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The revisions consolidate existing rules, update cross-references and add new procedures intended to ensure compliance with state statute and federal floodplain requirements. Staff said the first four chapters serve as the code\u000027s enabling language and clarify the relationship between the zoning code and the general plan and transportation master plan.

Commission staff presented the draft chapter-by-chapter and provided a model motion for each section. Planning staff said many pages contain only technical or minor edits but that some new material addresses residential facilities for persons with disabilities, eligible facility requests for wireless facilities, and a single consolidated chapter of definitions.

Commissioners moved through separate motions recommending adoption of the general provisions chapter, the subdivisions chapter, the zones-and-districts chapters, and the development and use standards and definitions. The commission also recommended repeal of the Foothills and Canyons Overlay (FCOS) and its replacement by a sensitive-lands chapter that applies standards where physical site conditions (steep slope, alluvial fans, liquefaction risk) warrant them rather than by map only.

Several community councils and staff briefs were cited during the meeting: Millcreek Community Council, Mount Olympus Community Council and Canyon Rim Citizens Association each provided written recommendations and were recorded in the staff report. Commissioners pressed staff on a small number of policy choices but otherwise voted to forward the revised code to the next step with the clarifications and study topics they requested.

Ending: The recommendations will be forwarded to the city council as the Planning Commission\u000027s formal advice. Staff will return redlines and proposed code language addressing the clarifications requested by the commission before the city council\u000027s final public hearing.
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Public comment: Andrew Brown, representative of Motorsports Land (4001 South State Street), told the commission his RV dealership invested in a 24,000-square-foot temporary/semi-permanent structure used for winter display and storage. He said the business\u000027s decision relied on the prior allowance of a six-month temporary structure; the proposed code would reduce that allowance to ten weeks and he asked for reconsideration or an alternative mechanism for seasonal commercial uses. Staff said the 10-week draft limit aims to avoid year-round temporary-structure use and noted cities often allow 30\u00002690 days for temporary structures; staff offered to explore a \"semi-permanent\" permit pathway with guardrails.

Impervious surfaces and vegetation: Staff flagged recurring cases in which property owners pave large parts of a front yard for parking, raising concerns about heat-island effects, drainage and neighborhood character. Commissioners asked for a balanced approach. Staff presented neighboring-city examples showing approaches that range from percentage-based limits on front-yard impervious area to minimum vegetation requirements; commissioners suggested a front-yard-focused standard (for example, a maximum impervious percentage combined with a minimum vegetation requirement) and asked staff to identify reasonable exceptions for small, narrow or flag lots and for arterials where safety considerations can justify different approaches.

Outdoor lighting: Staff proposed extending proposed lighting standards to residential additions and new residential construction (in addition to commercial projects already covered). The proposed residential language would require fixture shielding to reduce trespass and set limits on light color/temperature; Salt Lake City-style language prohibiting strobes, flashes and flickering was raised by commissioners and received support from several members who said such limits are reasonable and enforceable. Commissioners discussed enforcement practicality and generally supported applying standards to new construction and to projects that trigger permits; several commissioners also supported applying standards to existing residences, enforced reactively via complaint or when a building permit is sought.

Commission direction and vote: The commission moved and approved a motion that recommended staff consider options for semi-permanent commercial structures, prohibit non-stealth monopoles in sensitive or residential areas, develop minimum vegetation and maximum impervious-cover standards for front yards, and extend the proposed lighting standards to residential properties, including limits on strobe and flashing lights.

Ending: Staff will draft specific code language and examples, including proposed thresholds, exemption language for small lots and arterials, and an administrative path for semi-permanent seasonal commercial structures; the commission asked that staff return with redlines within the next several weeks.
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Staff member Robert May led the discussion, presenting images of existing local projects and explaining that a uniform 20-foot stepback applied between the second and third floors may reduce buildable area and make small, irregularly shaped city-center lots infeasible for development. Staff proposed a menu of alternatives: stepbacks tied to street types, building type or length, or reductions in exchange for performance standards such as affordable housing, design features, or publicly accessible amenity space.

Commissioners debated tradeoffs. Some said stepbacks are useful to reduce apparent bulk and preserve a comfortable street feel; others said stepbacks can unnecessarily preclude feasible development on small lots in the city center and that design standards or articulation could achieve the same goals. Several commissioners asked staff to build guardrails so flexibility would not result in unmodulated sheer walls.

The commission also considered whether R4 (medium-density residential) and C1 (neighborhood commercial) should remain legacy zones (meaning no new rezonings into those categories) or be retained as active zones with updated design standards. After discussion and a straw poll, the commission agreed to retain C1 and R4 as active zones and directed staff to bring refined design standards to make those zones usable as buffer-scale options between single-family and higher-density areas.

Ending: Staff will prepare stepback alternatives, tied to building type, street type and performance tradeoffs, and return to the commission with proposed code text and redlines.
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Millcreek planning commission recommends broad rewrite of zoning and subdivision code

Commission directs staff to draft rules on front-yard paving, residential lighting and semi-permanent commercial structures

Commission asks staff to propose flexible City Center stepback options; retains R4 and C1 zones