Council adopts ordinance allowing limited exceptions to base floor elevation and alternative drainage for commercial buildings

SPRINGVILLE — The Springville City Council voted to adopt Ordinance No. 02-2025, amending Springville City Code 10-1-105 to allow an exception to the requirement that the base floor elevation be no lower than the top back of curb and to permit an alternative drainage approach for commercial buildings.

The motion to approve Ordinance No. 02-2025 was made during the council meeting; a council member moved aloud, “I’ll make a motion to approve ordinance number 02-2025, amending Springville City code 10-1-105 to allow an exception to the requirement that the base floor elevation be no lower than top back of curb and to allow an alternative to the drainage requirements for commercial buildings.” A second followed and the council proceeded to a roll-call vote.

City staff explained that the ordinance text was reformatted before the vote and that Section 2 was restored into the packet so the ordinance would include all required sections. A staff member said, “If you look in your packet, it goes from section 1 to section 3. So we brought section 2 back in. That's already part of the ordinance. But we're supposed to have all the sections in when we approve an ordinance according to state law and the way that we do our ordinances.” The staff member also described minor wording changes intended to clarify that multiple criteria must be met, saying they inserted a conjunction and restructured paragraph numbering.

During the roll call the recorded responses in the transcript were: “Craig — yes,” “Mike — yes,” “Mindy — yes,” and the mayor pro tem voted yes. After those recorded votes the chair concluded the roll call. The motion was recorded as adopted.

The ordinance text amends local code provisions governing base floor elevation relative to curb height and offers an alternate method for meeting drainage requirements on commercial properties; the meeting transcript does not record additional technical specifics of the alternative drainage standard, any amendment language beyond the formatting and conjunctive edits staff described, or an effective date.

No further information about appeals, implementation steps, or required follow-up reports was stated on the record. The meeting record shows staff apologizing for the late-formatting and noting that the change was to ensure the ordinance complied with the city’s normal ordinance structure.

Votes at a glance

- Ordinance No. 02-2025 (amend Springville City Code 10-1-105): motion moved and seconded; recorded votes in the transcript: Craig — yes; Mike — yes; Mindy — yes; Mayor Pro Tem (Millsap) — yes; outcome: adopted. The transcript does not record votes for other council members or a formal tally beyond the recorded names.

Next steps cited on the record were limited to routine ordinance processing; no staff report with implementation timeline or departmental assignments was provided during the recorded discussion.