Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Allegiance algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Katie, can we have a roll call vote, please? Yes. Chair Edwards, present. Vice Chair Litkkey, here. Commissioner Tippetsz is excused. Commissioner Anderson here. Commissioner Ericson is excused. Commissioner Snow is excused. Commissioner Brocky here.

Thank you. Um, did everyone have a chance to review the minutes? Any amendments, changes? I didn't see anything. I didn't see anything either. I make a motion to approve the minutes of March 11th, 2026. I second it. All in favor? I. So moved.

All right. First item on the agenda, public hearing. Mason Webster requests reszone approval for property located at 21 West, excuse me, 281 West, 8600 South from regional commercial to clean industrial. Information regarding the proposed regulation, prohibitions, and permitted uses that the property will be subject to if the reszone is adopted can be found in Midville City Code 17-7-13. Elizabeth is presenting.

Thank you. Okay, so Whoa, that got moved. Imagine that blue square is just on the parcel a little bit south. I must have got a little crazy with my presentation. So, this is for a reason for this parcel that is at the southern end in the red. The red is our regional commercial zone. Um you'll see the darker red to that kind of northwest corner is a high our medium to high density uh residential zone or RM25. And then the purple to the left of it is clean industrial. Um the applicant submitted a request for the reszone that was included in your packet. I have pulled out just some points to summarize for you. Um they're requesting it. They think it better aligns the property with the surrounding land uses. Um, clean industrial will allow for light manufacturing, warehousing, and other industrial uses um that are compatible with those properties. Um, because those uses generally operate indoors, they think that it's a better transition to other zones and it will utilize a vacant piece of land. Uh, I do just want to mention this is at the southern border of Midville City. So just south of that where those kind of white lined buildings are that's in Sandy that is industrial zoning over there for them as well. And then just west of it would be more of their regional commercial. So there are some other similar uses as well on on the border of our other city. Um, as you know, a reszone criteria does have to meet a ordinance and has to meet one of the criteria listed there, one of the three. Staff finds that this does promote the general plan, the objectives of the general plan, and that it does encourage redevelopment of a vacant piece. So, it also meets criteria number

three there. Um, this is a picture of their proposed concept plan to add some additional building for I believe they own the parcels just west of that. So, more of the same kind of manufacturing use that they have been using. Uh, and then I've included a recommended motion. Uh, do you have any questions for me? And if not, I believe the applicant's here. So, I don't. Okay. Thank you. Does the applicant have anything to add? Okay. Um, I'd like to open this up to public hearing. Seeing there's no one coming forward, I make a motion we close the public hearing. I second it.

All in favor? I I I don't have an issue with it. I mean it they're already manufacturing on the property and the and the current property they own is is it's just allowing the opportunity to expand and like they said it'll be in indoor manufacturing. So um I think um it meets with the surrounding property and and allows them to utilize the property better. Yeah. So is that what the expansion is going to be for the same use? Yes. Okay.

Would you approach would you approach the microphone? Um uh just so we can read it into the minutes. It's a lot easier for us. So if you'd state your name. Thank you. My name is Jean Webster and I'm also the owner of the property. Thank you. And today I'm just trying to reszoning. We are uh we currently have a building already doing the manufacturing and because of a limited space we are trying to make a like a better bigger space. So and it's the property is right next to it. So we want we are trying to build a new building right next to it. Perfect. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

I can recommend a motion. Thank you. I move that we recommend approval of the reszone as provided in the attachments with the I think that's finding noted in the staff report. Second. Roll call vote, please. Chair Edwards, yes. Vice Chair Ley, yes. Commissioner Anderson, yes. Commissioner Brocky, yes. The motion passes.

Thank you. Thank you. Continue to work with the city. Thank you. All right. Next item on the agenda. at Unique Auto Body requests preliminary subdivision approval for consolidation plat for one lot located at 7285 South 700 West in the clean industrial CI zone. Jonathan's presenting.

