Garden City adopts Ordinance 25-13 to amend C1 commercial zone

Garden City adopted Ordinance No. 25-13 on Oct. 9, 2025, amending the town's C1 commercial zone to update the list of permitted uses in Ordinance 11C-1502, the document states.

The ordinance revises Section 11C-1502 (C1 Zone) to explicitly list permitted uses including stores, shops and offices supplying commodities or performing services (such as banks and business offices), hair salons and barbers, medical and dental offices, art galleries, accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to those uses, entertainment venues (bowling alleys, dance halls, roller-skating rinks, theatres, arcades, pool halls and miniature golf courses), hotels and motels, restaurants and fast-food establishments, and department stores.

The ordinance also allows a single-family residence, multi-family dwelling and/or employee housing as long as the residential construction is integrated into the commercial structure, comprises 50% or less of the total square footage, and is located either above or behind the commercial space.

Ordinance 25-13 includes a severability clause stating that if any provision is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision is severable and does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

The document bears the approval line "APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of October 2025" and is signed by Mike Leonhardt, Mayor, and Cathie Rasmussen, Town Clerk. The printed voting form appears in the record but the vote tally and names of members voting "aye" or "nay" are not specified in the text provided.

The ordinance amends the town's municipal code language for the C1 zone (11C-1502). The text as provided does not include an explicit effective date beyond the adoption date, nor does it list implementing regulations, permit changes, or council motion details; those items are recorded as not specified in the document.