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Votes and outcomes

- Consent item A: Approved (motion and second recorded; mayor announced motion carries). The consent agenda included an interlocal agreement to allow partner cities to provide building inspections if one city cannot meet a three-day inspection window.

- Ordinance amending Kaysville City Code 17-2-4-2 (farm animals) and 17-2 (definitions): Approved (motion, second; council announced motion carried). The ordinance creates size-based farm-animal categories, adds a miniature-horse definition based on the American Miniature Horse Association, and adjusts minimum-lot requirements for large animals.

- Work item A (Title 12 parks/public property/recreation): Council moved the package to an action item for consideration at a future meeting but separated and held the vehicle/motorized-vehicle language so staff can reword it; motion carried.

The council recorded these motions during the meeting; the transcript did not record a full roll-call vote with each member’s named vote for these specific motions. Staff and planning commission records cited during discussion provide additional background for the farm-animal ordinance and the Title 12 proposals.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Kaysville City Council Meeting 02-06-2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council approved consent items, adopted an ordinance on farm-animal definitions, and advanced a package of parks and cemetery code edits while holding motor-vehicle language for further drafting.","taxTitle","Kaysville, Davis County, Utah","taxId",7302,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":46,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6668046,"Council advances most Title 12 parks and cemetery code changes but holds vehicle rules for revision",2778,1844000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2245655-c71ae54c2a850fa55a17f242ccee95fd&start=1844&end=4622","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2245655-c71ae54c2a850fa55a17f242ccee95fd/thumbnail_1844000.jpg","/articles/6668046/Kaysville/Davis-County/Utah/Council-advances-most-Title-12-parks-and-cemetery-code-changes-but-holds-vehicle-rules-for-revision","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6668046-882d17005e0ecf6f045fb222733aeb0e/orig.mp4?Expires=1777696892&Signature=a1Mp2XPEDqAbbgFxAyoJJ6A61Eou0sMu3LXVHY3WVAFxcmk~Ol44FgMPTk0~CyN7BQ0EKIxBal~g2cdX75TwlUmGFMOhn797rjVM9qUPMFqUjfsUsBn~ECWp04WqIsQmUw6cTg3yh-L88cLOv0orZ~M2UTZ3xjyrN9VMF1D2kmU9GBxQpCosNPp9assfWlbJIAezq9TnxHFqwGRux3g6wTKx1XZfqMdgDFeFzIeKW24l51qzIotj3v5ehs1CCLD7ugOeLtmmfSAOB75VRTp9WK-IknvMgNBuMqskn3k7-Df5YOzv4zQ2yjxzfrTw0l4aj4qhy9MZVczoXTs~VMWBxA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","KAYSVILLE, Utah — After an extended work-session review, the Kaysville City Council on Monday agreed to advance a broad package of proposed changes to Title 12 of the city code — covering parks, public property, recreation and cemetery rules — but carved out the vehicle/motorized-vehicle language for additional drafting.

Cole Stevens, Kaysville parks and recreation director, reviewed technical and substantive edits scattered throughout Title 12, including updated language on vehicles in parks and trails, fireworks and fire-pit permits in the wilderness park, concessions and vendor permitting, camping by permit in the wilderness park, and cemetery rules governing monuments, plot definitions and interment timing.

On vehicles, staff said the current draft intended to restrict dangerous uses (for example ATVs doing “donuts” on turf or high-speed e-bike behavior that causes safety problems) while still allowing reasonable uses such as class 1 and 2 e-bikes and scooters on hard surfaces. Council members and staff debated the wording and whether paved multiuse trails (such as the rail trail or Bonneville Shoreline Trail connections) would be treated as locations where e-bikes and similar devices are permitted or restricted. Council agreed the vehicle paragraph as written was unclear and asked staff to redraft it; that section will return for further review.

The council approved moving the remainder of the Title 12 amendments to an action item for a future meeting, but requested staff refine the vehicle language before it becomes final. Council member Oakes voiced support for advancing the non-vehicle sections; the motion to separate the vehicle portion and move the other items forward carried.

Cemetery provisions drew substantial discussion. Staff proposed several clarifications and limits: a 36-inch maximum headstone height for new monuments (citing irrigation and maintenance impacts), keeping standard single-depth graves (staff said double-depth/companion graves require pre-excavation and deeper, narrower trenches that pose operational and safety challenges), and maintaining a moratorium on selling pre-need burial spaces to prolong the cemetery’s lifespan.

Stevens told the council the cemetery currently has roughly 3,500 traditional adult spaces remaining and that returning to prior pre-need sales rates — which staff said had been about 300–350 spaces a year historically — would reduce the cemetery’s projected life to about 10 years. Staff said limiting new, pre-need sales and developing a memorial garden for cremations are among the strategies to extend cemetery capacity.