Thanks, Chair Edwards. Um, so this is for a pre preliminary subdivision plot um for Unique. Um they purchased used to be the Sidens Martins uh fire engine repair shop I believe is what it was. Um there on 700 West and 9inth Avenue. Um they also purchased some adjacent property. Um you can kind of see if those are turned uh right along there 9th Avenue. Um so this plat is essentially consolidating those parcels into one um to help facilitate the expansion and development that they'll be doing on the property. Um here was the plat for your review. Um staff has reviewed it against um the preliminary subdivision chapter. Um we find that it meets the ordinance there. We forwarded the recommendation to you um as you are the approving authority for it. Um I had a couple phone calls just inquiring what exactly this was. Um no real comments on it, just wondering what it was and what it was doing in a planning commission agenda. So any questions for me? I have a recommended motion for you as well when the time comes.

No question. No. And I believe uh yeah, the applicant is here if you have questions for him. Perfect. Does the applicant have anything to add to what Johnny's presented? Great. I would move or I open it to public hearing. See, seeing the rush, I move that we close the public hearing. Yes, a rush. Second. All in favor? I I mean, this seems straightforward. Just consolidating the property. I don't think there's much Yeah. concern. Well, I'll make a motion. I actually had uh some comments. Thank you.

Um and maybe you can answer a question for me. Uh, so this parcel sits in the Midville Main Street RDA boundary and is located between Bingham Junction and the Midville track station area. So both the RDA and the TOD emphasizes walkability, reinvestment into housing and neighborhoods serving retail over time. And I personally don't think that that really aligns with the RDA or the TOD. I'd also like to note that actually could you put that uh that image back up, the satellite image? This one.

One more over. Yeah, that one. Yeah. So you can see right um next to Coliseum Way, that's the closest uh pedestrian crosswalk between Midvil Main Street and the track station area. So if you were to get off a track station um and you wanted to walk to your house or to Midville Main Street, um you would actually be walking directly past that auto body shop. Um and I just wanted to ask, do you think that that aligns with the RDA or the TOD? Don't they already own that? They do. They do already own that. They already own that. Yeah. I'm not saying that. I mean, it's already gone through staff review and I understand that they're they're following all the guidelines and they're under their zoning requirements. So, I'm just asking that question. Yeah.

Are you asking the applicant or the commission? The applicant. Yeah. Um, would you approach if that you want to answer? I guess there I'm actually filling in for Jeremy. Okay, that sounds great. That That sounds great. Will you say your name? Chad. Thank you, Chad. what's your last name? W or Weller. Thank you, Chad. Thank you. Um, so I think his question is uh like how do you believe the business supports the zoning uh that supports the zoning? Yeah. Not the zoning because the zoning supersedes the RDA and the to the RDA which this parcel is actually inside of the RDA boundary and then it's directly adjacent to the TOD zone.

So your question would be answered more could answer that more than Not sure if I have the answer for you on that, but um other than it's going to be a beautiful building. That's really all I don't know how to Yeah, I don't if I'm the right person to answer that. Sorry. That's that's fine. Be completely honest. That's that's fine. Um I mean, as as you mentioned, the you know, the current zoning super really supersedes everything else. I understand that it's going through. I just wanted to know what they

um I mean the way that this actually does you know play into the RDA for example is that I mean this will um give the city quite a bit of revenue you know it's it's a productive business that's going to be there um there'll be you know customers coming and going so there there'll be sales tax involved um if you know the you know with with regard to the RDA um you know there's there's a long range plan and there's only you know there's there's so many tools the city has um to put that long range plan into action

and um the city really in the end is you know can sort of modulate the market a little bit with incentives that that we have um through the RDA. Um but that only goes so far. I mean, we couldn't as a city say, "Oh, we we buy all of these properties and then we turn them around um and invite developers to do something totally different with them. We we just don't have the wherewithal." And um with regard to the this this fits into the zoning. So I mean as a planning commission um we are really required to to approve something that comes to us that that ticks every box um that the zone and in other parts of the code um require of this and in in this case you know we're talking about a subdivision plat

