2.   APPROVAL OF MINUTES.  The minutes of December 5, 2007, were reviewed.   Stan Poulson motioned to approve the minutes of December 5, 2007.  Sue Southwick seconded the motion.  The motion carried.

3.  PUBLIC HEARING.  7:32 p.m.  Comments were received concerning a proposed amendment to the General Plan adjusting Richfield City’s annexation boundaries (area of influence) as requested by the Richfield City Council.   Larry Lunnen explained while the City Council was doing research on the property that it is considering purchasing for a commercial center, it came to the Council’s attention that Richfield City’s area of influence overlapped with Central Valley’s area of influence in terms of future annexation.  Every city files a plan with the State showing potential annexable area and Richfield City’s overlapped with Central Valley’s in two places.  When that was discovered, Mayor Ramsay and Councilmembers Poulson and Lunnen met with the Mayor, some Councilmembers and the Planning Commission Chairman from Central Valley.  They have reached a mutual agreement as to where those lines can meet without  overlapping.  Two areas of concern were where Central Valley encroached onto the area that is required for expansion of the airport and also a portion of the property that is intended to be used for the commercial park development.   Making this adjustment to the boundaries requires an amendment to the General Plan.  Richfield City and Central Valley have also made an additional agreement that if either City has anything in planning that requires an encroachment into the other’s area, then they will notify the other immediately.    There being no public comments the public hearing closed at 7:43 p.m.  

4.  GENERAL PLAN.  After public hearing, the Commission discussed a proposed amendment to the General Plan adjusting Richfield City’s annexation boundaries (area of influence) as requested by the Richfield City Council.   Stan Poulson motioned to recommend to the city council that they consider amending the General Plan adjusting Richfield City’s annexation boundary (area of influence) so that it doesn’t overlap with Central Valley’s area of influence.   Eugene Beck seconded the motion.   The motion carried unanimously.   

5.  THALMAN PROFESSIONAL BUILDING.  Tom Bogh was present to discuss the construction of the Thalman Professional Building to be located at 140 East 600 North (CS zone).  The construction of the building was approved in November’s meeting.  However, since then the property boundaries have been adjusted and a portion of the south property boundary abuts a residential area.  Under the Zoning Code, a fence is required along the property boundary contiguous to the residential area, said fence to be installed at the cost of the commercial venture.   The Commission had also had some concern about the way the property line adjustment was handled.  Paul Hinrichs advises the City Attorney has been consulted and it is the City Attorney’s opinion that the property line adjustment has been handled correctly and did not need to be addressed by the Planning Commission.  Mr. Bogh had been advised by City staff that he would be required to install a 6-foot tall masonry fence along the 50 feet that abuts the residential area.  Mr. Bogh agreed to do that.  However, it was felt he should come back to Planning Commission so that requirement could be set out formally in Planning Commission minutes.   

Chairman Zobell suggested to Mr. Bogh that he might consider installing a pre-cast fence called Oasis.  It might be less expensive to install.  It would be nice to

have a fence installed along the entire 109 feet that backs the residential area.  However, Mr. Bogh only owns 50 feet of that distance.  It was suggested that Mr. Bogh might be able to install the Oasis fence and install it along the entire 109 feet for less than it will cost him to build a masonry fence on the 50 feet.  Code requires a masonry fence, but the Planning Commission might be agreeable to the pre-cast type fence if Mr. Bogh would consider installing the fence along the entire 109 feet.  Mr. Hinrichs pointed out that would require going across property which Mr. Bogh does not own and he would need to get permission of the property owners in order to do that.  He might not be able to get their permission.  Mr. Bogh said he is not interested in installing a fence on property he doesn’t own whether it is masonry or otherwise.  In that case, Mr. Bogh will be required to install a masonry fence along the 50 feet he does own.   Eugene Beck wanted to know if the back portion of the property will be landscaped.  They have provided landscaping in the front of the property and parking will be behind.  Mr. Beck wonders what will happen if it is not maintained.  Mr. Hinrichs advised that would be something for the Zone Enforcement Officer to deal with.   

Eugene Beck motioned that a 6-foot masonry fence shall be required to be installed along the west half of the south property line of the property known as the Thalman Professional Building to be located at 140 East 600 North.  Stan Poulson seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.

