SALT LAKE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
451 South State Street, Room 126
Present from the Planning Commission were Chairperson Kimball Young, Max Smith, Aria Funk, Diana Kirk, Judi Short, Jim McRea, Andrea Barrows, Gilbert lker, Fred Fife and Carlton Christensen.
Present from the Planning Staff were Planning Director William T. Wright, Brent Wilde, Margaret Pahl, Doug Dansie and Doug Wheelwright.
A roll is being kept of all who attended the Planning Commission meeting. The meeting was called to order at 5:00p.m. by Mr. Young. Minutes are presented in agenda order, not necessarily as cases were heard by the Planning Commission. Tapes of the meeting will be retained in the Planning Office for a period of one year, after which, they will be erased.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. lker moved to approve the minutes of Thursday, March 6, 1997 as presented. Ms. Kirk seconded the motion. Mr. Christensen, Ms. Funk, Ms. Barrows, Ms. Short, Ms. Kirk, Mr. Fife, Mr. lker and Mr. Smith voted "Aye". Mr. McRea was not present. Mr. Young, as Chair, did not vote. The motion passed.
PETITIONS
PUBLIC HEARING - Capital Redevelopment Partnership requesting approval for condominium conversion of 17 units at the Sampson-Altadena Apartments. located at 300 East 300 South in a Residential "RMU" zoning district.
Ms. Margaret Pahl presented the staff report outlining the major issues of the case, the findings of fact and the staff recommendation, a copy of which is filed with the minutes.
Ms. Short asked if the condominiums could be listed on a historic register on a unit per unit basis or does it need to be the entire building.
Mr. Wright stated that the entire building would have to be placed on a historic register. To be placed on the national register, all of the property owners would need to be in agreement. The local register does not require the consent of all property owners for the building to be placed on the register. However, Salt Lake City has requested the consent of the property owners before placing a building on the register. Ms. Pahl also commented that the individual condominium ownership will provide long term preservation of the building.
Mr. Keith Mead, representing Capital Redevelopment Partnership, was present for this portion of the Planning Commission meeting and stated that they were in agreement with the staff recommendations.
Mr. Young opened the hearing to the public and asked if anyone wished to address the Planning Commission. Upon receiving no response, he closed the hearing to the public and opened it for Planning Commission discussion.
Motion on Sampson-Altadena Condominium Conversion:
Mr. lker moved to approve the Sampson-Altadena Condominium Conversion application, based on the findings of fact and subject to the conditions listed in the staff report. Mr. Smith seconded the motion. Mr. Christensen, Ms. Funk, Ms. Barrows, Ms. Short, Ms. Kirk, Mr. Fife, Mr. lker, Mr. McRea and Mr. Smith voted "Aye". Mr. Young, as Chair, did not vote. The motion passed.
PUBLIC HEARING - Petition No. 400-96-83 by City Councilmember Stuart Reid reQuesting an amendment to the Northwest Community Master Plan and the Zoning
Map. The request is to amend the master plan to a low density residential land use
classification for all of the properties on the east side of 800 West Street from 562 North
to 626 North and for the property at 569 North Grant Street. The request includes rezoning the properties at 610 North 800 West. 612 North 800 West. 620 North 800 West and 626 North 800 West from a Residential "RMF-30" to a Residential "R-1n,OOO" zoning district and rezoning the properties at 562 North 800 West. 570 North 800 West and 569 North Grant Street from Residentiai"RMF-30" to a Residential "SR-1" zoning district, to be consistent with the proposed master plan amendment.
This item was postponed until a future Planning Commission meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING- Petition No. 400-96-45 by the Salt Lake City Planning Commission to initiate a change in zoning for a portion of the Highland Acres Subdivision. Located generally between 2700 South and Atkin Avenue (2830 South) from 2000 East to Melbourne Avenue (1820 East) from a Residentiai"R-1,OOO" to a Residentiai"R-1/12.000" zoning district. Mr. Everett Joyce presented the staff report outlining the major issues of the case, the findings of fact and the staff recommendation, a copy of which is filed with the minutes.
Mr. Joyce then explained the differences between a Residential "R-1/7,000" from a Residentiai"R-1/12,000" zoning district in relation to any future requests for flag lots.
Mr. Brent Wilde explained that the existing zoning, Residential "R-1/7,000", would permit a flag lot to be constructed in a majority of the rear yards. The proposal to change the zoning to a Residentiai"R-1/12,000" would eliminate the possibility of flag lots to most of these rear yards unless parcels were to be combined.
Mr. Young opened the hearing to the public and asked if anyone wished to address the Planning Commission.
Ms. Betty Owens, a property owner in the proposed rezoning area, spoke against the proposal. She feels that the land will become deadlocked and she does not want to pay taxes on property that cannot be used. Ms. Owens also stated that it is very difficult to maintain the lot.
