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Planning Commission recommends allowing 'light manufacturing' in Southtown with safeguards for retail sales
Summary
The commission recommended city council approve a zoning text amendment to add a 'light manufacturing' use in the Commercial South Town zone, clarifying the definition to include small power tools and to require on‑site or online direct retail sales.
The North Ogden City Planning Commission on July 16 recommended that the City Council approve an amendment to Title 11 to add a defined "light manufacturing" use as a permitted use in the Commercial South Town zone, with added safeguards to limit impacts and encourage sales‑tax activity.
Planning Director Scott Hess presented the legislative item after city council requested staff review of a business license denial for a business proposing 3‑D printing and small‑scale assembly in a commercial space. Hess summarized why the current code did not clearly permit the proposed activity in commercial zones and proposed draft language: "Light manufacturing…
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