Remarks by Brooke Christensen
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“Our dearest Heavenly Father, we are so grateful that we have been able to gather together this evening. We thank you for the opportunity we have to serve and represent our Sandy citizens. Please help us all to listen and understand the things that are being presented, be able to find the best solutions for our residents and our employees. We are so grateful for this amazing country we live in. We love thee and we say these things in the name of thy son, Jesus Christ. Amen.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I just want to like... When I'm reading through this, and I've got a note about this, I just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. We're recommending that they're allowed to have one detached ADU, which we have to do, but they're also allowed to have a short-term rental inside their home. Oh, okay. That's what I meant.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“OK, because I just, when I read it, Thank you for clarifying that. I just don't see that called out in here anywhere.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“You're saying you can't. She's saying either or. You cannot have both.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“subject walls yeah so well and a short-term rental is considered we're not talking about short-term rentals oh you are no I'm specifically because in here it says short-term rentals are prohibited in the detached unit but they are allowed within the primary structure right but but so to me that says that you can have an ADU and yeah”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So just like if that's true, we can only have either or in one property. I might suggest like clarificating. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“the amendments in one of our documents. It calls it out in the analysis. So that's why I'm just saying.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, that's my question to you guys. Is that what you're saying? And that you cannot.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, because the way I read this, I would read this and say I can help out. Oh, right. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So we don't? No, well, it's complaint-based. And how do we prove that? What does the state allow us to do for proving that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So if someone has a large enough property that they can have two structures on it, like a garage and an ADU, and they decide they don't want to rent out their ADU anymore, can they build another one?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“They can only build one self-contained. One garage or one shed. Like, remind me how this goes. And one ADU.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So someone could, if they didn't have a shed, build two accessory dwelling units and only rent out one?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I know I'm skipping a little bit, but is this something that would go through the administrative court judge? Oh, you mean if it was an enforcement case? Yeah. I mean, are we going to put in penalties into this? Should we be adding penalties into this? So if you start renting out an approved ADU that you're fined X amount of dollars per day or whatever we choose, should we be adding this to that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I just am not willing to personally not put an ordinance in place for this without the penalties for breaking it. I think that's very important for someone. In terms of the illegal. And like enforcement and so that.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We won't have any penalties laid out. So we have to add it to our fee schedule.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm sorry, I know I missed part of this from last year. How does the city collect revenue to offset the cost of administering this? I'm assuming they're not going to be commercial properties now if you have an ADU, so we're not getting 100% of your tax revenue. You're still only getting the residential discount, right?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is there a standard, like, increase the county's going to apply to?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So they're going to, everyone who applies for an ADU, in theory, the county's going to increase the value of their homes on their property taxes?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, I'm just asking if this has been something that's come in with this discussion. Has the state given the county a path forward on that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So when someone decides to build an ADU on their property, an attached ADU, I'm assuming then the county, because we have business licenses, will increase the value of their homes so they'll pay more property taxes.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Ours is just the land use part right now And how much are we charging for a business license?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's also additional people in the city and roads and water. There's a lot of things. That answered my question. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Let's hope these make sense now that I've scrawled them everywhere. OK. Rear yard percentage, in our code we say it can only be 25%. We're keeping that. Just confirming.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026