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The Sandy City Public Works Department has filed a request to amend Title 15A, Chapter 25, Landscaping Standards, Land Development Code, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008.
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Presenter:
Mike Wilcox & Ryan Kump
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Description/Background:
The purpose of the Code Amendment is to make changes in our code that will clarify the City and Citizen responsibilities concerning the maintenance of street trees.
Staff recommended to Planning Commission that the proposed code amendment be approved. On December 7, 2017, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended to the City Council to adopt the proposed ordinance amendment. See attached staff report and meeting minutes for more details.
During the City Council meeting and public hearing held on January 23, 2018, Councilman McCandless motioned to table this item to a future meeting to consider some additional text amendments to this section of the code. Staff has reviewed that request of Mr. McCandless and has attached two new exhibits reflecting some further minor changes to the code. Exhibit “C” shows the clean version of the final proposed text. The redlined version of the proposed changes to the original text is shown in Exhibit “D”.
The following is a summary of the additional changes:
15A-25-03(C)(10) - clarifies that this only affects public access sidewalks
15A-25-03(D)(4) - adds to the City’s responsibility to replace diseased or dying trees as determined appropriate by the Urban Forrester
15A-25-03(E) - adds a reference to definition of Hazard Tree as found in section 37, Definitions
15A-25-03(F) - capitalization of Person to reference that this is a defined term as found in section 37, Definitions
15A-25-03(J) - changes survey requirement from 2” caliper to 3” caliper
Fiscal Impact:
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Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
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That the City Council adopt the proposed ordinance #18-02, which is an amendment to the Land Development Code and shown in Exhibit "C", for the following reasons
1. Compliance with the Purpose of the Land Development Code by helping facilitate adequate provisions for other public requirements (specifically street trees in parkstrips) within the City.
2. Compliance with the Goals and Policies of the General Plan by establishing appropriate development standards for all uses and zoning categories within Sandy City.