Yeah, that's why I'm here.

Look at that bad old D right now.

Jason didn't have a couple of meetings and they were just having to fragnize them for hands of somebody who's that right.

We thought we were gonna have like a couple of things.

Yeah, there was shallow variance applications.

Oh my god, fine for the five.

I think first graduate just in my shot.

Will you uh do much?

Sorry, I need to keep remembering to go up from the crowd to do that.

All right.

Well, welcome everybody.

This is the August 14, 2025 Rivers and City Planning Commission meeting.

Um I am Chairman Park, and we will call this meeting to order.

Uh first thing I'd like to do is a roll call starting from my right with uh Commissioner Matheson.

Let me get everybody turned on here.

Listen.

Commissioner Beck.

Commissioner Knutson.

Commissioner Park.

Commissioner Clef.

Thank you very much.

Okay.

Uh the first thing we like to do at our meetings is go ahead and do the Pledge of Allegiance.

So if you uh would all please rise, Commissioner Knutson has agreed to lead us in the pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you all very much.

All right.

Well, this is a public meeting, and we have a agenda with public hearings and then some uh single decision item later in the meeting.

We'll go ahead and start with the public hearing.

Uh and agenda item 2A.

This is the strong wall LLC, uh PLZ 25-203.

An application for a continual sorry conditional use permit to have a home office located at 2659 West, 11780 South, including two work trucks to be stored in the side yard behind the fence.

The applicant is Jeff Austin, and at this time we will turn it over to staff for report.

Thank you, Chairman.

Uh, this is uh application for conditional use for Strongwall, which is a uh footings and foundations company, and the applicant, Mr.

Austin, is applying to have a home office here.

The property is.27 acres, and is the zoning is R4, as are the surrounding properties.

It's located just north of 118 South in the Midas Crossing uh subdivision on the northern edge of the center of the city, and the house is a rambler with a basement and an attached three-car garage.

The applicant desires to um to have a home office, and uh this is a very simple home occupation.

Were it not for just one thing is he would like to store two work vehicles behind his screened gate, and that kind of kicks it up to the planning commission, so you guys get to take a look at this.

Um anticipates no customers, no deliveries, no employees coming to the home.

He does have two sons that live in the home that work for him, and in the process of applying for his business license, his application was flagged that he needed a conditional use permit because of the business vehicles.

His property has a really wide driveway, and over on the northwest side of the house.

Um there's the garage and gate for extra parking, and this space is screened by a fence and a gate, which the code requires, and he keeps two work vehicles behind there.

And here is a picture that I took of the work vehicles, and the day I drove by they just happened to be out in the driveway because you can see here the um the gate on the site.

He was pulling a RV out of the driveway and had to move the vehicles, but behind that gate is normally where they where they sit.

This is his site plan.

Um the office is in the left of the house, right below the kitchen, and you can see it's less than 25% of the main floor.

Uh the driveway in front leads to the gate where the trucks would be parked.

Mr.

Austin drives one of the trucks to and from work, and his sons drive the other one.

He does rent a lot, a commercial yard in West Jordan that he utilizes for his business.

He keeps his business equipment there and his employees show up at that at that location.

So staff considers that the vehicles are appropriately screened.

This is the code that relates to that.

They have to have off provide off-street parking and screening for business vehicles.

So we wanted to uh give him the opportunity to to be approved for a conditional use permit now so that as he renews his business license in the future uh he'll already be in compliance with city code and won't be won't be flagged in the future this is the mailer that was sent out we got one comment from a neighbor that was in support of his business and then I took three phone calls from HOA members this Midas Crossing does have an active HOA and they uh called me with concerns and wanting to know more about the application and their concerns were increased traffic and keeping the neighborhood nice with a residential appearance and so when I talked to them about no customers no employees coming to the home and trucks parked behind the screened gate they said they may attend the meeting but the uh first two people that I spoke with said they would not oppose this the third person I spoke with was um willing to see what the city did the um what I told them is that the HOA has final say but the city can give the approval for a conditional use permit and if the HOA feels that it's not in their guidelines they can tell him he can't do it but um the with the conditions of just having a home office and vehicles parked um they the first couple people I thought I spoke with thought that would be okay and so um you guys do what you do and then the HOA will do what they do and see if it can work out somehow so that's uh my presentation Mr.

Austin is here tonight if you've got any other questions I'm happy to take them thank you Lisa do we have any questions for staff this time Commissioner Close this is probably not going to be particularly relevant but just a question as far as you know if if you had someone living in a home who is employed with the company and would take a work truck home there's no rules about where that would need to be parked correct is is that if it has um advertising on it then the code says it needs to be screened just an employee.

Oh a resident employee yeah like we have a neighbor and he brings a work truck home and it's got the company logo on the side and it's just in his driveway and that's fine correct so is it is it fair for the city to place a requirement on a home occupation to require that their vehicles be screened when you know if they were just employees they wouldn't have to it sounds like it won't be a problem here it just so one of the vehicles um has it's there are one ton trucks and one of the vehicles has um a little trailer on not a trailer a flatbed okay on it so it's it's kind of in that area where it's not like a commuter car it's not heavy equipment so we just wanted to bring it to you guys and let you make a decision about it.