CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS:
The meeting was called to order at
05:30 p.m. All present included
Chair Adel Murphy,
Commissioner Lance Anderson,
Commissioner Jeffrey Loris,
and Commissioner Mike Scott.
Staff: Attorney Dale Coulam, Building and Zoning Administrator Kevin Rudd, and Deputy City Recorder Martha Wilson
Audience: Linda Davis, John Hunt, Claudette Larsen, Don Miller, Valencia Castro, Dennis Murphy and other guests.
Chair Murphy acknowledged there was a quorum. Commissioner Todd Benson was absent.
Commissioner Loris led the Flag Salute.
Commissioner Anderson led the Invocation.
Commissioner Anderson disclosed that he had conflicts with Item 4A since he is the applicant. There were no disclosures or conflicts of interest with the other Commissioners.
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REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS (None) |
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BUSINESS LICENSES (None) |
Kevin Rudd displayed the Taviawk Subdivision Phases XI and XII and indicated that the subdivision was located along the existing Paiute Drive and the intersection of Taviawk Drive. The current zoning complies with the Zoning Map, and there are two zones within this subdivision. There is a small section that is zoned RE-25 (Residential Estates, 25,000 minimum lot sizes), and the plan shows that the lots in this zone are over 25,000 square feet. The rest of the area recently received a Zone Change to RE-20 (Residential Estates, 20,000 minimum lot sizes). The lots within the RE-20 zone are larger than 20,000 square feet. When Staff reviewed the plan, there were some technical items that had not been completed on the Geotechnical and Drainage studies. The plan displayed is slightly different from what was submitted in the Commissioners' packets. There was a road changed and one lot was removed from the plan. Because of the right-of-way they are not able to build one of the roads. A cul-de-sac has been designed but they have left space for a future road to be built when the problems are worked out with the right-of-way. The lot that was removed will be located on a future plat. The revised plan consists of 82 lots instead of the 83 lots. The City Engineer, the Public Works Director, City Attorney and the Building and Zoning Administrator reviewed this plat and it complies with the City ordinances.
Chair Murphy opened the Public Hearing. There were no comments and Public Hearing was closed.
Commissioner Scott asked if there were any loose ends that should be attached as a condition.
Kevin Rudd stated there is one condition on some existing right-of-ways that exist on this plat that go back to the old Ivins Irrigation Plat that need to be cleared up.
Dale Coulam stated it should be conditioned upon a Development Agreement being approved prior to the recording of any Final Plats. The Development Agreement would address the abandonment of the right-of-ways and the streets that are to take the place of those public right-of-ways. Therefore, they are basically the equivalent of a public right-of-way and take the place of those. Instead of being on a grid system they are curved but they fill the same access purpose that the original right-of-way was intended to do.
Kevin Rudd explained that the subdivision has small phases consisting of two to three lots per phase. The reasoning for this is as soon as a plat is recorded a developer has to pay property taxes, and this gives them the ability to record when they sell the lots. The Development Agreement will spell out the condition on the phases. Staff has reviewed the phases and recommends approval.
Commissioner Loris asked if the Final Plats would come through the Commission as one and two lots. It appears there are mostly two lots in a phase.
Dale Coulam stated that is correct.
MOTION: Commissioner Jeffrey Loris moved to recommend approval on a Preliminary Plan for Taviawk Subdivision Phases XI and XII located at approximately 800 North and 600 West (west of Taviawk Drive between Paiute Drive and Tearasinab Way) conditioned upon a Development Agreement being approved before any Final Plats would be approved and would deal at a minimum with the abandonment of right-of-way. Kayenta Development Inc., owner, and Lance Anderson, applicant.