Mr. Calvin Briggs, a resident in the proposed rezoning area, spoke against the proposal. He feels that it will create weeds and it will be difficult to maintain the lot. He also stated that he is against anything except single family homes if a flag lot were to be approved.
Mr. Joyce stated that the zoning allows for single family use only.
Ms. Ruby Briggs, a resident in the proposed rezoning area, also spoke against the proposal. She feels that the property will be difficult to maintain.
Mr. Dick Hadfield, a resident in the proposed rezoning area, spoke in favor of the rezoning. He feels that flag lots will create problems that could not be policed due to the fact that they are "hidden" from the street.
Mr. Nathan Massie, a resident in the proposed rezoning area, spoke in favor of the rezoning. He feels the land will be very valuable at some point and would not like to have flag lots in the neighborhood.
Mr. Young noted that this rezoning proposal has been presented to the Sugar House Community Council and they voted in favor of the rezoning. Upon receiving no further requests to address the Planning Commission, Mr. Young closed the hearing to the public and opened it for Planning Commission discussion.
Mr. Smith stated that he believes that the flag lot concept would be destructive to the unique nature in this neighborhood. Mr. Young agreed with the Mr. Smith and stated that this is a neighborhood that needs to be preserved.
Motion on Petition No. 400-96-45:
Mr. Smith moved to approve Petition No. 400-96-45, based on the findings of fact and subject to the conditions listed in the staff report. Mr. McRea seconded the motion. Mr. Christensen, Ms. Funk, Ms. Barrows, Ms. Short, Ms. Kirk, Mr. Fife, Mr. lker, Mr. McRea and Mr. Smith voted "Aye". Mr. Young, as Chair, did not vote. The motion passed.
PLANNING ISSUES
Briefing on the Major Investment Study for the Airport/University Transportation Corridor by the Wasatch Front Regional Council.
Mr. Doug Hattery, representing Wasatch Front Regional Council, mentioned that a draft of the environmental impact statement has been completed and they hope to have a public hearing sometime in June. He stated that the Wasatch Front Regional Council has done long range transportation plans and transit analysis' over the past couple of years and have identified several corridors for major transit investments. The Major Investment Study identifies the best way to serve those corridors.
Mr. Ralph Jackson, representing Deleuw, Cather & Co., is the consultant for the study. He stated that the draft of the final report has been delivered to the Steering Comn1ittee, and is now being reviewed by various agencies for their comments. Then, the plan is advertised in the Federal Register, announcing a 45 day comment period culminating in a public hearing. The information from the public hearing is documented and studied. Mr. Jackson stated that the committee has looked at a series of alignments for the high occupancy vehicle/buses and the light rail system. He stated that their main objective was to look for a transportation system that provides effective and efficient east/west corridor distribution and minimizes bus congestion in the downtown area.
Mr. Jackson used briefing boards and an overhead projector as he explained to the Planning Commission the different alternatives, outlining the major issues, costs and ridership of each alternative. He stated as more riders are carried on the bus the cost is cheaper per rider, but not as quickly as it would for the light rail. When the north/south and east/west light rail lines are added, it becomes closer to a break even situation. Therefore, Salt Lake City will be better off choosing the long range plan of using the light rail line rather than the bus line.
Update on the Arcadia Heights/"H" Rock Small Area Plan and discussion of the subcommittee composition and schedule.
Mr. Doug Wheelwright presented a hand-out outlining issues raised by the Arcadia Heights Comrr1unity Council and comments from "Issues Only" hearings, a copy of which is filed with the minutes. Mr. Wright stated that the process now calls for a steering committee to be formed to review the issues. The individuals and representatives need to bring a balanced input to the process. A brief discussion followed on the total number of members and who should be represented on the steering committee. It was decided that there would be the following representatives:
2 from Arcadia Heights/Benchmark Community Council
2 from "H" Rock Community Council
1 from Indian Hills Community Council
1 from Sunset Oaks Community Council
1 from Southeast Community Council
1 'from St. Mary's Community Council
1 from the Carrigan Cove Homeowners Association
1 from Salt Lake City Public Utilities
1 from Salt Lake City Transportation Division
1 from the Romney Family
1 from the Schaar Family properties and other properties north of 21 00
South and west of Lakeline Drive
2 from the Planning Commission
1 from the Salt Lake City Planning Division
Mr. Wright stated that he will be the representative from the Planning Division. Ms. Barrows and Mr. Christensen volunteered to represent the Planning Commission. (Note: Mr. Christensen has applied to be on the City Council. If he is appointed, another Planning Commission member will take his place on the steering committee.)
OTHER BUSINESS
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:15p.m.