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Orem

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Orem City Council Agenda

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Event Start Date & Time

July 30, 2013 06:00 PM

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July 30, 2013 11:59 PM

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CITY OF OREM CITY COUNCIL MEETING 56 North State Street, Orem, Utah July 30, 2013 This meeting may be held electronically to allow a Councilmember to participate. 3:30 P.M. FIELD TRIP – Orem Fitness Center 1. DISCUSSION – CARE Tax Renewal Time Line 5:00 P.M. STUDY SESSION – PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING ROOM AGENDA REVIEW 2. The City Council will review the items on the agenda. CITY COUNCIL - NEW BUSINESS 3. This is an opportunity for members of the City Council to raise issues of information or concern. 6:00 P.M. REGULAR SESSION - COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION/INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT: By Invitation PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: By Invitation APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4. MINUTES of City Council Meeting – July 9, 2013 MAYOR’S REPORT/ITEMS REFERRED BY COUNCIL 5. UPCOMING EVENTS 6. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS 7. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Beautification Advisory Commission – 3 vacancies Heritage Advisory Commission - 1 vacancy Library Advisory Commission - 1 vacancy Summerfest Advisory Committee – 1 vacancy 8. RECOGNITION OF NEW NEIGHBORHOODS IN ACTION OFFICERS 9. AWARD – Recreation Volunteer of the Year – Sean Poynter 10. RECOGNITION – Life Guard – Eric Brown CITY MANAGER’S APPOINTMENTS 11. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS The City Manager does not have any appointments. CONSENT ITEMS 12. There are no consent items. SCHEDULED ITEMS 6:00 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING 13. ORDINANCE – Amending Section 22-11-33(E) of the Orem City Code as it Pertains to Permitted Uses in the PD-21 Zone Located Generally at 1100 South Geneva Road REQUEST: The applicant requests the City Council, by ordinance, amend Section 22-11-33(E) of the Orem City Code to add two additional permitted uses in the PD-21 zone located generally at 1100 South Geneva Road. PRESENTER: David Stroud POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AREA: Sunset Heights West BACKGROUND: The PD-21 zone was originally envisioned as a large student housing development with upwards of 7,000 students. Over the last several years, amendments have been made to the uses and the concept plan, which has changed the original intent of the zone. The applicant requests 2 additional uses to be included as permitted in the PD-21 zone. The 2 uses to be added are SLU 4824 Gas Pressure Control Stations and SLU 5530 Gasoline Service Stations With/Without Store. Questar needs a location in this area of Geneva Road to install a gas pressure control station and a developer desires to locate a natural gas refueling station for vehicles. The location for these two sites would be just east of Mike’s Chevron and west of the recently approved two-tenant building that contains Subway. Easements would be granted to permit vehicular passage between all lots, including Mike’s Chevron. Advantages: • Compatible with the gas station to the west • Vehicular access between lots is provided • Low-impact use will have little effect on the nearby hotel or Subway Disadvantage: • None determined The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve this request. 6:00 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING 14. ORDINANCE – Amending a Portion of Section 14-3-3 of the Orem City Code as it Pertains to Billboards REQUEST: The applicant requests the City Council, by ordinance, amend Section 14-3-3 of the Orem City Code as it pertains to billboards. PRESENTER: David Stroud POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AREA: Citywide BACKGROUND: The City recently considered a request to create the PD-36 zone on the former Williams Farm property. Included in that preliminary request was language that would allow two additional billboards adjacent to I-15. The City’s current sign ordinance does not allow any new billboards in the City. The City’s legal staff felt it would be difficult to allow new billboards on the Williams Farm property without opening the door to new billboards on other potential locations along the I-15 corridor. Therefore, legal staff suggested that if allowing any new billboards along I-15 was going to be considered, it ought to be done in the context of a change to the general sign ordinance that would open up the entire I-15 corridor to new billboards rather than in the context of allowing new billboards on just the Williams Farm property. In order to facilitate this broader discussion, the City filed an application to allow new billboards all along the I-15 corridor subject to the spacing and other requirements of state law. However, the filing of the application does not imply support of the request. State law requires a separation of at least 500 feet between billboards. If the Orem City Code were amended to allow new billboards along I-15, there is the potential for seven new billboards in the City. Advantages: • May promote the development of some properties along I-15 (the owners of the Williams Farm property claim that having billboards on the property will encourage businesses to locate on the property as the availability of the billboards to advertise their businesses is viewed as a significant positive) • Would allow additional opportunities for property owners and billboard companies Disadvantages: • Additional billboards increase visual blight along I-15 The Planning Commission recommends the City Council deny this request. 15. ORDINANCE– Amending and Renumbering Article 13-1 of the Orem City Code to Prohibit Slacklining, Tightrope Walking, Ziplining, and Highlining on City-owned Property RECOMMENDATION: The Recreation Director recommends the City Council, by ordinance, amend Article 13-1 of the Orem City Code to prohibit slacklining and similar activities on city-owned property. PRESENTER: Karl Hirst POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AREA: Citywide BACKGROUND: The City of Orem is responsible for protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the City. The recent proliferation of activities or sports including slacklining, tightrope walking, ziplining, and highlining has caused the Recreation Department to investigate and question the safety of these activities on city-owned property. Slacklining is a balance sport which utilizes nylon, polyester or other similar material webbing stretched tightly between two anchor points - usually between two trees. Slacklining is distinct from tightrope walking in that the line is not held rigidly taut; it is instead dynamic, stretching and bouncing like a long and narrow trampoline. Highlining differs from slacklining in that the line is elevated and the anchors typically are constructed using bolts or traditional (removable) climbing gear inserted into rock formations. Most participants wear a climbing harness with a leash attached to the highline to ensure safety in the event of a fall. Ziplining is an activity where participants, propelled by gravity, travel from a higher elevation to a lower elevation along an inclined rope or cable, typically with the intent of rapid acceleration. Ziplines vary in length, height and angle of descent. The Recreation Director has concluded that the use of slacklines, tightropes, ziplines, highlines, and other similar apparatuses may cause damage to city-owned property and puts the people who use these apparatuses and others present on city-owned property at risk. In an effort to provide the best and safest experience for all individuals who use city-owned property, the Recreation Director has determined that slacklining, tight rope walking, ziplining, highlining or any other similar activity should be prohibited on all city-owned property. For the purposes of the ordinance, slacklining, tight rope walking, ziplining, highlining or any other similar activity includes attaching a line, rope, cable, wire or other material between two anchor points for the purpose traversing along the line, rope, cable, wire or other material. PERSONAL APPEARANCES 16. Time has been set aside for the public to express their ideas, concerns, and comments on items not on the Agenda. (Please limit your comments to 3 minutes.) COMMUNICATION ITEMS 17. There are no communication items. CITY MANAGER INFORMATION ITEMS 18. This is an opportunity for the City Manager to provide information to the City Council. These items are for information and do not require action by the City Council. ADJOURNMENT

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56 North State Street
Orem, 84057
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