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Show Handicap housing approved The Pleasant Grove Planning Commission has approved the issuing of Conditional Use Permits for handicapped boarding houses up to six people. The approval was given at the last meeting of the Commission. The Commission also reported that a final draft of the 1985 Land Development Code would be ready for the June 6 Planning Commission Meeting. Following a lengthy discussion, the Commission decided to ask the city planner and the city attorney to come up with a proposal regarding residential dwellings in commercial zones. The City Council had asked the Planning Commission to address a problem which has arisen wherein a family has moved into a house which had been vacated for over a year and which exists in a commercial zone. The city ordinance states that if a non-conforming use permit has been given for a residence located in a commercial zone, it may be used as a dwelling as long as it is not vacated for more than a year. After that the property reverts back to commercial. The family which is now living in the home feels it would be better to have the home inhabited rather than empty anddeteriorating. Ken Millard, the city planner, explained that the Planning Commission Com-mission could only make a master plan policy change, not grant a variance. Michael J. Housten received approval to have his home changed from a single family dwelling to a duplex. The home is located at 80 West and 200 North. Approval was given subject to final inspection. |