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Show City reviews land development code turing. Many of those at the hearing felt that the five acre requirement in RR5 was too much. George Field said that there were two schools of thought in the Manila area of Pleasant Grove. He explained that there were those who want to subdivide their property to give their children a building lot, and those who want to stay rural and not have close neighbors. It was suggested that this zone be changed to less acreage requirements but maintain the full animal rights. Mayor David Holdaway noted that they would need the input from people in the rural areas before making any decisions. Mr. Christensen explained that a two story structure in a residential zone could have a portion of the required footage on the top floor apply to the total. For example, in the Rl-12 zone the house must have 1,200 square feet on the main floor, but if it was two story it could have 800 on the main floor and 400 on the top floor. The council also discussed allowing a rental unit in an owner occupied home by conditional use I only. This would avoid duplex situations in an area which does not allow it. In reference to abandoning a nonconforming non-conforming use, such as a residential dwelling in a commercial zone, it was suggested that a reference to intent be allowed before abandoning the non-conforming use. It was pointed out that if a couple were called on' a mission and left their non-conforming use home unoccupied for a year, it would lose its non-conforming status. If the intent when the home is left unoccupied unoc-cupied could be addressed it would make things easierfor those involved, in-volved, i Chapter 16 of the new code was discussed. This is a sensitive area ; zone which can be placed over any of ! the zones where geologic conditions would suggest more stringent requirements. ' The council and Planning Com- i mission were asked to study the ne : code and further input from the ij citizens was encouraged before any decisions regarding the code are $ made. I By MARCELLA WALKER A public hearing to review a proposed new Land Development Code for Pleasant Grove City was held Tuesday under the direction of the Planning Commission and City Council. The new code would provide for use of a zoning map, zone name changes and new zones. Mayor David Holdaway introduced in-troduced the subject by noting that the size of the community has doubled in the last 10 years. He said that it had been some time since the zoning ordinances had been reviewed. He said the Planning Commission had been asked to take a look at the city's zoning code and update where it was necessary. He explained that many new types of zones are now possible and are often desired. With conditional uses many more options are available, he stated. Fred Christensen, Community Development Director, reviewed the proposed Land Development Code and said that it was suggested that streets requiring curb, gutter and sidewalk be designated by the city council. This way, he added, there would be no questions when people purchased pur-chased a building permit as to whether they would need to plan on installing these improvements. There was considerable objection from the city council members and the citizens in attendance regarding a proposal to only allow one 20 foot driveway per property. Council members said it was their goal to get the recreationvehicles and cars off the city streets and ofttimes another wide driveway was required to do this. The new code would provide for a RR5 zone which is an agriculture zone requiring five acres per lot, an RR1 zone which would require one-half one-half acre lots with limited animal rights, an Rl-12 zone which is the same as the present Rl-SD and requires 12,000 feet per building lot. Another was the Rl-8 zone which is the same as the present Rl and allows 8,000 feet per building lot, Rl-6 Rl-6 would require 6,000 feet per lot. Two new residential zones would be RM-7 and RM-15 which are higher density housing. For commercial zones, there would be CM, a commercial neighborhood zone; CS, a shopping commercial zone; CH, a highway commercial zone; CG, general commercial district which would include industrial parks; MD, manufacturing and distributing zone; and MG, heavy manufac- |