Agenda Item Title:
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Residential Short Term Rentals (STRs) - Amend Title 15A, Chapter 11, Special Uses, Chapters 7, 8, 9, & 10, Permitted Land Use Matrices for Residential, Commercial, Office, Industrial, Mixed Use, Transit Corridor, Research and Development, Institutional Care, and Open Space Districts, & Chapter 37, Definitions, Land Development Code, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008
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Presenter:
Mike Wilcox
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Description/Background:
The Community Development Department, per the direction of the City Council and Mayor, has filed a request to amend Title 15A, Chapter 11, Special Uses, Chapters 7, 8, 9, & 10, Permitted Land Use Matrices for Residential, Commercial, Office, Industrial, Mixed Use, Transit Corridor, Research and Development, Institutional Care, and Open Space Districts, & Chapter 37, Definitions, Land Development Code, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008. The purpose of the Code Amendment is to make changes to our Development Code to allow for and regulate short-term rentals (STRs) in Sandy.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
The Community Development Department requests that the Planning Commission forward a positive recommendation to the City Council to adopt the proposed ordinance amendments as shown in Exhibit “A”, attached, for the following reasons:
1. Compliance with the Purpose of the Land Development Code by facilitating the orderly growth and development of Sandy 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.