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Small business owner asks North Ogden council to sponsor zoning text amendment to allow 'light manufacturing'

5070868 · June 25, 2025
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Summary

A business owner seeking to move to a warehouse behind Brilliant Lighting asked the council to sponsor a zoning text amendment to allow limited on-site assembly and prototyping described as "light manufacturing." Staff agreed to draft a definition and return to council.

A North Ogden resident and small-business owner asked the City Council on June 24 to help clear a path for his company to operate a small-scale manufacturing and final-assembly business in a warehouse near Brilliant Lighting.

Mike Schoblom, who said he and a business partner operate a two-person company that sells aftermarket accessories for Humvees and who used local shops for laser cutting and machining, told the council he applied for a business license that was denied because the city's zoning ordinance does not explicitly permit manufacturing in that zone.

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