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Planning commission approves home-office permit for footing-and-foundation business with two work trucks
Summary
The Riverton City Planning Commission granted a conditional use permit allowing Strong Wall LLC owner Jeff Austin to operate a home office at 2659 West 11780 South and to store two work trucks behind a screened side-gate, subject to six conditions.
Riverton City Planning Commission members approved a conditional use permit on Aug. 14 for Strong Wall LLC to operate a home office at 2659 West 11780 South and to keep two business vehicles behind a fenced side gate.
The permit, PLC 20-5233, allows owner Jeff Austin to use part of his home for business activities related to footings and foundations, with no customers, deliveries or outside employees visiting the residence, and with two work trucks stored behind an existing screened gate. The commission approved the permit with conditions 1 through 6.
Staff planner Lisa told the commission the property is zoned R-4 like surrounding lots and that the home office portion is under 25% of the main floor. She said Mr. Austin keeps larger equipment and storage at a commercial yard in West Jordan and that the vehicles slated for storage at the home are regularly screened by the property’s fence and gate.
“I just do bidding and billing and stuff out of my house,” owner Jeff Austin said at the hearing. “There’ll be no employees there except for my boys that live with me. … I don't want the employees even know where I live, so they won't be there.”
Commissioners asked about fairness and code application when residents who are employees park company vehicles at home. Lisa explained the city triggers a conditional use permit when business vehicles are stored at a residence and called the vehicle-storage standard one way the city manages potential escalation from a small home occupation into a more intensive use.
No public commenters spoke for or against the permit at the meeting. Commissioner Matheson moved to approve PLC 20-5233 and Commissioner Clough seconded; the motion passed by voice vote.
The permit is subject to the stated conditions that the planning staff recorded at the hearing. The city’s code requires off-street parking and screening for business vehicles; the commission and staff said the approval will let the applicant renew a business license in the future without being flagged for vehicle-storage noncompliance.
The commission’s action applies to this applicant at this address; if ownership or tenancy changes, a new conditional use permit would be required.