um so but but overall it is I mean there's a there's definitely a contribution ution because it's, you know, it it redevelops um this parcel. Um there was a use on here previously for decades that you could say really is probably heavier industrial than than this would be. Correct. I mean, so this this is this brings it a lot closer to what um um we would I think want to have as a city. Mhm. um and walkability walkability in all of these items, you know, this is from from its character is it's simply an industrial area. So,

yeah, I I think the other thing to add here is um like the item before us is a consolidation plant, not a business use or what business would be there. Um that's that's predetermined by the by the code. Um, and so as much as some of those arguments might have merit, there could be underlying things you're talking about that are uh included within the code um that allow the types of use. Um, and so if we wanted to talk to staff or the city council about amending those permitted uses, that's certainly a text amendment that this council can ask staff to pursue. Um, but that's not this item. Okay. Yeah. So this is just to like uh take what is two plats make them?

I understand. I mean I' I've reviewed this pretty extensively but I would like to just ask that question because um the next question I have is will this location replace the other location on Center Street in Holden or is that going to continue? It'll replace that. So as soon as that's built then that one will it'll be sold. Gotcha. It's been a long process for them. Yes. It's been very long. A painful process. We're ready. We're excited. But yeah, it'll it'll definitely replace the current location that will Thank you. There's already a couple or any other question buyers on that. Those are all my questions. Okay. Sorry, I probably didn't answer very well. Thank you. You did great. Fine.

Thank you. Any other commentary? Or I'll entertain a motion. I move that we approve the preliminary subdivision for a lot a one lot consolidation plat located at 7285 South 700 West with the findings included in the staff report. I second it. Roll call vote. Chair Edwards. Yes. Vice Chair Litki. Yes. Commissioner Anderson. Yes. Commissioner Brocky. Yes. The motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. Continue to work with city staff. Thank you.

Thank you for being here. Third, third item on the agenda today, Brad Williams requests conditional use permit approval on behalf of the Lunatic Lounge for an assembly hall use for an for approximately 30 seats located at 159 West Center Street in the transit oriented development to zone. Jonathan is presenting. Thanks, Chair Edwards. The mics are doing something weird. Quit it.

Um, so this is a conditional use permit. Um, the use is an assembly hall. Um, I'll kind of dig into that a little bit. Um, so this is where an old Zans Bank used to be. Um, just off of Center Street. Um, they've since I believe it's been vacant for number of months, if not a year,

approach approaching a year or more. Um, again, here's a closer aial indicating where all the parking and where the existing building is. That does have drive-thru lanes as it used to function as a bank. um from the applicant. The business activities um are the following. It'll be a private artistic social space dedicated to the exchange of creative energy. Uh it's not where art is made but where art begins. Gathering place for poets, storytellers, performers, musicians, um etc. Um and also there was a concern from public comments that I'll talk a little bit on later. Um but currently there's no plans for any alcohol to be on served on site. Um, as staff, we've got a couple findings and conditions um that were in the packet for your review. Um, it complies with the conditional use standards. The parking for the 30 seats um is six total spaces which is met. Um the conditions we had one that any the future tenant of the first floor space is restricted to a use um that would be able to use the 15 remaining stalls of the 21 on the property. Um, and we have since added, this was not in the packet, um, but that with the 30 seats, a maximum of 30 attendees would be permitted at any single event. Um, and as the commission, you can add any additional conditions if you think it doesn't meet any of the conditional use permit standards. Um, I had and I sent you guys a couple written comments that were sent in. The main concerns were parking. Um, and also there was a number of questions about alcohol on the um, being used on the premise. Um, do you have any questions for me? The applicant is here if you have questions for him.

I just have the building occupied. Thank you. I don't have any questions at this point. Any questions for Thanks, Jonathan. Okay. Um, would the applicant like to add anything to what Johnny's presented? Okay. Um, Daniel, uh, would legal like to opine or would legal please opine? See, that's the way to to word that question. That's what you want, right? Yeah.

Yeah. So, this is going to be an administrative decision for the commission to make. Uh, as Johnny mentioned, there there are conditions that you can put on the permit. It just has to be that those conditions are used to mitigate those requirements that are outlined in the city code. And if they can be mitigated under those conditions, you would need to apply the uh sorry, you would need to pass the application for the conditional use permit. Thank you. Um open this up for public comment. Are you sure, mayor? Okay, seeing there's no one coming forth, I make a motion to close the public hearing.

