Kimball Lane as well as plenty of parking in front of the building.  The Commission asked that they come back next month to see if it were possible to make a change in the ordinance that would allow more than one apartment on the two-story building.  The Commission also asked that they bring more information next month about the buildings that will be built.

The question was asked if the City had distinct definitions for RV Parks, Camping Areas, Over-night Cabins. etc.  The Commission was asked to come next month with definitions showing and differences between RV Parks and Camping Areas.

The motion was made and passed to close the meeting.