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Garden City adopts Ordinance 25-03 updating condominium rules
Summary
The Garden City Town Council on Oct. 9, 2025 approved Ordinance 25-03, amending Municipal Code Section 11E-524 to add procedural and design requirements for condominium subdivisions, including submission and recording of bylaws, a required life-safety inspection before final plat recordation, and standards for garages, storage and open space.
The Garden City Town Council approved Ordinance 25-03 on Oct. 9, 2025, amending the town's Condominium Ordinance (11E-524) to set new procedural and design standards for condominium developments in Garden City, Utah.
The ordinance requires developers to submit proposed bylaws and condominium declarations (CC&Rs) with preliminary plat applications and to provide documentation showing how open areas, recreational facilities and common areas will be controlled and maintained. Before a final plat can be signed by the mayor and recorded, the ordinance requires an approved life-safety inspection of the building shell, blueprints and open areas by the Garden City building official and the submission of final bylaws and condominium declarations approved by the council and recorded with the Rich County Recorder.
The amendment directs that all garages be designated on preliminary and final plats and on deeds as part of the associated condominium unit and explicitly prohibits selling garages separately from condominium units. It also requires adequate storage areas for residential condominiums for boats, campers and trailers and adequate interior storage space for each unit's residents.
The ordinance mandates that a maintenance building or room of adequate size and location be provided for storage of maintenance equipment and supplies serving common areas. It also requires the subdivider to dedicate usable open space shaped and located to be convenient to residents; building placement and common-area layout must maximize privacy and solar access. Developers must provide a plan ensuring the continued and perpetual maintenance of dedicated open space.
A general applicability clause requires condominium subdivisions to comply with other applicable town ordinances, rules and regulations and with other governmental entities having jurisdiction. The ordinance includes a severability provision stating that if any portion is held invalid, remaining provisions remain in force.
The ordinance document is dated and marked "Approved and adopted this 9th day of October 2025" and bears the signatures of Mike Leonhardt, Mayor, and Cathie Rasmussen, Town Clerk. The text includes voting lines listing councilmembers Argyle, Hansen, Parry and Menlove, but the document does not specify vote tallies, motions, or who moved or seconded the ordinance.