I second it. All in favor? Hi.

I guess I mean it seems like it has at this point plenty of parking and that's one of the the biggest concerns especially for the neighborhood is that there's overflow that would go down onto the streets and then would hinder their parking and their their lifestyle that they're accustomed to. and they'll there will be changes because this is no longer a bank. And so there there'll be changes. And so that's that's my biggest concern is just at this point we have it appears that we have plenty of seating, but if the upstairs gets leased, then do we lose that plenty of parking issue? And uh the other the other concern I have is is um the neighboring properties um light um light from the cars um shining into their properties and and then the additional sound for the e evenings. Um, and so I'd like to propose that we require a six-foot Liz

sight obscuring sight obscuring fence uh around the two the east and the south um to help mitigate sound and and light from traffic for from the parking. Yeah. Yeah. I I mean, if you're familiar with it, there's a 4 foot hedge uh that I think does nothing for Sound or Light. Years ago, the people that lived there came in and were not happy with a lot of things because it it really hampers them with that little tiny hedge. It doesn't stop traffic. Yeah. So, the parking would be a big deal because they're going to it's going to overflow into that little house right there by it. You can bet.

Are you speaking to when it was a bank like an a bank in operation? Okay. Yeah. Um, isn't it on kind of like a slight hill? No, it's flat. It's flat. Yeah. Um, I I know this location. I've actually thought the same thing driving by like that would be a really nice location for like a cafe or something like that. I think the the main concern I have is um going outside of those cafe hours into I guess the evening. Um cuz

the neighborhood was familiar with um the bank operating you know business hours 9 to5 or whatever it may be. Um and then they kind of there was no more traffic in that area. So that's my concern is how like how late are you going to be going and things like that. Yeah. The the code does apply uh a sound restriction that begins uh requires lower decibel levels beginning at 10 10 p.m. Yeah. And so like the like the the underlying uh like somewhat governs that uh restricts it to the same that the house next door uh you know would have. So, um, it is a concern. It is. It is a concern. The neighbors are

I'm surprised they're not here. Yeah. Yeah. Really surprised. I mean, this impacts them pretty big. Really, if you're going to have a lot of people in there, 30 seats, you figure 30 cars. Yeah, you could. Yeah. Uh, and I think it I think it said 21 parking stalls is how many are are planned. So, I mean, you figure half of those people drive by themselves and maybe the other half ride with someone. Um, would both the cafe and the um meeting area be in operation at the same time? Most of the time not, but crossover. Katie, are you Yeah, sorry. Will you state your name? Thank you. Sorry.

Yeah, I'm I'm Brad Williams. I'm Brad Williams. Thanks, guys. And uh we don't actually have a cafe yet. So that's like we're hoping that's part of the change of use to see if we can find one right there. Um and so um our our our like art collective group wants to operate in the basement down there. So we're really not concerned about sound, but there are people that wander out to their car afterwards and then drive home, right? We also love the location that it's close to the tracks, so people could walk over there because it's only like one block away from the tracks. And so, um, some of the get on the cafe side quickly. Yeah, you could really you could

Yeah, I think the cafe would be great. It's a good road. Yeah. And people come through. We've even got that little like, you know, the bank thing. We thought about sending drinks through the tubes, you know, but but um that the the cafe is like we're looking for that. We'll see if it happens, you know. But um they would probably be more regular cafe hours, but there will be some overlap, you know. We're we're more later in the evening like 3 to like 10 type of times, you know, poetry nights, like there's art nights, there's like different, you know, hours like that. So, there would be people walking out to their cars and that would be the the noise that you'd worry about, but we're not planning on like playing loud music or anything.

