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Council unanimously adopts ordinance to remove materials-processing overlay, keep business licensing
Summary
Springville City Council approved Ordinance 24-2026 to remove a narrowly applied materials-processing overlay from the land-use code while amending business-licensing rules to preserve local oversight after state preemption, councilors said during the hearing.
Springville City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 24-2026, a combined land-use and business-licensing change that removes the city's materials-processing overlay from Title 11 while updating Title 7 licensing to retain regulatory controls. A council member moved to approve the ordinance; after a second, the chair called a roll call and recorded unanimous support.
Staff member Carla told the council the overlay was created in 2019 to allow a specific parcel to continue existing materials-processing activity under strict limits and that applications to extend the overlay to other parcels had been denied previously. "We're actually addressing not only the land use of the overlay in Title 11, but the business regulations that were put in Title 7 under business licensing to go along with that overlay," Carla said. She explained the staff combined the code cleanup and licensing amendments into a single ordinance because state law changes made parts of the overlay ineffective.
Carla said 2025 state legislation effectively preempted municipal limits on certain materials-processing activities by removing nonconforming-use restrictions. "The legislation at 2025 basically preempted it," she told the council, adding that removing the overlay prevents the city from inadvertently enabling further local expansion while retaining licensing-based controls. The staff recommended ordinance text therefore removes the overlay but keeps business-licensing requirements that allow the city to regulate how materials-processing businesses operate.
A council member moved approval of "Ordinance number 24 dash 2026 amending Springville City code Title 11 Chapter 5, Article 7 materials processing and storage overlay, and to amend Title 7 Chapter 9 materials processing and storage businesses." After a roll-call vote in which members identified in the record as Mike, Jake, Logan, Mindy and Karen responded "Yes," the chair declared the ordinance adopted. The council thanked staff for the work and closed the item.
