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Bell Canyon Acres SD(R-1-30A) code amendment (horse boarding)

Amendments to Title 21, Chapter 19, Section 34 for the Bell Canyon Acres special district on horse boarding, home occupation licensing and animal counts. Adopted as Ordinance 22-18 on Dec. 20, 2022, 4-3, effective March 1, 2023 or when a large animal hobby license ordinance takes effect.

Approved

Type
Code change
Location
Bell Canyon Acres, SD(R-1-30A) zone
Applicant
Sandy Community Development, at the mayor's request
  1. Feb 21, 2023City Council: Large animal hobby license, Ordinance 23-02 (Title 12 Chapter 12-2)
  2. Feb 14, 2023City Council work session: Large animal hobby license, Title 12 Chapter 12-2
  3. Feb 14, 2023City Council work session: First reading: changing the effective date of Ordinance 22-18
  4. Dec 20, 2022City Council: Bell Canyon Acres code amendment, Ordinance 22-18
  5. Dec 6, 2022City Council: Bell Canyon Acres code amendment (File CA02092022-0006266)

In brief

Bell Canyon Acres SD(R-1-30A) code amendment (horse boarding) appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of December 6, 2022 to the City Council meeting of February 21, 2023.

On record, it was continued once, approved with conditions once, and approved once.

The most recent decision was approved at the City Council meeting of February 21, 2023.

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Bell Canyon Acres SD(R-1-30A) code amendment (horse boarding)

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved: Large animal hobby license, Ordinance 23-02 (Title 12 Chapter 12-2) · Approved minutes Record → · Feb. 21, 2023

  2. Money in the record

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  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

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Every hearing and vote

  1. February 21, 2023 · City Council

    Large animal hobby license, Ordinance 23-02 (Title 12 Chapter 12-2)

    Approved

    Animal Services Director Ian Williams reviewed the changes the council requested the prior week. The ordinance creates large animal hobby license requirements. It passed; the notes give no tally.

    Moved by Council Member Zach Robinson, seconded by Council Member Scott Earl

  2. February 14, 2023 · City Council work session

    Large animal hobby license, Title 12 Chapter 12-2

    Discussed

    Animal Services Director Ian Williams reviewed expanded requirements and Mike Wilcox answered questions. Discussion included whether to require a business license. The vote was set for the following week with recommended changes.

  3. February 14, 2023 · City Council work session

    First reading: changing the effective date of Ordinance 22-18

    Discussed

    Council Member Marci Houseman proposed moving the effective date of the Bell Canyon Acres ordinance from March 1, 2023 to March 15 to give the public more time to review the proposed large animal hobby license requirements. After lengthy discussion the council moved on. Ordinance 22-18 was adopted Dec. 20, 2022.

  4. December 20, 2022 · City Council

    Bell Canyon Acres code amendment, Ordinance 22-18

    Approved with conditions · 4-3

    Planning Director Mike Wilcox answered questions. Council Member Alison Stroud moved, seconded by Council Member Scott Earl, to adopt the ordinance with an effective date of March 1, 2023, or when an ordinance creating a large animal hobby license takes effect, whichever is first. The motion also directs the administration to prepare by Feb. 1, 2023 an amendment to Animal Services Code Chapter 12-2 creating a large animal hobby license for residential properties with more than four large animals. It passed 4-3.

    • Code: Title 21, Chapter 19, Section 34
    • Effective: March 1, 2023, or when the large animal hobby license ordinance takes effect
    • Administration to draft hobby license ordinance by Feb. 1, 2023

    Moved by Council Member Alison Stroud, seconded by Council Member Scott Earl. Vote: 4-3; Council Members Marci Houseman, Cyndi Sharkey and Brooke D'Sousa voted no

  5. December 6, 2022 · City Council

    Bell Canyon Acres code amendment (File CA02092022-0006266)

    Continued

    Mike Wilcox presented the history and the 2009 special district zoning for the SD(R-1-30A) area, and reviewed amendments that apply only to this area. Council members discussed business licensing for horse boarding, home occupation licensing, the farm animal set-aside area and simplifying animal count calculations. Council Member Zach Robinson asked that information be sent to all members. The item returned Dec. 20.

    • Code: Title 21, Chapter 19, Section 34