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Implementing Appendix D of the International Fire Code and Other Miscellaneous Text Amendments
Amend Title 15A, Chapter 21, Subdivision Design Standards; Chapter 15, Sensitive Area Overlay Zone; Chapter 20, Residential Development Standards; Chapter 24, Parking, Access and Circulation Requirements; and Chapter 37, Definitions, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008
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Presenter:
Mike Wilcox
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Description/Background:
On behalf of the City, the Community Development Department is proposing to amend Title 15A, Chapter 21, Subdivision Design Standards; Chapter 15, Sensitive Area Overlay Zone; Chapter 20, Residential Development Standards; Chapter 24, Commercial and Industrial Development Standards; and Chapter 37, Definitions, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008. The purpose of the Code Amendment is to align our regulations with those of the recently adopted Fire Code Appendices. This proposed amendment also includes some minor text amendments to these sections of code that are unrelated to the Fire Code. These other proposed text amendments are related to other items in the Chapters being amended to align with the Fire Code. Staff is requesting these amendments be adopted at the same time.
Staff recommended to the Planning Commission on October 3, 2019, that the proposed amendments be approved. The Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation to the City Council. A full report on this matter is attached hereto.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
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That the City Council adopt the proposed ordinance #19-23, which are amendments 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 creating consistency and equitable standards in Sandy City.
2. Compliance with the Goals and Policies of the General Plan by establishing appropriate developmen...
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