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Show Centerville Council adopts first 'official' zoning map of city By TOM HARALDSEN Editor CENTERVILLE A revised zoning map of the city has been approved by city council, and in fact has become the first "official" zoning map ever adopted by Centerville. Cen-terville. During action last week, city planner Wilf Sommerkorn presented pre-sented to council a map which included in-cluded two small parcels that had least 100 feet between a driveway and the intersection of two streets, as a means of public safety. This proposal generated a lot of discussion from council. Councilman Council-man Kent Lindsey stated that many businesses already on Main Street don't even have 100 feet of frontage on the road. Though the ordinance would only affect new development, he questioned whether many new businesses could meet the requirement. council members. Councilman Mike Kjar reported that the city's revenues were steady, and the city remains in good financial shape. And Lindsey reported on activities of the county's burn plant, mentioning, men-tioning, among other things, that the Utah Department of Transportation Transpor-tation plans to install signs in the next few weeks showing motorists the way to both the plant and the NARD landfill in Lay ton. been rezoned. During that presentation, presen-tation, Mr. Sommerkorn explained that the city technically had never adopted a zoning map, even though all parts of the city do have zoning designations in effect. After some discussion on his recommendation re-commendation that the council adopt the map, the action was approved. Councilman Doug Nielsen added the stipulation that should the zoning shown on the adopted map be in error on a certain cer-tain parcel, the council would consider con-sider changing that zoning in the appropriate manner. City administrator David Hales said the map brought before council coun-cil included "all zoning changes conducted by council for at least the past five years." Because the zoning had never been recorded in map form, he said there was a chance that one or two areas could be shown with a different zone than they really have. Council members agreed that any such problems could be hammered out, and felt this zoning map was at least a good starting place for recording the city's ci-ty's zoning. In another item related to development, de-velopment, the council tabled action ac-tion on a proposed change to the planning and zoning ordinance related re-lated to off-street parking. The proposal dealt specifically with curb cuts for new businesses, with the proposed change requiring at Nielsen added that he wondered why the problem was being raised now. Sommerkorn explained that the city was attempting to comply with federal guidelines on off-street off-street parking. However, he added that Centerville would be the first city in Utah to adopt such standards, stan-dards, and that other communities were watching to see what action the city would take. Council agreed that the issue needed further study, particularly with regards to Main Street, where lots are smaller. Development along Parrish Lane, an inevitability in the future, would probably be the main reason for such an ordinance ordi-nance change. The item was tabled. Council also amended an ordinance ordi-nance relating to residential facilities facili-ties for the handicapped. Nielsen suggested that the council agree to notify property owners within 300 feet of such facilities in advance of any hearing before council where a conditional-use permit would be issued for that purpose. Lindsey agreed, saying such a hearing would be a benefit to both the residents resi-dents of the area and the developers develop-ers or operators of such a facility. In other council news, councilman council-man Bruce Erickson reported that requests for proposals on a Parks and Recreation Master Plan would be out soon, and that the three finalists fin-alists would be interviewed by |