Staff also proposed restricting interments on Sundays and city-observed holidays (with Saturday burials to remain permitted with an additional fee). Council members discussed how the city notifies funeral homes about holiday schedules and the operational and overtime costs associated with burial services on holidays.

Other Title 12 edits the council agreed to advance include stricter rules on fireworks without a permit, clarifying permitted concession and vendor sales (permit required; purpose to prevent unregulated commercial activity in parks), enforcement language addressing motorized vehicles on grass and athletic fields, and updated definitions and housekeeping edits across the parks and cemetery chapters.

Council directed staff to refine the vehicle and motorized-vehicle language to make clear which classes of electric bicycles and which paved surfaces will allow such devices, then return the revised language for council review. The rest of the Title 12 package will be posted as an action item with the edits discussed at the meeting.","The council moved a package of proposed updates to Title 12 (parks, public property, recreation) forward to action but separated the vehicle/motorized-vehicle language for further drafting, and discussed cemetery policy changes including monument height and limiting new sales to residents.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6668051,"Kaysville council approves ordinance to reclassify miniature horses in city code",643,1273000,1916000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2245655-c71ae54c2a850fa55a17f242ccee95fd&start=1273&end=1916","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2245655-c71ae54c2a850fa55a17f242ccee95fd/thumbnail_1273000.jpg","/articles/6668051/Kaysville/Davis-County/Utah/Kaysville-council-approves-ordinance-to-reclassify-miniature-horses-in-city-code","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6668051-10817e2d66380436aa9581a80c6e1091/orig.mp4?Expires=1777696892&Signature=KOtT5Q9X8sqqxqlJuuH6D2Dl833vIzQLiFouE9dfbh9ckCdTBhC4DZKuzaS-ks4TgZEtT9dQbc5MupcDzMB0~FRDZKantJTKEP~FcfkGOxrBy6P10KKkpSSmhqts9dlLpSo0DEWod2iBBem-5GUDMUDNfcw6PcV4NKO4YqKEYBCawTHL5IjMrY1TzivtavUt~Y~CUgHOrhXXZYWrrSMm3pdgx9mcDKOKKElH1dglAwpe3ZN7-1DJv06VHZgbed8UPgS9qhMcG7ivZsw-R1TvwAwFayc8bGSyqLIaS-hkvuNipxMDgM1g5T5aJZ-~EjTsaLoOpvCCC1qRv0BwOS7cAA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","KAYSVILLE, Utah — The Kaysville City Council on Monday approved an ordinance to add definitions and size-based categories for farm animals in the city land-use code, a change that reclassifies miniature horses separately from full-size horses.

The measure, introduced by city staff after a resident application, creates four farm-animal categories (miniature, small, medium, large) and adds a separate definition for miniature horses using the American Miniature Horse Association standard, City Development Director explained during the meeting.

Council action followed a unanimous recommendation from the Kaysville Planning Commission, which held a public hearing on Jan. 9. The planning commission record showed three public commenters; after questions and clarifications, the commission recommended approval.

Development staff told the council the change is intended to distinguish animals that have different impacts on lot size, nuisance potential and infrastructure needs. Under the revised matrix presented to the council, minimum lot-size and square-footage requirements are tied to the new animal categories rather than the older, more granular table that repeated the same per-animal area across many lot-size rows.

Applicant Ben Wilson, who said he and his family keep four miniature horses and moved to Kaysville from Florida, told the council the reclassification was important so his family could keep the animals at home. \"We came here from Florida to be closer to family… after the fact found out that miniature horses counted as full size horses,\" Wilson said. He thanked city staff and the zoning commission for their work.

Council members asked practical questions about animal care and housing; Wilson said miniature horses are hardy and do well outdoors. Staff noted the ordinance retains a requirement that larger farm animals be limited to half-acre (RA) lots and explained that an odd square-foot number in the code (5,049.45) reflects progressive subdivisions of the half-acre standard and would remain consistent under the rewrite.

Following a motion and second, the council approved the ordinance amending Kaysville City Code 17-2-4-2 (farm animals) and 17-2 (definitions). Council member Jackson voiced approval during the roll call and the mayor announced the motion carried.

The ordinance will change how animal types such as llamas, miniature horses and full-size horses are regulated and is intended to reduce ambiguity in the existing code language. Staff said the planning commission and staff prepared the definitions and table to reduce repetitive rows and to make enforcement clearer.

The applicant and planning staff will be available to answer follow-up questions as the updated code language is published and becomes effective.","Council approved an ordinance creating new farm-animal size categories and recategorizing miniature horses, a change sought by a resident applicant; the planning commission had recommended approval unanimously.","actionData","errors"]

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