REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:00 p.m.
Public Safety Building
3925 W Cedar Hills Drive, Cedar Hills, Utah
Present: Alan Petersen, Chair, Presiding
Commission Members: Carl Volden, Steve Kroes, Brandon Dayton, Eric Richardson, Paul Hammer (alternate), Don Steele (alternate)
Kim Holindrake, City Recorder
Courtney Hammond, City Meeting Transcriber
David Bunker, City Engineer
Rodney Despain, City Planner
Others: Raymond Daniels, Jay Chapple, Tanya Morrison, Kyle Spencer, Marvin Watt, James Parker (7:20 p.m.)
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
1. This meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Cedar Hills, having been posted throughout the City and the press notified, was called to order by C. Petersen at 7:05 p.m.
2. Swearing in of New Planning Commission Member (7:05 p.m.)
Carl Volden and Steve Kroes were reappointed and sworn in. Donald Steele was appointed and sworn in as an alternate.
3. Approval of minutes from the January 27, 2005, Regular Planning Commission Meeting (7:09 p.m.)
MOTION: C. Kroes - To approve the minutes from the January 27, 2005, Regular Planning Commission Meeting, as amended. Seconded by C. Dayton.
Aye-C. Dayton
C. Kroes
C. Petersen
C. Richardson
C. Volden Motion passes.
4. Review/Recommendation on Final for The Cedars, Plat I (7:10 p.m.)
See handouts. This plat received preliminary approval last month.
• The issue of renaming the street has been addressed.
• The bulb on Lots 31 and 32 has been included.
• Although Lots 12 and 13 have narrow building envelopes, there are homes that fit on those lots with a side entry garage. The setbacks for homes with side entry garages are smaller.
• Currently, some storm drain infrastructure is in the planter strip on Cyprus, which means that other utilities cannot be put there. The storm drain will be moved to the roadway.
• The garage of Lot 14 should be facing north.
• The property line on Lot 12 reflects a previous plat. The City can quit claim the land to the developer to make the property lines more standard for Lot 12.
• The property line between Lot 31 and 32 will be straightened.
• “Cesar Hills” needs to be corrected to read “Cedar Hills” throughout the plat.
MOTION: C. Richardson - To recommend final plat approval for The Cedars, Plat I, subject to: 1) Moving the storm drain from the planter area in between Lots 6 and 9 to the street, 2) Update the plat map for revised garage entry to be indicated as a side entry on Lot 14 with the home facing La Cantera, 3) Make a finding that there is surplus land behind Lots 12 and 31 and recommend that the City quit claim deed the surplus land to Lots 12 and 31 respectively, 4) Adjust the lot boundary in between Lots 31 and 32, and 5) Final engineering, water rights, bonding, etc. Seconded by C. Volden.
C. Petersen proposed that a note be added to the plat to ensure that the side entry garage on Lot 31 allow for proper access.
AMEND MOTION: C. Richardson - To amend the motion to include 6) That the lot line between Lots 31 and 32 be moved to the south to provide additional space for the side entry garage on Lot 31. Seconded by C. Volden.
Aye-C. Dayton
C. Kroes
C. Petersen
C. Richardson
C. Volden Motion passes.
5. Review/Recommendation on Final for Elliot Fields, Plat A, Amended (7:35 p.m.)
See handouts. When this plat was reviewed previously, it was not within the Cedar Hills city limits. Now it is coming as a Cedar Hills plat.
• As a Pleasant Grove plat, there were only three lots on this land portion. This revised plat has four lots.
• The road is close to getting asphalt down.
• The plat meets the minimum square footage.
• Water rights have been turned over to the City for everything but .76 acre feet. The plat cannot be recorded until the water rights have been transferred.
• There will be a 20 percent durability bond required, which is different from Pleasant Grove requirements. The City has the money set aside from Pleasant Grove’s performance bond.
