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Alcohol and Tobacco Specialty Store Update - Amend Title 15A, Chapter 8, Permitted Land Use Matrix by the Commercial, Office, Industrial, Mixed Use, Transit Corridor, and Research and Development Districts, & Chapter 37, Definitions, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008
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Presenter:
Mike Wilcox
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Description/Background:
The Sandy City Community Development Department has filed a request to amend Title 15A, Chapter 8, Permitted Land Use Matrix by the Commercial, Office, Industrial, Mixed Use, Transit Corridor, and Research and Development Districts, and Chapter 37, Definitions, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008. The purpose of the Code Amendment is to amend the existing regulations and definition to match the new Utah Code standards for a Retail Tobacco Specialty Store.
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.
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 #18-22, 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, consistent and equitable regulations, and standards under which Alcohol and Tobacco Specialty Stores will be evaluated 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.