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Commission endorses code changes to land-use notices, adds Camp Williams review requirement
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended that City Council adopt code updates to create Class A/B public notices, add a 5,000-foot Camp Williams notice with a 90-day review, and remove the public-hearing requirement for conditional use permits, forwarding ordinance 2024-18 to council for Sept. 11 review.
The Bluffdale Planning Commission on Aug. 21 voted unanimously to forward proposed code amendments to the City Council that implement state changes to public-notice procedures and revise hearing requirements for conditional use permits. City planner Caitlin Tubbs told the commission the amendments respond to Senate Bill 43 and House Bill 256, which create two classes of notice and require notice to military installations when a land-use application falls within 5,000 feet of a military boundary.
Tubbs explained that Class A notices would require posting on the Utah public notice website, the city’s official site and a public location (City Hall); Class B notices would add mailed notices to affected entities and a geographic mailing (the city’s 1,000-foot notification). She said staff proposes removing the routine public-hearing requirement for conditional use permits to align with recent practice removing hearings from other administrative items, though the city can still opt to hold hearings in specific cases.
Regarding military notification, Tubbs said the city has Camp Williams within its boundary and that state law requires sending notices to the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs with a 90-day review before the city can act; the department returned its most recent review in 18 days, she noted.
A commissioner raised a clerical question about application and ordinance numbering; staff clarified the application is 2024-29 and the ordinance would be labeled 2024-18. A motion to forward a positive recommendation of ordinance 2024-18 passed unanimously on a roll-call vote. The City Council will consider the ordinance on Sept. 11.
What’s next: The City Council will review the proposed code changes on Sept. 11; if approved, the city will adopt the Class A/B notice structure, add Camp Williams notification procedures to its noticing table, and (by the proposed language) remove the standard public-hearing requirement for CUPs, while retaining discretion to hold hearings when appropriate.