Yeah. So, it looks like you had at least commented to staff about alcohol use. Um, so it sounds like no plans at this at this time to pursue alcohol license alone or like having people bring alcohol for themselves for private consumption. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. We're It's like it's like I don't know. I don't think you need it at your poetry night. Maybe if it's bad. Just to comment on you said no loud music, so you don't plan on having live music at this. We're We have music, but it's like it's in the basement down there. It's like it's all cement and we want people to be able to conversate while the music's going on. So there will be like music nights, but it's more like instrumental. It's not like it's not Yeah. It's not like EDM or anything like that.

If anybody was old, they'd know it was like a beatnick. Yeah. It's very beatnick like to be honest with you. Don't ask how I know that. Okay. I'm going to look that word up. That's good. We actually that's like one of the poetry nights that we do is we do beat Nick and we bring in a little jazz band and the jazz band plays with you as you do your poetry. So that's like one of our things that we do. I'll have to go. Yeah, you'll like it. Is it Do I wear my beret? Uhhuh. You'll bring your beret and your turtleneck. That poses an interesting question. Is it like open to the public? So if if the commissioner did want to go or is invitation Well, no. We're we're hoping to do is like a membership base. So definitely you can come. It's open to everybody. It's not like a restrictive membership, but we want it to be like a private membership. Um, mostly just so people like

they come once, they pay it the next month, too. Other comments while the applicants up here. I like it. Okay. Thanks, M. Thank you. Thank you. I mean, I I echo Shane. I think the biggest concern I have is light andor sound extending, you know, 10 o'clock or later. Uh, and I think that, you know, as a condition of approval, we could we could mandate the site obscuring vents. I think so. Yeah, I like that idea. Like where would that be? Like on the front road, the front road? On the east and the south. East and the south. Okay. Because there's residences on both those sides that are pretty close to the property line. Yeah. And that wouldn't really

make that area look like blocked off either. It'd still be pretty inviting. Yeah. Dirty is a fence on the east side. Um, so it's just the southside. I think that uh Oh, there's a east. I think I think there is a fence on the east. I think there's a final fence on the east. Is that correct? Can I ask a question? Please come on. Well, because you know I mean I was thinking about fence, right? Yeah.

And so if you look at there's the parking lot there on the on the south side and then there's the buildings over there, but like you can't really park in that little area. It's only from where the parking lot goes down, you know. So, where are you looking at? Like I can see a fence on the south end. That makes a lot of sense to me. But like that one opens to a road. Yeah, that's just a hedge. So, we could put we could put a fence there. Yeah, that's really all you that would require I think but on that the the only thing I look at is that west side. Like I don't even know. No, I you have to enter in there wouldn't be much of a Okay, good. Yeah, it'd be the east side and then the south side. Hopefully I didn't say west side. But the east side, it sounds like, already has a fence. Yeah, I think there's already fences there.

There's a fence there. So, it just be the south side there. Okay. Um I I would like to see an additional fence put in there to help block the sound and and lighting. Well, the lighting from the cars and you're right there. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Too bad. Thanks. How we You want to do that motion? Sure. Any with a finding?

No. I um I think uh with those that additional one uh a maximum of 30 attendees will be permitted at any single event and then um uh a six-foot site obscuring did I say it right? Thank you Liz. um on the south. Okay. Yeah.

Um I move that we approve the conditional use permit for an assembly hall use for 30 seats for the lunatic lounge located at 159 West Center Street with the findings and condition notice noted in the staff report and the following additional conditions as called out in their application materials. 30 seats are needed. A maximum of 30 attendees will be permitted at any single event. And two, that a sight obscuring six-foot fence be installed on the south property line. South and east. South and east to maintain what's already there. I thought there was already a correct. But we would want them to maintain that fence.

Okay. And m and then three to maintain the east sixoot fence that's currently there. Correct. I second it. Roll call vote, please. Chair Edwards, yes. Vice Chair Litki, yes. Commissioner Anderson, yes. Commissioner Brocky, yes. The motion passes. Thank you. Continue to work with city staff if you have questions. That's great. Thank you. Thank you. Um, we have a staff update, uh, annual review of the planning commission bylaws. I'll go to the

That sounds great. Yeah. No federal. Sorry. So, with regard to the bylaws, we've talked about bylaws quite a bit. Um, the bylaws themselves say that in the month of March, we are supposed to discuss them. The question is um do you have anything to discuss since we've already discussed them this year? Yes. Yeah. I think last time we went through them quite a bit.

