[0:05] All right,

[0:06] call this meeting to order. It's

[0:08] planning commission hearing and meeting

[0:09] March 11th, 2026. It's currently 6 p.m.

[0:12] and we'll start with the pledge of

[0:13] >> allegiance.

[0:16] I aliance to the flag of the United

[0:20] States of America and to the republic

[0:22] for which it stands, one nation under

[0:25] God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:28] justice for all.

[0:32] Roll callish

[0:34] here harsh here. Bradley F here

[0:38] running here.

[0:39] >> Any conflicts of interest disclose?

[0:42] >> No. All right.

[0:43] >> Then I will open up the hanging item

[0:45] number one ordinance 0202608

[0:48] amend title 10.02.050

[0:50] building permit required 10.10.02

[0:54] agricultural zone and 10.10.050 050 RV

[0:58] rule state zone uh to allow water meters

[1:01] and service without a building permit

[1:03] and allow animal enclosures in the front

[1:04] and side yard of people's property.

[1:07] Rich, would you like to make any

[1:08] comments?

[1:10] >> Matter of fact,

[1:11] >> I figured

[1:13] >> a little comment here. I wrote this out

[1:17] in a little bit of a hurry, but it may

[1:20] not kind of fit in some partic.

[1:26] Okay. Richard Osaski 1024 West Little

[1:29] Pennyway, Apple Valley, Utah.

[1:32] This is about the animal enclosure

[1:34] amendment resing only that allows the

[1:37] placement of animal enclosures from the

[1:40] rear of the yard to the side and front.

[1:43] I met with a prominent local realtor,

[1:45] Porter team. Ron was his name. They he

[1:48] says this was this will affect your

[1:53] property values and not in a good way.

[1:55] But who cares about property values when

[1:58] the PC chair and the mayor live on a

[2:00] gated complex with 5 acre plus lots on

[2:03] 280 acres? They don't have to worry

[2:06] about what is next door to them. Now all

[2:10] we have in our area is smelly air and

[2:12] dust. Gone is the fresh air. It wasn't

[2:15] that way when I moved here in 2009. No

[2:19] wonder it is hard to sell property here.

[2:21] There isn't any incentive to improve

[2:24] one's property.

[2:25] Why waste good money on something that

[2:27] will not bring back a return? Our mayor

[2:31] put into a resolution of a code of 300

[2:34] ft for a nuisance complaint. That

[2:36] doesn't help me when I have to roll up

[2:38] my windows as I drive by a front yard

[2:42] animal enclosure that is overloaded with

[2:44] horses, cows, and chickens

[2:47] or close my windows when the wind is

[2:50] blowing 25 miles in my direction. So why

[2:53] is the 300 ft resolution enforced but

[2:57] not the code violations? In my

[3:00] neighborhood, there have been a

[3:01] violation of front animal

[3:04] enclosures with chickens and goats since

[3:07] August 525.

[3:09] The first of three nuisance complaints,

[3:11] the last one dated February 2nd, 2026

[3:15] without any response until now with this

[3:17] code change. There were other complaints

[3:21] but they were over the 300 foot allowed

[3:24] allowance according to the code

[3:26] enforcer. As a matter of fact in our

[3:28] area the animal point system of cleaning

[3:31] and of horses and cow pins are not being

[3:34] enforced. So, one So, when a complaint

[3:38] comes in about a smell or not cleaning

[3:41] up after the animal in the front side

[3:43] yard, are you going to amend the section

[3:46] of the code to eliminate my violation?

[3:50] I don't come here without a solution.

[3:54] I have one. It is so simple,

[3:58] something myself and the majority would

[4:00] agree to. Let's have the mayor do one of

[4:03] his official Facebook surveys. And the

[4:06] question will be, should the town of

[4:09] Apple Valley do away with all nuisance

[4:12] complaints? No one likes nuisance

[4:15] complaints. Residents would rather

[4:17] ignore the violation or think it will

[4:20] never be next to them or even sell their

[4:23] house. To prove my point, let's show a

[4:26] show of hands of anyone in the room.

[4:29] Nope. anyone in the room or online that

[4:32] has ever turned in a nuisance complaint

[4:34] or have you verbally complain and was

[4:36] told to turn one in. They are not

[4:39] enforcing the why bother.

[4:43] I looked up several small towns around

[4:45] the area, couldn't find one that allowed

[4:48] animal enclosures in the front yard.

