Agenda Item Title:
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Amendments to Title 21 of the Land Development Code related to Improvement Completion Assurances for Public Sidewalks
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Presenter:
Melissa Anderson, Zoning Administrator
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Description/Background:
The proposed Code Amendments would amend Title 21, Land Development Code, Chapter 2, General Provisions, Section 16, Improvement Completion Assurance (Guarantee). During the 2024 Utah Legislative Session, House Bill 476 was passed, which enacted language that modify a provision relating to completion assurance bonds for public sidewalks (UCA 10-9a-802, Enforcement). The new legislation restricts cities from redeeming an improvement completion assurance that secures the installation of a public sidewalk any sooner than 18 months after the date it is posted. The proposed code amendment will bring the City’s land use code under Sec. 21-2-16 into compliance with these new state law provisions.
On May 16, 2024, the Planning Commission recommended the City Council adopt the proposed amendments to Title 21, of the Land Development Code, relating to Improvement Completion Assurances for Public Sidewalks as shown in Exhibit “A” (red-lined version) and Exhibit “B” (clean version).
This item was discussed at the City Council work session on June 11, 2024.
Please see the attached staff report and exhibits for the full details of this item.
Fiscal Impact:
None
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
The Planning Commission gave a positive recommendation to the City Council to adopt Ordinance 24-10 and amend Title 21, of the Sandy Municipal Code, related to Improvement Completion Assurances for Public Sidewalks as shown in Exhibit “A”, based on the following findings:
Findings:
1. The City Council may amend land use ordinances consistent with the purposes of the Sandy Land Development Code, the Sandy City General Plan, and the Utah Code, Municipal Land Use, Development, and Management Act per...
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