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Residential Multi-Family (RM) Setbacks, Amend Title 15A, Chapter 20, Residential Development Standards, Land Use Development Code, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008
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Presenter
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Brian McCuistion
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Description/Background:
The Sandy City Community Development has filed a request to amend Title 15A, Chapter 20, Residential Development Standards, Land Use Development Code, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008. The purpose of the code amendment is to reintroduce language in the code that would regulate the side yard setbacks for new residential projects, over one acre in size, within any RM Zoning District.
It has recently come to our attention that a portion of the RM development stadards, more particularly, one of the provisions regulating what the side yard setback is, was left out of the Land Development Code when the 2008 Code was adopted.
There are three different scenarios to consider when regulating the side yard setbacks for new projects within the RM (Residential Multi-Family) Zoning District. One is based on the property being under one acre in size and abutting a single family residential district. The second is based on the property being under one acre in size and not abutting a single family residential district. The third (and the one that has been missing) is based on the property being over one acre, but the setback can be evaluated and determined by the Community Development Director, with minimums already established. Staff is recommending that the third option be put back into the Code.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
The Community Development Department requests that the City Council adopt the proposed ordinance amendment as shown in exhibit "A", as found in the staff report.