[4:51] There isn't any incentive to prove one's

[4:53] property. Why waste good money on

[4:55] something that will not bring back a

[4:57] return? This amendment is contradicting

[5:02] other code and I think it should be

[5:05] tabled. For instance, section F states

[5:09] 30 ft from the property line. Then the

[5:11] amendment G says 10 ft from the property

[5:14] line and then 10-02-051

[5:18] of the billing permit says 50 ft from

[5:21] the property line. You can't have it

[5:24] both ways. Let's be honest, Apple Valley

[5:27] code enforcer is not going to enforce

[5:29] setbacks anyway. Final thoughts of the

[5:32] town.

[5:34] Let's go back to the beginning and be

[5:37] the laughing stock of Washington County

[5:41] or just plain go backwards.

[5:44] Thanks.

[5:46] >> Thank you, Re. Any other comments?

[5:49] Anyone online?

[5:52] >> Want to make a comment?

[5:53] >> Yeah, sure.

[5:54] I've uh filed a complaint, a verbal

[5:56] complaint that was immediately addressed

[5:58] twice.

[5:59] >> But you're you and I'm I me it's

[6:02] different.

[6:02] >> You ask if anybody filed complaint and

[6:05] had it helped.

[6:06] >> Yes.

[6:09] >> Nobody in our neighborhood has.

[6:12] >> All right. There's no online then I will

[6:15] close the hearing. Item number one,

[6:17] ordinance 0202608, amend title

[6:19] 10.02.050,

[6:21] building permit required 10.10 10.02A

[6:25] agricultural zone and 10.10.050

[6:28] RE state zone and we'll move into

[6:31] discussion possible action. Item number

[6:33] two, ordinance 0202608 amend title

[6:36] 10.02.050

[6:38] building permit required 10.10.02

[6:41] agricultural zone and 10.10.050

[6:44] rule state zone. You want to say

[6:46] anything about it, mayor?

[6:47] >> Yes, sir.

[6:49] I do agree with Rich on something and I

[6:51] would like to request that you guys when

[6:54] you consider your recommendation or your

[6:57] proposal on this on page number four in

[7:00] green you have letter oh my gosh it

[7:03] looks like G my glasses on item one and

[7:07] two I would like those eliminated from

[7:08] the recommendation if if you guys agree

[7:11] with that um I will approach that to

[7:13] council al also as I agree with Rich it

[7:15] is contradictive um I think having 50 ft

[7:18] away from the house and 30 ft from the

[7:20] property line is already in the

[7:21] ordinance up there and um I didn't catch

[7:24] it when I proof read it. Me and Bradley

[7:25] had talked about it earlier today and we

[7:27] were already planning that. So um that

[7:29] would be up to you guys. It's in the

[7:30] proposal, but I think when we get to

[7:32] council, that's going to be my

[7:33] recommendation to council is we just

[7:34] eliminate number one or number two and

[7:36] number G. That's it. Um I did do a poll

[7:40] on Facebook.

[7:42] >> Good.

[7:42] >> And uh I think there was only two people

[7:44] that didn't want animals in front yards.

[7:47] Um, and so that would put the everybody

[7:50] majority of people that voted on

[7:51] Facebook didn't care. If you drive

[7:53] around town, they're already doing it.

[7:55] Um, there's many other problems. Um,

[7:57] what people don't understand about

[7:59] property values is, sure, if you want to

[8:01] sell your property, um, property values,

[8:05] of course, you're worried about property

[8:07] values, but most people are here to stay

[8:08] longterm. If you're leaving, how much do

[8:11] I have to worry about you? You're not a

[8:12] registered voter. You're not going to

[8:13] live here anymore. But if you're

[8:14] staying, I worry about you. And if

[8:16] property values go up, you know what

[8:18] else goes up with that? Your taxes. So

[8:20] remember that. Every time property

[8:22] values go up around here, you long-term

[8:23] people, your taxes are assessed every

[8:26] year. And your property taxes go up. So

[8:28] yeah, you may make when you go to sell

[8:29] it 20 years from now, you may make

[8:31] another 10 20,000. I have a friend that

[8:34] bought a house uh 20 years ago and 30

[8:37] years ago in Compton and paid a little

[8:39] less than 100,000 for it and now it's

[8:41] valued at almost a million dollars.

[8:43] 920,000. Never no improvements, nothing.

[8:45] just kept it up. So, don't talk about

[8:47] property values and animals and some

[8:50] junk piles over here. It doesn't really

[8:52] affect property values like people think

[8:53] it does. So, but if it does, you don't

[8:55] want your taxes to go up anyways.

