12/08/2005 - Minutes (2) PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
WORK SESSION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2005
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in a Work Session on
Thursday, December 8, 2005, at 5 : 30 p.m. in Room 326, City Council
Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance : Council Members Eric Jergensen, Van Turner, Nancy
Saxton, Jill Remington Love, Dave Buhler and Dale Lambert.
Absent: Councilmember Carlton Christensen
Also in Attendance : Cindy Gust-Jenson, Council Executive Director;
Rocky Fluhart, Chief Administrative Officer; Sam Guevara, Mayor' s
Chief of Staff; Ed Rutan, City Attorney; Chief of Police Charles F.
"Rick" Dinse; Jerry Burton, Manager of Police Administrative Services
Unit; Larry Spendlove, Senior City Attorney; Lehua Weaver, Council
Constituent Liaison; Sylvia Jones, Council Research & Policy
Analyst/Constituent Liaison; Janice Jardine, Council Land Use Policy
Analyst; Russell Weeks, Council Policy Analyst; Laurie Donnell, Budget
Analyst; Rick Graham; Public Services Director; Tim Harpst, Director
of Transportation; Mary Guy-Sell, Mayor' s Intermodal Hub Consultant;
Gordon Hoskins, Chief Financial Officer; Dell Cook, Landscape &
Architect Project Manager; Cheri Coffey, Deputy Director/Zoning
Administration/Preservation and Urban Design/Housing & Zoning
Enforcement; LuAnn Clark, Housing and Neighborhood Development
Director; Louis Zunguze, Director of Community Development; Brent Wilde,
Deputy Director of Community Development; Alexander Ikefuna, Director
of Planning; Doug Wheelwright, Deputy Director of Planning; Everett
Joyce, Community Planning/Land Use and Transportation; Joel Paterson,
Senior Planner, Preservation & Urban Design; Orion Goff, Building
Official; Richard Johnston, Deputy City Engineer; Alison McFarlane,
Mayor' s Senior Advisor for Economic Development; D. J. Baxter, Mayor' s
Senior Advisor; and Chris Meeker, Chief Deputy City Recorder.
Council Chair Lambert presided at and conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 5 : 41 p.m.
#1 . 9 : 10 : 54 PM HOLD A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION REGARDING THE
PROPOSED ORDINANCE COMPATIBLE RESIDENTIAL INFILL ZONING REGULATION.
(PETITION NO. 400-05-25) See Attachments
Joel Patterson and Janice Jardine briefed the Council . A straw
poll was taken regarding passing the proposed ordinance without
changes . No Council Members were in favor.
A straw poll was taken regarding the ordinance being Citywide;
the majority of Council Members present were in favor of a Citywide
ordinance with certain process principles .
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A straw poll was taken regarding the height of 28 feet for a
pitched roof and 20 feet for a flat roof, Citywide with objective
criteria over and above, three members were in favor and three members
were not in favor.
A straw poll was taken regarding front yard setbacks of 23 feet
or meeting the average of the setbacks for the neighborhood, all
Council Members present were in favor. Councilmember Saxton asked
Council Staff to create a block face appeal process .
All Council Members present were in favor of a sketch plan
review.
All Council Members present were in favor of attached garages not
exceeding 500 of the homes front.
Councilmember Buhler asked about attached protruding garages
beyond the front face of the home. Mr. Paterson said many
neighborhoods had this type of structure. He said currently an
administrative determination could be made by the Planning Commission.
A straw poll was taken regarding removing the existing Planning
Commission process for attached protruding garages beyond the front
face of the home . Most Council Members present were in favor of
retaining the current process .
A straw poll was taken regarding the height for a roof of
detached garages and accessory structures, most Council Members
present were in favor of allowing 17 feet to the ridge of the roof and
12 feet for a flat roof and keeping the current processes as proposed.
Councilmember Love asked that Planning staff come back to the Council
in four months with a better criteria or process .
Mr. Paterson said he could prepare a visual and numbers regarding
wall height for a future meeting.
A straw poll was taken regarding changes to the maximum lot
coverage as proposed. All Council Members present were in favor of the
changes .
Mr. Paterson said the proposed ordinance defined demolition but
did not change any processes . He said the definition read, "Any act or
process that destroys or removes 75% or more of the exterior walls and
or total floor area of a structure improvement or object. " He said
this was in line with State law.
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#2 . 5 : 41 :21 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING REGARDING IMPACT
FEES AND THE 10-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS INVENTORY. See
Attachments
Rick Graham, Tim Harpst, Mary Guy-Sell, LuAnn Clark, Police Chief
Rick Dinse, Dell Cook and Jennifer Bruno briefed the Council with
attached handouts .
Councilmember Saxton asked Mr. Cook for an item by item break
down for park restrooms at a future briefing. Councilmember Lambert
asked for further explanation of the Justice Court expansion.
Councilmember Saxton requested funding for lighting be for new
lighting not existing maintenance .
Councilmember Lambert ask for a straw poll for the funding of
$3 . 6 million for the Pioneer Park reconstruction/renovation. The
majority of Council Members were in favor of putting $1 million of the
$3 . 6 million in trail development, $1 million in acquisition of open
space and $1 . 6 million in Parks .
#3 . 6 : 35 : 55 PM HOLD A DISCUSSION ON THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT
MASTER PLAN PROPOSED TIMEFRAME . See Attachments
Alex Ikefuna, Everett Joyce, Cheri Coffey and Louis Zunguze
briefed the Council with the attached handouts .
Councilmember Lambert requested that the housing component be
presented in the Master Plan. Councilmember Love requested that goals
in the Master Plan state that the City was environmentally sensitive .
She asked that an environmentalist be represented on the Master Plan
Advisory Committee . Councilmember Jergensen asked that mass transit
be a specific goal in the Master Plan.
#4 . 6:50 : 11 PM RECEIVE A BRIEFING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1435 SOUTH 1100 EAST
FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1-5000) TO RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS
(RB) . (PETITION NO. 400-05-36) . See Attachments
Joel Paterson and Councilmember Love briefed the Council with the
attached handouts .
#5 . REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING REVIEW OF
COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS .
6:52 :26 PM TAXI CAB FEE ORDINANCE DISCUSSION.
Russ Weeks and Larry Spendlove briefed the Council .
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The meeting adjourned at 11 : 51 p .m.
COUNCIL CHAIR
CHIEF DEPUTY RECORDER
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This document along with the digital recording constitutes the
official minutes for the City Council Work Session meeting held
December 8, 2005 .
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