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County staff proposes setback reductions in Ogden Canyon, restores lodging uses near Powder Mountain
Summary
Planning staff recommended reducing setbacks in Ogden Canyon to allow remodels on small lots, add transient-lodging uses left out during a prior zone consolidation at Powder Mountain, and permit a 30-foot accessory-building height in one zone.
Planning staff on Thursday briefed commissioners on a zoning “cleanup” package that would reduce lot setbacks in Ogden Canyon and reintroduce lodging-related uses that were inadvertently omitted when zones were consolidated near Powder Mountain.
"So we're suggesting to, reduce the front setback to 15 feet and the side setbacks to 10 feet, both sides," Planning staff said, explaining the change is intended to give owners of smaller, older lots flexibility to remodel and reinvest. Staff emphasized a 20-foot driveway depth would still be required and that the 50-foot highway setback remains for lots fronting major roads.
The proposal would also add transient lodging uses — including recreation lodges, short-term rentals and hotel/motel units — back into R3-family zones in the Powder Mountain area when within 1,000 feet of a resort area, staff said. Separately, staff noted a request to allow accessory buildings up to about 30 feet in one zone (an increase of roughly 5 feet from the existing 25-foot limit) as a local cleanup tied to the same code amendments.
Commissioners signaled general support for the changes, describing them as modest, area-appropriate fixes that would allow rehabilitation of small homes without broad policy shifts. Staff said the items will be placed on the commission agenda for formal consideration once the draft ordinance and development-agreement language are finalized.