• There is a berm to be constructed on the east side of this subdivision plat. To receive final approval of the subdivision improvements, the berm will need to be constructed.
• The bulb will stay where it is with residents being required to take garbage totes to the bulb.
MOTION: C. Volden - To recommend final plat approval for Elliot Fields Subdivision, subject to: 1) Remaining water rights being taken care of prior to the next City Council Meeting, 2) Berm within the subdivision on the east side installed and approved, and 3) Posting of a 20 percent durability bond. Seconded by C. Kroes.
Aye-C. Dayton
C. Kroes
C. Petersen
C. Richardson
C. Volden Motion passes.
Steve Kroes and Donald Steele excused - 7:50 p.m.
Paul Hammer recognized as voting member.
6. Review/Recommendation on Sign Ordinance (7:51 p.m.)
See handouts. C. Hammer suggested that businesses be allowed to decide what signs might be appropriate. Rodney Despain explained that without a sign ordinance, signs are not allowed. C. Petersen said that there should be an ordinance to set a standard to protect the community and the feel of the commercial district. Staff also felt that there should be a sign ordinance in place because they do not have the time to monitor and control signs in the public right-of-ways. C. Volden did some research on the advertising of alcohol and read from a document from the City of Albuquerque that found that commercial signs are a form of advertising that is forced on residents. This version of the sign ordinance includes what the Planning Commission specifically talked about in the last meeting along with C. Richardson’s changes to reflect the intent of the Commission. The Commission constructed a list that reflects the purpose of the sign ordinance:
• Adequate advertising for businesses
• Non-offensive to residents
• Eye candy, not pollution
• Cohesive look
• Proper scale
• Safety
• Clean and organized
• Temporary signs need to be taken down—accountability
• Control maintenance of right-of-way
• Convenience/directional (from citizens’ standpoint)
• Ease of enforcement and use
• Regulatory signs
The following changes were made to the Purpose section of the ordinance:
• Strike “attracting tourists to the City”
• Strike “are effective in indexing the environment”
• Strike “are legible under the circumstances in which they are seen”
• Strike “and the convenience and enjoyment of public travel by”
• Strike “and promoting pedestrian traffic”
• Strike “establishing first-class business and commercial districts”
• Strike “design, location, size, type, compatibility and aesthetics”
• Strike “traffic” in “conducive to promoting traffic safety”
• Change “preventing visual distraction” to “limiting visual distraction”
• Strike “and eliminating fire hazards”
• Change second sentence to read “It is also the intention and purpose of this ordinance to balance individual rights while promoting short and long-term civic beauty . . .”
• Strike “By doing so it is hoped”
• Change the end of last sentence to read “This ordinance will help create signs that are functional, human-scaled and attractive to businesses, residents of the City as well as visitors.”
• Retitle first section “Purpose and Intent.”
• Strike paragraph labeled “Intent”
C. Dayton excused - 9:30 p.m.
MOTION: C. Richardson - To adopt changes from tonight and continue this item until our next meeting. Seconded by C. Volden.
Kim Holindrake was asked to e-mail a copy of this revised ordinance to the Commission members.
Aye-C. Hammer
C. Petersen
C. Richardson
C. Volden Motion passes.
Eric Richardson was also asked to obtain a copy of the Park City Sign Ordinance.
7. Committee Assignments and Reports (9:36 p.m.)
C. Richardson - C. Richardson stated that he has an ongoing conflict with the Parks and Trails Committee Meeting and asked to have someone assigned to attend. The meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month. A new appointee for the Parks and Trails Committee will be on the next agenda.
C. Volden - Passed out a draft of something to consider for the sign ordinance in reference to limiting alcohol advertisements.
8. This meeting was adjourned at 9:39 p.m. on a motion by C. Richardson, seconded by C. Volden and unanimously approved.
/s/ Kim E. Holindrake
Approved by Commission: Kim E. Holindrake, City Recorder
April 28, 2005