6.  MOUNTAINLAND SUPPLY REVIEW.  Brian Johnson was present to review plans for a building to be constructed for Mountainland Supply, said building to be constructed on Red Hills Drive (north of Winkel Distributing) (MG zone – C2 use).   Mr. Hinrichs advised the building will be constructed north of Winkel Distributing in the Wilkinson Subdivision.  The subdivider was not required to install improvements at the time the subdivision was approved.  The City Council agreed that improvements could be installed as each lot developed.  This has been reviewed by the Deveopment Review Committee and most of those items have been addressed.  It will be sent to Jones & DeMille for their technical review. The building will be metal with stucco.   The front elevation is a façade other than metal.  The side and back will be metal.  Mountainland Supply sells plumbing supplies mostly for agricultural purposes.  They have four other stores in the State and a sister company which is Mountain States.  They provide municipal pipe and center pivot and wheel lines for agricultural irrigation.    They anticipate having eight employees.  The store in Roosevelt started with eight employees and has now expanded to 22 employees.  The entire company has 300+ employees.  The building will be 18,000 square feet.  The pipe will be stored outside in the back.  The entire lot will be paved.  It is comprised of 6.64 acres.  They have provided more parking than is required by Code.  In addition, 3/4ths of the lot is paved around the building so there is plenty of space for parking and storage.     A detailed landscape plan needs to be provided.  That should show in detail the size, type, and spacing of plants.  Landscaping can be xeriscape.  The plan shows about 2.1 acres of landscaping.  Mr. Hinrichs suggests the back portion of the property could be natural and if it is not maintained, that can be taken care of under the Property Maintenance Ordinance.  Chairman Zobell advises the intent of requiring landscaping is to make the business look attractive which adds to the City as well as the business.  It would be nice to have a few shrubs on the street side.   Steve Kunzler recommends they need to be sure the radius of their driveways is large enough for trucks to turn in without going into the oncoming lane of traffic.    Mr. Johnson said they are hoping to have the building constructed within eight months to a year.     Chairman Zobell advises the City engineer needs to review this and Mountainland Supply needs to provide a detailed landscape plan and a color scheme for the building.  Mr. Johnson thinks it will be earth tones.  This could come back to Planning Commission next month and then be sent on to the City Council.   

7.  ZONING CODE DISCUSSION.   Paul Hinrichs wanted to discuss a minor change to the Zoning Code.  This change concerns the lot width in the RM-11 zone.  The old Ordinance required a lot width of 70 feet in the RM-11 zone.  For some reason, the new Code requires a lot width of 65 feet for a single family dwelling, 100 feet for a two-family dwelling, and 120 feet for condominiums and multi-family units and all other uses.  He doesn’t remember that it was decided to change the widths and this could make some of the older lots in the City unbuildable.  The size of the lot is what governs the number of units and it doesn’t seem necessary for that to be governed by lot width also.  At some point in the future, it will be feasible to buy older homes and create apartments but their lot frontage would never be 100 feet of frontage so they wouldn’t be able to do that.  There didn’t seem to be a problem with the width of the lots in the past, so it doesn’t seem like there was any reason to change it.  It appears that may have been changed inadvertently.   Jeff Henderson pointed out the new Code requires side yards of 20 feet on each side for anything other than a single family residence.  The old Code allowed for 6 feet on one side and 12 feet on the other side.  It is Mr. Hinrichs’ opinion that the sideyard area is adequate at 8 feet with the exception of corner lots.  It appears that needs to be changed for zones R1-8, R1-6, and RM-11. Mr. Poulson is concerned that someone would build an apartment building two or three stories tall and the house next door would only have a view of solid wall.  Paul said a multi-family unit or condo would be allowed by Conditional Use Permit and it could be made a condition that the structure is set further away from the sideyard in order to mitigate the visual impact.   

Sue Southwick motioned that this be noticed for a public hearing at next month’s meeting to consider changing the frontage to 70 feet, side yards to be 8 feet on both sides, and rear yard to be 25 feet.  Stan Poulson seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.   

8.  SIGN ORDINANCE DISCUSSION.   Chairman Zobell said he and Paul Hinrichs have discussed the Sign Ordinance.  It seems the whole thing is being reinvented and the proposed Ordinance is cumbersome.  Perhaps it would be easier to tweak the old ordinance.  Larry Lunnen said the history behind the Sign Ordinance is that several years ago the Planning Commission felt like it needed to be revised and Planning Commission Member Darwin Jackson really went through the old Ordinance.  It was decided it needed to be rewritten because there was too much in the old Ordinance that wasn’t applicable.  Chairman Zobell said the Commission needs to review the proposed Ordinance, send it to Bruce Parker for changes, and then have a public hearing.  The Chamber of Commerce can come to the public hearing to give comments.  The Chamber has previously reviewed the proposal and has made suggestions.   A work meeting will be set for January 17^th at 5:30 p.m.   It is noted there needs to be an exception for signs on fences at athletic fields.  Banners need to be discussed as well as the “chicken wire” signs similar to the sale signs used by Albertson’s.  Chairman Zobell will advise Lorraine Gregerson as to the Sign Ordinance and Public Hearing.

9.  ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA.  Mountainland Supply and Amendment to the Zoning Code will be placed on the next month’s agenda.

10.  ADJOURNMENT.  The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.

PASSED AND APPROVED this 6^th day of February, 2008.  

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Deputy City Recorder