Zoning

Pleasant View amends zoning ordinance

PLEASANT VIEW — The city council has amended its zoning ordinance to prepare for more diverse high-density residential growth.

Farmington leaders tweak zoning ordinances

FARMINGTON -- City leaders have approved small changes to the city’s zoning, subdivision and sign ordinances.

The changes include amending the city’s 25 percent lot coverage standards in AE (agriculture estate), A and AA zones. The change stipulates that not more than 25 percent of a gross area of a lot shall be covered by a man building, accessory buildings or other structures in an agricultural zone or an A-E zone greater than 0.75 acres in size.

Layton makes zoning change for animal clinic

LAYTON -- City leaders have approved changes to a zoning ordinance, which will allow the location of a new animal clinic and pet hospital in a CP-1 (neighborhood commercial) zone at 1014 West Gentile St.

The change allows adding an animal clinic or pet hospital to be considered as a conditional use in the zone. It comes at the request of Sean Hackett who owns a commercial building on Gentile Street and has been approached about a pet facility in the structure.

Neighbors say Bountiful apartment project will have negative impact

BOUNTIFUL — Changing the zoning on a small piece of commercial property at 2110 S. Orchard Drive to multifamily, to facilitate the construction of more multifamily housing in the area, will only negatively impact the quality of life in the neighborhood, city leaders were told during a public hearing recently.

Ogden City Council ordinance targets historic property owners

OGDEN — Owners of historic properties in Ogden will now face greater scrutiny and legal action if they allow their buildings to deteriorate.

Ernie McKown looks out the front window of his "Paris Cafe," a nonalcohol music venue at 329 24th St. in Ogden on Thursday, January 19, 2012. (CHARLES TRENTELMAN/Standard-Examiner)

Ogden council votes to amend code on ‘social hall’ for live music

OGDEN — The Ogden City Council gave Ernie McKown some good news Tuesday night, but the owner of the Paris Cafe still doesn’t know when he’ll be legally allowed to feature live music at his establishment.

Neighbors opposed to multifamily project in Layton

LAYTON — Neighbors aren’t waiting to express their opposition to a potential multi-family project on the city’s east side.

Residents from the Oakridge Drive area of east Layton came out en masse to a recent city council meeting to express concerns about a proposed small development at 2200 E. Oakridge Drive. The development involves apartment buildings on a 2-acre parcel of land adjoining single-family developments.

Zone amendments on Pleasant View's docket

A public hearing regarding amending mixed use zones, gateway zones and residential zones has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, during the regularly scheduled council meeting at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

Ernie McKown looks out the front window of his Paris Cafe, a non-alcohol music venue at 329 24th St. in Ogden in January 2012. (CHARLES TRENTELMAN/Standard-Examiner)

Ogden waiting to decide definitions, conditions for Paris Cafe

OGDEN — Legal live music and dancing at Ernie McKown’s Paris Cafe will have to wait at least another two weeks.

The Ogden City Council voted Tuesday night to table a proposal that provides new definitions to the terms “lodge” and “social hall” and provides several conditions for the approval of a social hall to be used in C-1, C-2 and C-3 zones.

Under the proposal, a social hall will be allowed in the aforementioned zones if the facility features live music at a maximum of only two days per week and closes at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and at midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Several other stipulations, like a ban on alcohol, will be required as well.

Farmington council approves demolition permits for historic structures

FARMINGTON — The city council has passed temporary zoning regulation for demolition permits involving historic structures, even as city staff continues to work on details of how the permit process and potential appeals will be handled.

North Ogden changes 2011 accessory building restrictions

NORTH OGDEN — Some residents will soon be able to put accessory buildings just 3 feet from property lines, provided they live in a zone that is 20,000 square feet or larger.

Mixed-use zone near FrontRunner station approved

CLEARFIELD — A new mixed-use zone has been approved, and it is expected to play a role in development of land near the city’s Front-Runner station.

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Patricia Dickens pets her dog, Ginn, at Kelley Creek Farm on Thursday. Dickens wants to hold events at her Huntsville farm and has worked with Weber County to create an ordinance to promote agritourism. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Weber County working to grow agritourism

OGDEN — When it comes to tourism in Weber County, options have generally been limited to skiing in the winter, navigating the trails in the summer or attending a downtown convention. But with farmland making up much of the county, there is an untapped resource to attract visitor dollars.

A new ordinance in the works would allow agritourism on Weber County farmland.

Visitors may be allowed to pick their own produce, learn how a dairy farm works or get behind the controls of heavy farm machinery.

Pleasant View denies high-density zoning change

PLEASANT VIEW — The city recently denied a request for zoning changes that could have opened the door to high-density housing developments.

Dustin Clarke snowboards at Powder Mountain on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

At last, Powder Mountain resort granted substantial rezone

OGDEN — Development on Powder Mountain has moved one step closer to becoming a reality, and for some in the county it ends a more than five-year-long mess involving petitions, lawsuits and angry neighbors.

On Tuesday, the Weber County Commission approved a petition to rezone several thousand acres at Powder Mountain resort. The rezone pertains to approximately 4,297 acres of the Ogden Valley resort, which may be used to build a golf course, affordable housing for employees and other development, such as condominiums and an expanded ski area.

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