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Town council delivers ordinance updates, fire restrictions, and community-center progress
Summary
A Bluff town council member updated the Planning & Zoning Committee on several municipal items including proposed ordinances (animals, noise, idling), retrofit lighting at the community center, a move to burn stage 2 restrictions, the dissolved cultural center agreement, and other local projects and events.
Bluff town council member Luanne told the Planning & Zoning Committee Thursday that council work on several ordinances is underway and that a range of town projects are moving forward.
"We had a work session and a couple of meetings. Our next work session, we are going to be addressing quite a few ordinances, including the animal ordinance, the noise, the idling," Luanne said, adding that the town will not attempt to regulate loose livestock because "the state of Utah is a fence out state." The council member said the town will still review other proposed ordinances at the upcoming work session.
Luanne said retrofit lighting work at the community center is proceeding after bids were received, and that two conventions — the Utah League of Cities and Towns conference in October and the Utah Bicycle Summit on Aug. 14 — were upcoming events relevant to planning and transportation topics. She said the Bicycle Summit’s active-transportation focus aligns with a federally funded Transportation Alternatives application Bluff is preparing for an old-highway paving/walkway project.
On public-safety and utilities matters, Luanne said the town has moved to burn stage 2, which restricts open burning and campfires because of dry conditions. She also told commissioners the town completed dissolution of the prior cultural center agreement and now has clear ownership of the old school property; the town plans to continue working with UnCommon Architects and is awaiting resolution of an EPA grant that is in court. Luanne said modular units that had been associated with the site will remain in place.
She also reported a recent drop in water pressure tied to sensor issues at Bluff Water Works that have been repaired, and reminded the committee the Capital Improvement Board (CID) list is due in October. On park improvements, Luanne said bids for a pickleball court and new playground equipment are in hand and there is local interest in supporting construction.
Luanne closed by noting a request to use the residential-zoned community center for an after-hours dance had been handled by enforcing the existing 10:00 p.m. cutoff, and that organizers later canceled the event.
The council member’s update included invitations and notices about a Citizens Academy program run by the Utah Highway Patrol and a county quiet-title matter on Sixth West Alley that the county previously conveyed. She asked commissioners whether they had questions and encouraged them to follow up on items that might affect Planning & Zoning work.
Less-critical items mentioned for future coordination included the town’s list of potential road paving and capital projects, and continued work on the old-school redevelopment and park improvements.
