Logan council hears eight speakers on short-term rentals, continues vote to April 19
March 1, 2022, 5:30 p.m.
The council adopted new rules for RV parks and self-storage, approved $1.47 million in road reserves and continued the short-term rental ordinance to April 19 after an eight-speaker hearing. The West Pointe condominium rezone and a solar power schedule were workshopped.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Budget
Budget adjustment, Resolution 22-07 (public hearing)
Approved · 5-0
With no comment, the council approved $1,468,356 in restricted Class C road reserves for road projects (800 North, 800 West to 1000 West, and 100 West from 500 South to Highway 89/91) and a $236,191 UDOT reimbursement for Public Works capital.
- Budget$1.47 million
- Payment$236,191 to UDOT
Item 2 · City code
Short-term rentals, Ordinance 22-04 (public hearing)
Continued · 5-0
Community Development Director Mike DeSimone presented standards for short-term rentals. Staff recommended allowing them only in multifamily and commercial zones, saying they would worsen parking, occupancy and noise problems and could reduce housing stock; the Planning Commission voted 5-0 to allow them in all zones with operating standards, including a one-hour local contact and a limit of three violations a year. Council Member Mark Anderson said they should be allowed citywide but limited to allow enforcement; Amy Anderson agreed they should be citywide but worried about circumventing occupancy codes and was reluctant to vote; Tom Jensen raised absentee landlords, possible boarding-house use and enforcement; Chair Jeannie Simmonds said about 50 are listed on Airbnb. Eight residents spoke: Keegan Garrity, Kersey Hatten, Ted Chalfant, Connor Simmons and Diana Roundy supported them in some form, several favoring owner-run or manager-run units; Gail Yost, Fred Rigby and Gary Hoffman opposed them, citing neighborhood cohesion, past experience and market saturation, and Yost and Rigby asked for neighborhood councils to weigh in first. The council continued the item to April 19 and Mayor Daines will send neighborhood chairs the materials.
Item 3 · City code
RV parks and commercial self-storage, Ordinance 22-05 (public hearing)
Approved · 5-0
The council adopted amendments removing RV parks and commercial self-storage from the commercial services and industrial zones, making impound tow lots conditional and adding RV park standards: a 3-acre minimum, up to 20 spaces an acre, 25-foot perimeter setbacks, 20 percent open space and 30-day stays, with up to 20 percent of spaces allowed up to 180 days. Staff said about 38 percent of industrial land is vacant and these uses give little tax or job benefit. The new code does not apply to existing RV parks. The Planning Commission recommended approval 5-0 and no one spoke.
Item 4 · Other
Community Development Block Grant annual action plan (public hearing)
No action
CDBG Coordinator Amanda Pearce opened the required hearing on about $500,000 in anticipated program year 2022 funds, in year four of the 2019 to 2023 plan. Gail Yost asked how projects are prioritized; Pearce said the goal is for 30 percent to go to nonprofit services. No action required.
Item 5 · Budget
Budget adjustment, Resolution 22-09 (workshop)
Discussed
Staff proposed $11,610 in a state library grant, $10,609 in police overtime reimbursements, $5,363 for police vests and $14,667 in state funds for fire department mental wellness training. Police Chief Gary Jensen said the vest funds buy about 8 to 10 vests. Action was set for March 15.
- Grant$11,610 to State of Utah
- Grant$5,363
- Grant$14,667 to State of Utah
Item 6 · Zoning
West Pointe rezone, 310 West 1400 North, Ordinance 22-06 (workshop)
Discussed
Planner Tanya Rice presented a request to rezone about 1.36 acres from MR-12 to MR-20 and subdivide the West Pointe condominiums, five fourplexes with 20 units built in 1992 and converted to condominiums in 1994. MR-12 allows 16 units on the site, so the existing 20 exceed the limit; MR-20 would allow up to 27. Staff recommended denial, saying MR-20 is incompatible with the Bridger Neighborhood, which has been downzoned, and could invite similar requests. The Planning Commission voted 7-0 on February 10 to recommend denial and was concerned it looked like spot zoning. Rice said the owners want the change for lending, sales and insurance, and without it the condominium stays an illegal nonconforming use. Action was set for March 15.
- Current zone to proposed: MR-12 to MR-20
- Acres: about 1.36; existing units: 20
- Staff and Planning Commission: recommend denial (7-0, February 10, 2022)
Item 7 · Contract
Steel Solar 1B power schedule, Resolution 22-10 (workshop)
Discussed
Resource Manager Yuqi Zhao said one member of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems project dropped out, raising the city's share from 5 megawatts to 5.77. Steel Solar 1B is scheduled to start between May 31 and December 31, 2023, and the Red Mesa project (49 megawatts) slipped to December 31, 2022 because of supply shortages. Action was set for March 15.
Item RDA · Budget
Eccles Theatre canal diversion and Center Block donations, Resolution 22-08 RDA (workshop)
Discussed
Economic Development Director Kirk Jensen proposed $65,000 for a new canal diversion for the Ellen Eccles Theatre cooling system at 50 West 100 South, required by Phase 2 of the Mill Creek apartments and covered by a 1992 easement agreement, and recognition of $2,150,000 in donations for the Center Block Plaza, about half the plaza budget. Action was set for March 15.
- Contract$65,000
- Grant$2.15 million
What residents said
Short-term rentalsCoal power and ENCHANTMain Street flags
Gail Yost asked why flags were not placed on Main Street on winter holidays; Elise Carter of the Logan High School Environmental Action Force asked the council not to invest in coal-generated power through the ENCHANT program, and Mayor Daines said the city has essentially met RESAB's 50 percent renewable goal for 2030.