Yeah. I think we'll learn some more those of us that are going to our convention. Yeah. Yeah. I don't I don't see a need at this time uh to redisuss. Yeah. And it's just on the agenda because of like it's just because happened to hit this time last year. Yeah. Our bylaws call for it. Yeah. Yeah. So the I basically the bylaws are trying to sort of keep us structured on a schedule and um so in every March we basically bring that up. if we haven't already talked about the bylaws then and you know we can open them up really any time. So

yeah. So next time if that we're want to change them let's change them. So feels like it's about once every two months. Seems like it.

Yeah. So anyway, um I brought something to you and um just so that you know how maybe there's progress in some other um areas of the city that you don't um necessarily always hear about. Um, every year WFRC has deadlines for um, project applications. And so WFRC is the governmental organization that funnels um, a lot of the federal transportation money um, into the state of Utah and to cities especially. And this chart here for our area, the Salt Lake urban area, um shows um some of the programs. Um so STP, CMAC, TAP and CRP are different types of funding programs and uh this year among these funding programs we applied um in this fund. TAP stands for transportation alternatives program. And uh if you look um at sort of the relationship of applications to available money, it's not terribly favorable.

Um 2.4 million available applications that came in were for $36 million. Um, we had two applications in there and um, there's a pretty lengthy process for this and I'm just going to show you a little flowchart. So, we did the letters of intent last year. Then, um, WFRC evaluated what we sent in. Then uh two weeks ago uh a committee came and physically looked at the projects um to you know gather additional data that they maybe couldn't see from the applications and the committee consists of several people some are from um WRC there's uh someone from federal highways on the committee and um UTA thought um and so on and uh then where it says in April May here draft projects and draft program um we are sort of right in between here where the star is um there is a committee it's called the transportation committee that basically consists of two levels one the First one is um a committee that's mostly composed of technical people um like the city engineers in the area and then again you know the federal agencies and so on and um going back to the other chart here. So our two applications

um were for $2.4 $4 million which you know knowing where the fund is maybe the likelihood that we are successful isn't that high. Um but it seems um uh we somehow the stars align. So, um the recommendation in this fund was that um we would get um $400,000 for the Buffett bike lanes and pedestrian improvements on Bingham Junction Boulevard and um a million dollar um for the bridge over the Jordan River um that we applied for. So that's that means if you know it stays this way that more than half of the fund was awarded to Midwell City.

So um we we don't quite know this yet. So it needs to go to basically two more instances. The the last instance is um the WFRC council which is the governing boards very it's you could say it's similar to the city council in Midvale and then this council consists of um it's mostly the mayors um of the cities in the region the county and so on. So I wanted to share that with you. I mean it's it's pretty exciting. Hopefully um this will stick. Uh it would give us a lot of funding to make a lot of progress with some of the projects that we've worked on as a city.

The the bridge over the river, that's a city boundary, correct? Does did was that a tandem? like did we apply with West Jordan or

um so we did the lake work and we asked um and we we also met with West Jordan especially and they supported the application and Murray did as well and that's pro I I believe that's probably why um this has been so successful and and it does make on a technical from a on a technical level it makes sense because you it it gives you the ability to reach our Bingham Junction area um in a safe manner without a vehicle. And the Bingham Junction is what's called a Wasuch Choice Center um which is a designation that gives us um priority in these types of funding um decisions because the state of Utah um you know would is is trying very hard to spend public dollars in an efficient manner and and that also means that you concentrate functions like um jobs, higher density housing and public infrastructure like tracks lines, um roads in in certain nodes so that everything can sort of benefit from one another and create synergy and it's it's just simply cheaper than spreading everything out. So

great. Otherwise, the APA conference is coming up. Um, if you have any questions on that, um, just find one of us after the meeting. Thank you. You're welcome. Anyone anything else to add for staff or the public? No. Um, all right. Move to adjourn the meeting at 6:37 p.m. All in favor? I Thank you. Thank you very much.