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

Approval of Minutes: Commission may approve the minutes of the September 9, 2009 regular meeting.

Approval of Agenda:

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

Public Hearings and Possible Action:

New Business:
Rezone Discussion: Discussion about possible rezone for property located at approximately 195 W. 500 N. from Retail Commercial to General Commercial.

Unfinished Business:
General Plan Update: Planning Commission may review the 2009 update of the General Plan.

Hillside Ordinance: Planning Commission may review the Hillside Ordinance.

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 posted on the State website at http://pmn.utah.gov, mailed to each member of the governing body, postage paid, posted on the LaVerkin City website at www.laverkin.org
and in the following public places within LaVerkin City limits on this October 9, 2009.
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

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LAVERKIN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES

Regular Meeting

Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 6:00 P.M.

City Council Chambers, 111 South Main Street

LaVerkin, Utah 84745

Present: Chair Stephen Sanders, Commissioners Anna Andregg, Dan Howard; Staff: Derek Imlay, June Jeffery, Kyle Gubler; Public: Ray Justice, Laura and Morgan Penrod

Commissioners Michael Hinckley, Joe Webb, Allen Bice, and Robert Holland were not in attendance.

Call To Order: Chair Stephen Sanders at 6:00 p.m. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance by Kyle Gubler.

Approval of Minutes: Motion by Commissioner Andregg to approve the minutes of the September 9, 2009 regular meeting as written, second by Commissioner Howard. Motion carried 3-0 with Sanders, Andregg, and Howard voting yes.

Approval of Agenda: Motion by Commissioner Andregg to approve the agenda, second by Commissioner Howard. Motion carried 3-0 with Sanders, Andregg, and Howard voting yes.

Reports:

Beautification Committee: Kyle Gubler reported that the committee is working to do the city-wide clean up this Saturday. The seven LDS wards and the Bible Church are assigned different areas of the street to concentrate on. All volunteers will be invited back to the park after the clean up for cinnamon rolls and drink at the pavilion. The committee will also give $100 to the group with the most participants.

Eight ash trees that were donated by the Hurricane Rotary Club have been planted along the entrance into the city shop, south of the city office building to separate the park from the shop. There should be three more coming.

Economic Development Committee: Gubler reported that he and Councilman Doug Beecher attended the County Economic Committee meeting. They are hoping to find ways to promote LaVerkin and find strategies to entice new businesses with new money - some other kind of businesses that those already in town - to create some diversity.

Director of Operations: Derek Imlay reported that the crew have pretty much caught up on the water breaks of recent times. The builders from Colorado City have picked up the wood from the LaQuinta site this last weekend.

New Business:

Rezone Discussion: Discussion about possible rezone for property located at approximately 195 W. 500 N. from Retail Commercial to General Commercial. Derek Imlay gave history of the Bart Penrod property behind Farmer's Market. When the building permit was granted, the property was zoned General Commercial. The building was designed to fit the uses of that zone at the time it was approved. In time, the city created the Retail Commercial zone and the property was included in that zone change. There had been talk about rewriting the Retail Commercial uses, but the City Council decided that the best thing for the rest of the Retail Commercial zone would be to just rezone this property. It is in the best interest of Mr. Penrod and of the city to rezone that parcel back to General Commercial. This item will come as a public hearing in the December meeting.

Unfinished Business:

General Plan Update: Planning Commission reviewed the 2009 update of the General Plan. The update looks correct. Gubler asked if the pictures needed to be updated. It was determined that they are fairly recent and will probably be all right in this update.

Ray Justice suggested that the acknowledgement page should not only state that the update was done in 2009, but include the current members of the governing bodies and the staff. Rather than force them on the same page, the current acknowledgment page will be designated as the "original" and a new page will be set up with the 2009 acknowledgements. This item will also be in a public hearing at the December meeting.

Hillside Ordinance: Planning Commission discussed the Hillside Ordinance. There was discussion about allowing a "case by case" phrasing in the ordinance. There is concern with that because the code could be unevenly applied.

Staff suggested that the commission would like to read the ordinance together in the same way that the General Plan was addressed and discuss it together to stay on the "same page". Sanders would like to read when there is a full body of the commission present.

Dan Howard stated that the highlighted areas in the ordinance as they had been changed by staff, made the ordinance more clear.

Derek Imlay stated that the old hillside overlay that was replaced a couple of years ago, had been a fairly complete ordinance. It was replaced by one that was not as restrictive. This one that came from Washington brought back many of the original things, but also added to it. He added that there is direction for the commission to look at revisiting the bonds and restoration in subdivisions as well. There had been a rewrite of the subdivision code to allow for houses to be built but not occupied until the streets were finished to the home. That became confused and hard to enforce and was changed to require everything to be complete in the subdivision before any recording or building could take place. The direction is to allow for bonding up front in case subdivisions are not completed. These changes may come along with the hillside ordinance for writing and passage.

The hillside ordinance will be on the December agenda to read.

There will be no November meetings because of the Veteran's holiday on the 2^nd Wednesday and Thanksgiving Eve on the 4^th Wednesday.

Adjourn: Motion to adjourn by Commissioner Howard, second by Commissioner Andregg. Motion carried 3-0 with Sanders, Andregg, and Howard voting yes. 6:25 p.m.

Minutes taken by June Jeffery

Planning Commission Chair, Stephen Sanders

Date Approved, December 9, 2009