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Kevin Myatt, planning director with the Joint City-County Planning Commission, held a public forum, which was sparsely attended, at City Hall in Park City to show people the proposed changes to a portion of the city’s zoning ordinance and to get their feedback.
“We are currently having a public forum to solicit comments from the public for the proposed changes of the Park City Zoning Ordinance,” Myatt said. “Specifically in relation to RVs and campgrounds.”
The proposed additions include a change in the minimum required area to have a campground from the current 10 acres to three, and increases the percentage of the campground land that could be used for an “accessory building,” a building like a general store or restrooms, from 5 to 10 percent.
With the accessory building the proposed changes would not allow an entrance or exit to lead into the campground if the building is “available to the public, outside the occupants of the campground.” In that case the entrance and exit must be at a public street and must be zoned as commercial. Myatt said this proposed addition is mostly a public safety feature.
Other proposed additions include having campground spots being pull through, requiring “grinding pumps” at each sewage pump station, lighting regulations and banning campfires if a burn ban has been issued by the appropriate agency, Myatt said.
Myatt emphasized that this was only the proposed language for the ordinance, essentially a first step, and was potentially not reflective of the final changes. He said there was still numerous steps required before it was an official ordinance.
“The next step after this public forum is to hold a public hearing for the finalization of the proposed text from the public forum,” Myatt said. “Once that takes place the planning commission will approve their minutes and forward their recommendation to the city commission for their approval or denial.”
Myatt said in total it will likely be four months before the changes are finalized and adopted by the city.
“At the second reading [of the city commission], the moment they approve it, that ordinance goes into effect,” Myatt said.
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