LAVERKIN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA

Regular Meeting

Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:00 P.M.

City Council Chambers, 111 South Main Street

LaVerkin, Utah 84745

I.      Call To Order: Chair Stephen Sanders, Invocation by Invitation; Pledge of Allegiance

II.      Approval of Minutes: Commission may approve the minutes of the January 13, 2010 regular meeting.

III.      Approval of Agenda:

IV.      Reports: Beautification Committee, Economic Development Committee, Trails Committee, Director of Operations - will present updates on meetings and activities.

V.      Public Hearings and Possible Action:

VI.      New Business:

A. Public Facility Zones: Planning Commission may review creating public facility zones ordinance.

VII.      Unfinished Business:

A. Hillside Ordinance: Planning Commission may review the hillside ordinance.

VIII.      Adjourn: 

In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify June Jeffery, City Recorder, (435) 635-2581, at least 48 hours in advance.

Certificate of Posting

The undersigned City Recorder does hereby certify that the agenda was sent to each member of the governing body, sent to the Spectrum newspaper,  posted on the State website at http://pmn.utah.gov, posted on the LaVerkin City website at www.laverkin.org

and in the following public places within LaVerkin City limits on this February 5, 2010

These public places being: 1) LaVerkin City office building 111 S. Main; 2) LaVerkin City office building 435 N. Main;

June Jeffery, CMC

City Recorder

Regular Meeting

Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:00 P.M.

City Council Chambers, 111 South Main Street

LaVerkin, Utah 84745

Present: Chair Pro Tem Anna Andregg; Commissioners Michael Hinckley, Dan Howard, Allen Bice; Staff: Kyle Gubler, Kevin Bennett, Derek Imlay, June Jeffery; Public: Ray Justice, Toni Imlay, Darwin Hall

Stephen Sanders, Joe Webb, and Robert Holland were not in attendance.

Call To Order: Chair Pro Tem Anna Andregg at 6:04 p.m. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance by Michael Hinckley.

Approval of Minutes: Motion by Commissioner Hinckley to approve the minutes of the January 13, 2010 regular meeting, second by Commissioner Howard. Motion carried with Hinckley, Bice, Andregg, and Howard voting yes.

Approval of Agenda: Motion by Commissioner Howard to approve the agenda, second by Commissioner Hinckley. Motion carried with Hinckley, Bice, Andregg, and Howard voting yes.

Reports:

Beautification Committee: Kyle Gubler reported that the committee met last Wednesday prior to city council. They discussed work at the "crescent" across from the Chevron to the north, at the corner of 500 N. and SR17. Contacting Scott Snow to see what is available to do. David Bell from SUU has offered to create a drawing. This will be the committee's next project.

There is a clean up this weekend not sponsored by the committee, but by the city. Dumpsters will be at the park.

Economic Development Committee: Gubler said that the committee hasn't met for a while but has a meeting set for the 23^rd of February. LTEC is the group.

Director of Operations: Monday was the official start of the State Street water project. They are beginning at 125 W 630 N near LV Swiss and will tie in at State Street from there. Work has begun on 400 N too. The company has 75 days to complete the project. The department is also in the midst of studies financed by grants - water study, secondary water, streets, and drainage. Will be drilling on 100 E. Official meeting on 23^rd. Will take 4-6 months for all the studies to complete.

Maverick will not be building this year.

There is a youth school going into the Bart Penrod building. The youth center is located in Hurricane near McDonald's. They are moving the school to LaVerkin in order to add more beds to their facility.

There is a limited auto repair business going into the LaVerkin Information building that was owned by Laura Redford. May be a restored vehicle sales location in the future when he gets State license in place. That one parcel is still zoned General Commercial.

New Business:

Public Facility Zones: Kevin Bennett discussed the purpose for this zone. The General Plan talks about a "public facility zone", the zoning map designates the properties as "City", but there is no code written to support the zoning designations. Bennett would like to have input from the commission to lay the ground work for an ordinance. Included in the packet for the meeting was code from Hurricane City for their public facility zones. They include a segment for open space type uses and one for facility uses. Bennett handed out code from American Fork City that simply calls out uses for the zone. Citizens need to be able to know what type of use will go into this type of zoning, especially neighboring properties.

Ash Creek has recently purchased the River Wood Subdivision property and most of the area near Confluence Park. There is the expectation of a sewer treatment plant, possibly gas line pipe with Questar. The area will be difficult to develop because of conservation easements with the Park. River Wood residents need to be protected and assured that their value will remain. The uses here would not be the same as in the upper town site where buildings, parks, and cemeteries are expected.

There was discussion that the elementary school is located in a General Commercial zone, the playground is zoned City. To now, the City zone was applied only to city owned property. But this code would allow not only city, but any public/quasi-public entities with public facilities to locate on property not owned by LaVerkin City.

Discussion that the "Kent's" property that was purchased by the city is still zoned Retail Commercial. That zone change never happened, but the city probably prefers to keep it in that commercial zone because of sales and future development value.

More discussion about current uses and their zones - LDS Church on 500 N. is in General Commercial, Zion View Park is R-1-8. The park may want to rezone because of "highest/best use" in a residential zone issues. Discussion about city control over public entities. There are some entities that respond to no one. Public schools can do and go wherever they want. There are some uses that cannot locate because of city zoning, or health/safety issues.

There was a suggestion to construct the ordinance with two types of public zoning - one for open space/agriculture and the other expected for buildings. Need to protect the neighboring residents from industrial type uses and keep them in the open space location.

Commission is open to simplicity, but wants to define the differences in the open space and the facility areas. Possible buffering zones around industrial uses.

Ash Creek consideration within the ordinance. They want a treatment facility that is already abutting a protected park. Bice suggested that the use be dependent upon surrounding and abutting use as a condition.

Suggestion from commission to draft the ordinance with "PF1" and "PF2". One would have open space, natural and industrial with a comfort level to neighbors. The other would be for buildings, parks, cemeteries - town use. Buffer zones could be added as conditions. Ash Creek may graze goats rather than trim grass, no ponds are ever anticipated, only the treatment facility in the future. There will be 39 acres of separation between the facility and the homes at River Wood. Will irrigate for agricultural purposes. Discussion that commission doesn't want to bring in a big industrial yard.

Discussion about possible animal use in the town use zone. Could allow the same parameters that exist in the current residential zone code. Discussion that parks are a big amenity to cities for people and leisure time.

Bennett suggested that if there is any further input on this for the draft ordinance, commissioners could contact him or June. Commissioners suggested a simple format with permitted uses specified in each zone.

Unfinished Business:

Hillside Ordinance: Motion by Commissioner Hinckley to table discussion on the Hillside Ordinance, second by Commissioner Bice. Motion carried with Hinckley, Bice, Andregg, and Howard voting yes. Motion carried.

Adjourn:  Motion by Commissioner Howard, second by Commissioner Hinckley. Motion carried with Hinckley, Bice, Andregg, and Howard voting yes. 7:00 p.m.

Minutes taken by June Jeffery.

Planning Commission Chair, Stephen Sanders

March 10, 2010, Date Approved