Kanarraville planning and zoning to codify ordinances; staff will route business-license applications through review

KANARRAVILLE, Utah — At its April 3, 2025 meeting, the Kanarraville Planning and Zoning Commission heard that town staff are finishing a codification of the town's ordinances and plan to require both planning-and-zoning review and town board approval for business license applications, including home-based businesses.

Planning and Zoning staff member said, “So, David and I are working on, codifying our ordinances. It's a big word.” The staff member said the draft will separate the home-business application from a commercial business license so applications for a restaurant or other Main Street businesses would follow a different review path than home-based enterprises.

The change matters because commission members said routing licenses through planning and the town board would give the commission oversight of local land-use and business activity. "I would think it would be appropriate to have him come through us first. I mean, we are, you know, we are supposedly planning what's going on in our town," a Planning and Zoning commissioner said, urging review by the commission before town-board action.

Staff described how the current ordinances list allowed uses and conditional uses in certain zones and said the draft aims to make clear whether a proposed activity is allowed outright or subject to a conditional-use permit. "The only thing that's working with conditional uses is we don't have a way to enforce it. There's no way to review it and enforce it," the staff member said, noting the commission lacks a local code-enforcement mechanism.

Commissioners and staff discussed practical next steps: staff will bring the draft ordinance language back at the next meeting for commissioners to review provisions for allowed uses, conditional uses and any proposed removal of conditional-use options in some zones. Staff said the commission may decide whether to keep conditional uses in certain zones or to make uses simply allowed or not allowed across the board.

The commission also touched briefly on a commercial property that staff said would be put on the market (referred to in discussion as the "Rugaskys" property), with staff noting the timing as a reason to finish the codification now so prospective buyers would see the rules online.

Votes at a glance - Approval of minutes, Feb. 6, 2025, Planning and Zoning meeting — motion to approve recorded; mover/second and recorded vote tally not specified in the transcript; outcome: approved. - Motion to adjourn — motion recorded; mover/second and recorded vote tally not specified in the transcript; outcome: approved.

Next steps Staff told the commission it will present the ordinance draft at the next meeting so commissioners can review commercial and home-business provisions before the codified ordinances are finalized and posted online.