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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 and Dustin Fratto
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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.
Staff recommended to Planning Commission that the proposed code amendment be approved. On July 19, 2018, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended to the City Council to adopt the proposed ordinance amendment with the following changes:
- Amend section C(3)(A&B) to not be so restrictive and section C(3)(B)(1-3) to use "or" statements
- Add a section to have a waiting list
See attached staff report and meeting minutes for more details.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
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That the City Council adopt the proposed ordinance #18-21, which is an amendment to the Land Development Code and shown in Exhibit “A", for the following reasons:
1. Compliance with the Purpose of the Land Development Code by facilitating the orderly growth and development of Sandy City by establishing a system of fair, comprehensive,...
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