[8:59] » All right. Yeah. So, this the amendment

[9:01] does two things. Allows for allows for

[9:03] water meters before a building permit to

[9:07] um and then it allows for animals in the

[9:09] front and backyards. But I agree with

[9:12] the mayor. If you look at item number G,

[9:14] it does say setbacks are 10 and 15 ft.

[9:16] And then right above in in item F, it

[9:19] says uh 30 ft and 50 ft. So if we do

[9:23] recommend approval, we'd want to

[9:26] >> get rid of that.

[9:27] >> Can you motion it since you understand

[9:28] it better?

[9:30] >> If you guys have any other comments,

[9:31] now's the time.

[9:33] >> Um, no. I'm just hoping it doesn't turn

[9:35] into a nuisance complaint factory. But

[9:37] >> yeah,

[9:38] >> maybe there aren't that many people that

[9:40] want to do this. Well, and the the

[9:42] nuisance will be the view of it, I

[9:44] think, because they're going to smell

[9:46] the same whether they're in the front or

[9:47] back,

[9:48] >> and they have to be, you know, 50 feet

[9:50] away from the house, whether it's in the

[9:52] front or the back, that doesn't, you

[9:53] know, it doesn't change. Still have to

[9:54] be x amount of feet with away from the

[9:56] house.

[9:56] >> Yeah. Now, I mean, if somebody builds

[9:58] some ratty pens in their front yard, I I

[10:02] get it then. And it's possible, but you

[10:05] know, you can't

[10:08] make rules for every last little thing,

[10:10] I don't think.

[10:10] >> Yeah. And I think there's a lot of

[10:12] people that have already have things set

[10:14] up, so they'd be grandfathered in

[10:16] anyway. And I know there's people around

[10:17] my neighborhood that have it in their

[10:19] front yard and it's great. I don't have

[10:21] any any issues with how they've got it

[10:24] or anything else. It's it's maintained.

[10:26] It looks good. It's taken care of.

[10:28] >> Yeah. If you maintain it properly,

[10:30] location doesn't really matter, right?

[10:32] >> Yeah.

[10:33] >> There's some properties that they can't

[10:35] locate it in the backyard. the way the

[10:37] property is.

[10:38] >> Mhm.

[10:39] >> Up against the hill. That's the issue.

[10:42] >> Go ahead. Sorry again.

[10:43] >> Okay. The one thing that I I would like

[10:45] to address is I think we all got an

[10:48] email

[10:50] uh concerning this whole topic here. And

[10:55] every time we get an email like that,

[10:57] it's constantly negative.

[11:00] Always. you didn't do this, you didn't

[11:02] do this, you changed this because you

[11:04] don't want to do this, you know,

[11:06] whatever the case may be.

[11:09] I mean, look at the whole situation and

[11:12] not just this. Look at the improvements

[11:15] that have happened in this town and not

[11:18] one person is saying, "Hey, good job."

[11:21] Not one person

[11:23] that is in this email that that we got.

[11:28] They don't recognize that. They just

[11:29] want to sit there and complain about

[11:31] things that like this. But if you're

[11:34] going to complain, fantastic. Go ahead

[11:37] and complain. But in the same respect,

[11:40] if you do something or you see something

[11:42] positive and ne positive for the town,

[11:44] applaud that. Don't just complain

[11:47] because it's

[11:50] it takes the morale out of everything

[11:52] when it's a constant complaint.

[11:56] So that's all I have to say. If

[11:59] everyone's good, then I'll I'll make a

[12:00] motion.

[12:02] I make a motion that we recommend

[12:04] approval on ordinance 0202608

[12:06] amend title 10.02.050

[12:09] building permit required, 10.10.02

[12:12] a agricultural zone and 10.10.050

[12:16] RE rule states and on 10.10.050

[12:21] RE rule states under item G, we remove

[12:24] the two setbacks of 10 and 15 ft. I

[12:27] second that.

[12:28] >> Motion second. Let's take a vote.

[12:30] >> I I

[12:31] >> I

[12:32] >> All right.

[12:32] >> Motion carries. All right. On to the

[12:34] minutes. I looked at them. They look

[12:36] good. You guys see any issues?

[12:38] >> No.

[12:39] >> All right. Anyone want a motion?

[12:42] >> I'll move that we approve the minutes of

[12:44] the planning commission meeting uh

[12:47] 2.1126.

[12:49] >> I'll second.

[12:49] >> Motion second. Let's take a vote.

[12:51] >> I I

[12:51] >> I motion carries.

[12:54] >> Make the motion we adjourn. Second.

[12:57] >> All in favor?

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