Ogden council creates Parking and Mobility Enterprise Fund and previews Ogden Bend zoning changes
July 30, 2024, 6:00 p.m. · Council Chambers, Municipal Building, 2549 Washington Blvd., Ogden
The council voted 6-0 to adopt Ordinance 2024-23 creating a Parking and Mobility Enterprise Fund for downtown paid parking and adding other enterprise funds to the code. In the work session it previewed zoning text and master plan changes for the Ogden Bend area, planned for action August 20. Council Member Angela Choberka attended the work session but was not present for the votes.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item W1 · General plan
Ogden Bend mixed-use zoning text amendment and master plan update (work session)
Discussed
Planning Manager Barton Brierley said the proposal would change building types allowed, maximum building lengths fronting streets and sign standards in the mixed-use zone to match the updated Ogden Bend Master Plan. The Planning Commission recommended that in mixed-residential areas at least one building type making up 25% of buildings or dwelling units be platted or condominiumized for individual ownership. Responding to requests from property owner Lotus Development, the commission raised the maximum height from four to five stories, cut first-floor height from 14 to 10 feet, kept 10-foot setbacks on Wall Avenue and 18th Street, said surface parking is already allowed and said buildings on Wall Avenue, Washington Boulevard and 20th Street can appear separated. Lotus had asked for six stories at 18th Street and Wall Avenue. The commission recommended the Redevelopment Agency adopt the master plan amendment and the council the code change; action is set for August 20.
- Property owner requesting changes: Lotus Development
- Planning Commission: recommended approval with the changes above
Item W2 · City code
Diversity Commission ordinance amendments (work session)
Discussed
The item was not discussed and moved to the August 6 work session. Council Members Shaun Myers and Angela Choberka said they had concerns about proposed changes to the ordinance language and members' terms, which staff will pass to the administration.
Item W3 · Budget
Fiscal 2024-25 budget message and goals and guidelines (work session)
Discussed
The council reviewed the budget message and changes to its goals and guidelines: referencing a comprehensive financial sustainability model, returning unspent salary and benefit funds to fund balance for reappropriation, and reviewing the certified tax rate annually instead of every other year.
Item 1 · Presentation
Proclamation: Ogden City Fire Department Day, August 5
Approved · 6-0
The council and mayor proclaimed August 5, 2024 Ogden City Fire Department Day for the department's 150th anniversary. Fire Chief Mike Mathieu accepted it, and Captain Ashley Phillips presented a book of department history.
Item 2 · Appointment
Sustainability Committee appointments
Approved · 6-0
The council approved appointing Julie Casey and Derek Martinez-Lopez to the Ogden Sustainability Committee.
Item 3 · City code
Ordinance 2024-23: Parking and Mobility Enterprise Fund and enterprise fund provisions
Approved · 6-0
The ordinance amends the municipal code to create a Parking and Mobility Enterprise Fund to account for revenue and costs of the downtown paid parking system, managed by Management Services. It also adds the medical fund (managed by the Fire Department) and the Airport and Business Depot Ogden funds (managed by Community and Economic Development) to the enterprise fund provisions. Vice Chair Marcia White confirmed with Deputy Comptroller Korahle Jensen that it provides accounting and management rules for all enterprise funds.
What residents said
Homeless campingDowntown paid parking
One resident said she reported a homeless camp on private property to 9-1-1 and no one responded, and asked the city to address such problems.