By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Two of three projects on which public hearings were
held by the planning commission in Nephi, were tabled for
action by the city council.
"The planning commission recommended two of the
projects for your consideration and voted to approve them
during the planning commission meeting," said Randy
McKnight, city administrator.
However, since that time, the recommendation had
changed to allow just one of the projects to proceed and to
table the others and reschedule them after problems in
advertising had been corrected.
That project, to change the zone from R-1-8 to R-3, on
property owned by Chris Wall on the west side of 100 West
between 800 North and 900 North, will move forward in that
council members approved the city attorney preparing an
ordinance implementing the change.
"At its next regular meeting," said McKnight, "the
council can enact the ordinance, to be made effective when
the subdivision plat is recorded and building permits are to
be issued."
The Larry Wright project was mis-advertised as being
one by Chris Wall and so that correction needs to be made
before the project moves forward.
"The planning commission, in their action, approved
the zone change following the public hearing," said
McKnight.
Since that time, he said, the commission thought the
project should have been properly identified in the
advertisement so that those who wanted to comment would have
been able to identify the right project.
"In addition," said McKnight, "when some folks came to
city hall the map was not yet available."
The problems will be taken care of by re-advertising
the project and by holding another public hearing, said
McKnight.
The next snafu came when it was reported that one
letter notifying nearby property owners of the hearing
concerning changing the zone from Combined Use to
single-family residential on property located south of 1300
south bordered by the freeway on the east, had not been sent
to the person reporting.
"That individual was at the hearing," said
McKnight.
However, in the interest of following the law, the
commission recommended tabling the item until the November
planning commission meeting.
The property, owned by Catherine Nichols, will likely
be re-advertised for a public hearing and that hearing will
be held.
McKnight said the agenda was not ready yet for council
consideration so the time of the hearings was not
available.
On the Wall property, the zone change will not be
complete until the project has applied for building permits
to prevent the city from having an allowed use in the
current zone if that project does not go through.
"The property will be divided into two lots," said
McKnight.
"Will there be a lot of property to go to weeds?"
asked Mark Jones, mayor.
There should not be room for that to happen, said
McKnight.
Preliminary drawings indicate that there will be
parking on the front of the two four-plex apartment
buildings. That will allow for a good set-back from the
street.
"There will be grass in the back and there should not
be enough property to become weedy," said McKnight.
The density requirements remain the same as for a
single-family residence. That means for the first primary
residence the lot must be 8,000 square feet.
"Times that by eight," said McKnight, "and that is
24,760 square feet for the project so there is not a lot of
excess property."
However, the project will be required to develop all
of the property.
The council approved the project subject to final
minor corrections by the city review committee.
The project would not be in the way of developing a
city street, 200 West, in that area in the future. That
street development is not part of the proposed apartment
complex project.
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