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Wellington

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Wellington Planning Commission

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Wellington City Planning and Zoning Meeting Minutes

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Building Codes, Business

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February 5, 2025 05:30 PM

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Wellington City Planning and Zoning Minutes Meeting held Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at the Wellington City Hall Located at 150 West Main Street, Wellington, Utah at 5:30 P.M. Present: Chairperson Cha, Commissioner Patterson, Commissioner Clendennen, Commissioner Zauss, Commissioner Moosman, Alternate Commissioner Thayn Absent: Alternate Commissioner McKinnon City Staff: Mayor Clark, Bill Juber Attendees: Brian Bahr via Zoom, Scott & Kindra Amott, David Adair, Frank Feiko, multiple members of the public, McKay Quinn via zoom owner of 9 Mile RV Resort Agenda Item #1 Roll Call Chairperson Cha lead and opened the meeting at 5:30 PM and noted the absent Commissioners. Agenda Item #2 Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes Motion: Commissioner Patterson moved to approve the minutes from January 2, 2025. Motion seconded by Commissioner Zauss and carried with all in favor. Agenda Item #3 Brian Bahr Subdivision - property annexation discussion Brian Bahr asked if the Commission had reviewed the concept plan, he put together for the subdivision on the east side of town. He acknowledged the plan that was in the documents that were prepared for the commissioners. He explained that that part of the subdivision was in the city and part in the county and was looking to annex the county property to the city. Mr. Bahr stated he would need to hire a consultant to prepare the paperwork for the annexation and queried those in attendance that if anyone knew of anyone who could be able to help him with this the information would be appreciated. Clendennen asked if he had contacted Todd Thorne and asked him whether he knew of anyone. Mr. Bahr had left a message for Todd Thorne and was awaiting a reply. Mr. Bahr really wanted to get feedback as to what the feeling was from the city for the subdivision and retail stores and asked if there were any questions, concerns or worries. Commissioner Zauss asked if the residential area was going to be built out entirely or sell lots. Mr. Bahr gave a little of his company's history, being founded 25 years ago in Colorado Springs, today they operate across 13 states including Utah, and internationally. Mr. Bahr's company would possibly build out the single-family units and consider selling individual lots and play a development role but more than likely not the builder for the retail/commercial. Commissioner Zauss was more interested in the commercial part of the subdivision mentioning that a gas station would please the city residents. Mr. Bahr mentioned his observation that there were not a lot of options for food and lodging with thoughts that they would be great revenue drivers. Commissioner Moosman wondered what percentage was city and county. Mr. Bahr said almost all residential was in the county and most of the commercial would be on property that is currently in the city. Mr. Bahr said that generally rooftops drive commercial, and with the residential housing movement the commercial operators would want to be here because it's a growing community. Commissioner Clendennen will continue to look for someone to administer the annexation paperwork. Mr. Bahr asks, if the plan was to be brought before the commission today would the commission be in favor of moving forward? All council members were in agreement that this subdivision is in the best interests of the city. Motion: No motion Agenda Item #4 Mike Hageman/Marston, Emily property variance Not in attendance. Tabled. Agenda Item #5 BS Cornhole Tee's Business License application review - David Adair Owner David Adair wants a business license to make and ship t-shirts out of his house. There will be no sales per se out of his house and no street advertising. Motion: Commissioner Patterson makes motion to grant business license seconded by Commissioner Zauss. Agenda Item #6 Scott & Kindra Amott rezoning or property Scott Amott is requesting rezoning due to problems getting property insurance. At this time, it is being used as a residence with a rental on the back side. There is potential of running a business out of this building, possibly a duplex. Also, maybe adding additional square footage to building. Chairperson advises that there could be issues of changing zoning and then trying to change zoning again. Commissioner Moosman relates that everything up to and including that property is zoned R-C (retail commercial). Commissioner Moosman asks what the procedure would need to be if there was a zone change. He recalls, he himself having to survey a piece of his land to have it rezoned and then recorded with the county. Commissioner Moosman also noted that this just less than 1/2 acre has it's building site right at the sidewalk which is right on main street, Highway 6. Commissioner Clendennen suggests that the Amott's look into mixed use insurance while we look into an R-C zoning to residential as the building is situated almost on main street. Motion: Commissioner Moosman makes a motion to do additional research. Commissioner Patterson seconds. All in favor. Agenda Item #7 Land development interest - Randy Feik (Frank Feichko) Questions regarding approximately 4000 square feet lots on Riverside Drive (500 North, was a mobile home park, and are recorded as 27 individually parceled lots of .1 acres), currently zoned MH-Mobile Home. Mr. Feik said he found code for 7000 square feet. Because they are already individually recorded lots and have their own power 'stations'; He wants buy the whole 27 lots, build stick frame homes and sell them individually. Can he build on that small of a lot? What are the setbacks? How big can he build if applicable? Alternate Commissioner Thayn asks the size of the homes he wants to build. Mr. Feik answers, small 12 to 14 hundred square feet, maybe 900 to 1000 sf depending on one or two levels. Chairperson Cha clarifies 'not bigger than 1400 square feet.' Mr. Feik confirms that is correct. Commissioner Moosman warned of the flood plain on the back of that group of lots and advises that Mr. Feik ask the owner about developing that property since he had looked into it