SECOND: Commissioner Mike Scott
VOTE: The motion carried.
| Chair Adel Murphy |
AYE |
| Commissioner Jeffrey Loris |
AYE |
| Commissioner Mike Scott |
AYE |
| Commissioner Lance Anderson |
ABSTAIN |
| Commissioner Todd Benson |
ABSENT |
Commissioner Scott submitted a revised draft of the plan based on the changes discussed at the previous meeting (copy available at Ivins City offices). The following are some additional changes:
Page 3 - Executive Summary: Deleted the bullet points and the goals listed and replaced with the following:
Goal 1: Continue to Encourage Opportunities for Residents to Purchase Affordable Housing
Goal 2: Continue to Encourage Affordable Rental Opportunities for residents
(Objectives and strategies - see page 16)
Page 8 - Ivins City Real Estates: Added the data submitted by Chair Murphy from the Multiple Listing Service:
"The Multiple Listing Service shows 67 homes for sale in Ivins in January. The median asking price was $325,000. Twenty-five percent of the homes were asking $192,300 or less. The price of homes for sale will likely vary significantly from period to period based on the size, age, and amenity level of homes for sale at any given moment."
Page 15 - Gaps and Needs in Affordable Housing: There was a concern about using the term "Gaps" but it seems to fit so it was left as Gaps in the title.
Page 16 - Goals, Objective, Strategies: Revised the goals as per their previous discussions.
The document will be revised and submitted to the Commission at the next meeting before setting a public hearing on the document.
Page 5, Line 31 - Change: "2,500 non-primary homes" to "500 non-primary homes"
Page 5, Line 39 - Change: "approximately 5% of the sales price" to "95% of the listing price"
MOTION: Commissioner Mike Scott moved to approve the Ivins City Planning Commission minutes for February 5, 2013 as amended.
SECOND: Commissioner Jeffrey Loris
VOTE: The motion carried unanimously.
| Chair Adel Murphy |
AYE |
| Commissioner Lance Anderson |
AYE |
| Commissioner Jeffrey Loris |
AYE |
| Commissioner Mike Scott |
AYE |
| Commissioner Todd Benson |
ABSENT |
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Planning Commission (None) |
Kevin Rudd anticipates an increase in zone changes and land use applications in the future as he has been talking with some people and it may increase the Commission's work load. One item that the Commission may want to discuss is the Overlay on the Old Township which is on the Land Use Plan. It is supposed to be an infill overlay. A description needs to be created for the overlay. There has been no zoning created to define this category. There is also an overlay over the Mobile Home Park. This is something the Commission could work on.
The Sensitive Lands Committee is meeting more often, and they are trying to address sensitive lands in commercial zones. The current Sensitive Lands Ordinance doesn't work with commercial property. They are making a list of what is important on commercial projects such as tucking the buildings in to blend with the terrain, terrace parking and how much disturbance area is allowed in the commercial area. In residential it is very specific but when plotting out commercial it doesn't work. Also, the areas that are disturbed will need to be repaired to look more natural. There is a goal to have no pines or palms in commercial areas as far as landscaping. Even though this is something the committee is not required to define in sensitive lands, they feel if it is allowed it needs to be discussed by the City Council. The committee is meeting on Wednesday, February 20. Peter Stemple with Form Tomorrow attended a meeting and is trying to get students from back east to come and do some internships to do some modeling. If Ivins City was to prepare an application to give to him, and the City was accepted we may be able to get some of the students to come. Sensitive Lands Committee would have them look at the commercial areas and do some models of what it would look like. Terry Marten and Lance Anderson have been invited to the meetings because Kayenta knows how to make things fit into the natural environment. The meetings are open to anyone. Kevin Rudd will report back to the Commission at the next meeting.
Dale Coulam suggested that the Commission could start working on an overlay for the average lot zoning. This was previously discussed and the Council gave the green light for the Commission to proceed. They could start discussing and formulating it. It was previously discussed that it would not be on anything less than 10,000 square foot lots.
Kevin Rudd advised that Staff has prepared a draft that could be put on the next agenda. The draft includes the major points that the Council wants the Commission to discuss.
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Items to be placed on future agendas |
1. Review 2013 Affordable Housing Plan
2. Discuss Overlay on the Old Township
2. Discuss Lot Averaging
MOTION: Commissioner Lance Anderson moved to adjourn
SECOND: Commissioner Jeffrey Loris
The meeting adjourned at 5:55 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha S. Wilson, CMC
Deputy City Recorder
VOTE: The motion carried unanimously.
| Chair Adel Murphy |
AYE |
| Commissioner Lance Anderson |
AYE |
| Commissioner Jeffrey Loris |
AYE |
| Commissioner Mike Scott |
AYE |
| Commissioner Todd Benson |
ABSENT |