in the past. Mr. Feik also noted that stick frame can be built on MH zoning with a conditional use and wonders what that entails exactly. Commissioner Zuass comments that he wouldn't mind seeing this rezoned as a high-density development and Commissioner Moosman mentions that tiny homes are an upcoming event that Wellington City should be ready for. Commissioner Moosman also warns that the water and sewer were disconnected from that area and the meters and pits have been backfill and or destroyed. Comment from a person in the audience mention that there was a problem with the only entrance being too narrow and another person in the audience mentioned the problem of only one road servicing as entrance and exit from this development. The additional larger parcels may have issues for building such as flood plain and PRWID easements. Motion: Motion to table by Commissioner Patterson seconded by Commissioner Zauss. All in favor. Agenda Item #8 Leave P&Z meeting to hold Public Hearing for Subdivision Plan Motion to leave P&Z meeting and go into public hearing made by Commissioner Moosman, seconded by Commissioner Clendennen. All in favor. Commissioner Clendennen and Commissioner Patterson summarized the subdivision plan to those people who were there to hear the subdivision plan which has been reviewed by the city council. Public question asked about high-density code. We clarified that this was a complete code revision bringing us more current with the new codes that have been put into place to protect both the governing and governed bodies of the community. There was a question regarding the subdivision discussed earlier in the Commission meeting. Commissioner Zauss explained quickly the process Mr. Bahr will have to go through to get this subdivision done. Additional concerns about needing groceries stores or even convenience stores. Commissioner Moosman brought the meeting back to the subdivision plan being presented to the city council for approval and application. Public comments brought the meeting back to specific subdivision projects and the necessity for affordable housing. Chairperson Cha brought the hearing back to the subdivision plan explaining that the subdivisions will be planned, engineered, and built by the subdivider. Motion: Motion made to close the hearing by Commissioner Patterson seconded by Commissioner Moosman. All in favor. Agenda Item #9 P&Z to make recommendations Re: Subdivision plan for City Council Chairperson Cha reopened the P&Z meeting @ 6:22 pm. Motion: Chairperson asks for a motion to recommend the Subdivision Plan to the City Council. Commissioner Zauss made the motion, seconded by Alternate Commissioner Thayn. All in favor. Agenda Item #10 Review Bernie Morris lot variance: discuss what happened Commissioner Clendennen went over what happened for the commissioners' information. It couldn't be a variance because it needed to give reasonability to five different questions. This wasn't necessary in this instance. Commissioner Clendennen explained that Todd Thorne advised an email be written to the effect that the lot in question was non-conforming and buildable. Motion: No motion made. Agenda Item #11 Look at ordinance/plan for RV living/City Website Land use This plan given to the commissioners for review is a plan taken from a community in the east. Commissioner Zauss asks what the purpose of this is for. It was explained that the police need guidelines for RV living in order to respond according to specific ordinances in place when responding to a report of people living long term in RVs on private property. Comments from commissioners regarding the need for such a plan: those violations mentioned previously avoiding the water and sewer hookups, regulating RV living on private property while building a home which could take well over a year. Questions from audience regarding RVs on private property were answered according to current ordinances. While reviewing the RV plan, items were explained to the public in attendance. Here are the highlighted changes made during the meeting: Commissioner Zauss observed that this plan was designed around a community with mainly septic systems. Commissioner Clendennen acknowledged this would need to be personalized to Wellington City, keeping septic system items and adding for community wide systems. 12.4.3.C Add if the RV park wanted to allow for extended stays past 6 months or 180 days they would have to have conditional use permits for a certain number of dedicated sites. Commissioner Moosman suggests having a limit of how many should be allowed on a property. McKay Quinn (via Zoom) gives insight to the commission as follows: Current zoning for RV parks is: sites are limited to 30 nights. 9 Mile Resort conditional use permit allows for (2 conditions) all sites 120 days and 20% to permanent residence (19 sites) not limited to any length of stay. Asks for a grandfather-clause. Also, suggests the wording hard surface allowing for a certain weight for vehicles such as fire trucks etc., instead of pavement as the only surface type, since road base can be compacted to a hard surface which can hold up to heavy traffic. Took a look at what pertains to P&Z that is currently online. Business license criteria for liquor licenses should include zoning within certain footage from churches, schools and other at-risk establishments, i.e. homes for persons with disabilities etc. Look for Chapter 16 - Annexation Code. Update Chapter 16 for current population and annexation map. Discussed possibility of 2 meetings per month to get through and bring current the items discussed in this agenda item. Motion: No motion made Agenda Item #12 Education of Planning and Zoning Commission Motion: No motion made. No education during this meeting. Agenda Item #13 City Council Follow Up Commissioner Zauss did one set back approval which was for Coyote. Finalizing a kennel license ordinance and Hillcrest secondary water is on the agenda next week for city council. Commissioner Zauss explained the Hillcrest secondary water agenda item. Motion: None Agenda Item #14 Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 7:07 pm. Motion: Commissioner Moosman motioned to adjourn. Commissioner Patterson seconds. All in favor. None opposed. Chairperson Cha adjourned the meeting. Next meeting will be March 5, 2025, at 5:30 P.M. at the Wellington City Hall. Minutes approved by Planning and Zoning on March 5, 2025

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WELLINGTON, UT 84542
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