[0:00] meeting to order this Wednesday, May
[0:01] 27th, 2026 here at the hour of 7:00 p.m.
[0:06] here in City Council chain chambers.
[0:08] Uh first item on our agenda tonight is
[0:10] our pledge of allegiance. If you all
[0:11] please rise.
[0:13] >> [clears throat]
[0:15] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:17] United States of America, and to the
[0:20] republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:23] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:26] justice for all.
[0:34] Uh please, just a reminder, there is a
[0:35] significant increase in fraudulent
[0:37] fishing requests using information from
[0:39] our
[0:40] Tooele City public notices that are
[0:42] issued concerning the applications being
[0:44] heard during our planning commission
[0:45] meetings.
[0:46] Tooele City collects fees only at the
[0:48] time of application submittal. Tooele
[0:50] City will never ask for funds to be sent
[0:52] over wire transfers. Legitimate Tooele
[0:54] City emails always end with
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[0:57] If you receive a request requiring you
[0:59] to pay additional fees for an
[1:00] application in an email that does not
[1:03] end in tooelecity.gov
[1:05] after your application has been
[1:06] submitted, this is fraud. If you receive
[1:09] such a request, please contact Tooele
[1:11] City Community Development Department
[1:13] immediately.
[1:14] Uh moves us on to number two on our
[1:16] agenda is our roll call. Commissioner
[1:18] Hammer. Here. Commissioner Sloan. Here.
[1:19] Commissioner Proctor. Here.
[1:21] Commissioner Fairclough. Here.
[1:23] Commissioner Jensen. Here. Commissioner
[1:24] Anderson.
[1:25] >> Here.
[1:27] Please recognize council members
[1:28] Gossett, uh staff members Ms. Young, Ms.
[1:31] Anglin, Mr. Hansen, and Mr. Johnson
[1:33] joining us tonight, and also Braxton
[1:35] figuring out our audio here for us.
[1:37] Appreciate that.
[1:39] Uh number three on our agenda tonight is
[1:40] a public hearing and a recommendation on
[1:42] a proposed text amendment to Tooele City
[1:44] code 7-16B-6.
[1:47] This is landscaping standards regarding
[1:50] minimum landscape requirements in the
[1:52] heavy industrial sections of the Tooele
[1:53] City Business Park. Ms. Anglin.
[1:57] Okay, so um if you see on your monitors
[2:00] the
[2:01] Tooele City Business Park, um there are
[2:03] three different shades of like pinkish
[2:05] purple. The darkest purple is the area
[2:08] that we're talking about. It's also
[2:10] going to be furthest away from any of
[2:12] the residential zoning districts or
[2:15] uses. Um
[2:17] So, the first thing we kind of we want
[2:19] to go over is the Tooele City Business
[2:22] Park zoning um purpose. Um
[2:25] The purpose is to um allow for
[2:28] additional uh commercial and industrial
[2:32] uses that transition smoothly from uh
[2:36] the neighboring residential uses. Um
[2:40] The uh so, the transition's
[2:42] appropriately for existing single-family
[2:45] and multi-family residential uses to
[2:47] future commercial and and industrial
[2:49] uses.
[2:50] Establishes regulations aimed at
[2:52] maximizing the quality and value of a
[2:55] business park through architectural,
[2:57] landscaping, lighting, and other
[2:58] development standards. And then to
[3:01] create a unique rail
[3:04] served mixed-use commercial industrial
[3:07] business park
[3:08] and for renewable energy. Um
[3:11] So, just looking at the map, um the
[3:14] purple part, the part that we're talking
[3:16] about changing the landscaping for, is
[3:19] what is um going to be next to the rail
[3:22] line um
[3:24] and have more of the heavier industrial
[3:26] types of uses. So, in 2024, um
[3:31] the city council amended the ordinance
[3:34] um to remove landscaping requirements
[3:38] for parking lots, eliminate the required
[3:40] 15-ft front yard landscaping
[3:41] requirement, and
[3:43] uh the park strip landscaping
[3:45] requirements as well in the industrial
[3:47] zone.
[3:49] And then um in lieu of landscaping, the
[3:52] ordinance amendment required the new
[3:54] development to provide a disturbed
[3:56] reclamation plan for all areas as
[3:59] disturbed during the construction
[4:01] process. So, basically, what they need
[4:04] what we would require from them is any
[4:06] dirt that's that gets moved.
[4:09] Um, they need to reseed with native
[4:11] species of plant that you would see
[4:13] local around here. And then they need
[4:14] just need to submit a plan on how that
[4:16] they're going to get that started. Um,
[4:20] so this ordinance is just going to
[4:23] reflect what we've already approved in
[4:25] our heavier industrial zones.
[4:28] Um,
[4:29] so the text amendment um,
[4:33] it will identify and keep separate um,
[4:36] all the sections of the Tooele City
[4:39] Business Business Park A, B, and C. Um,
[4:43] and then it shows that um,
[4:47] they will be
[4:49] um, we are proposing to remove section C from the 1% landscaping
[4:54] requirement as well as the reference to
[4:56] table two
[4:57] of the Tooele City Code 7-16 where
[5:00] industrial landscaping requirement
[5:02] requirements are defined. Um, it also
[5:05] creates a paragraph three which exempts
[5:08] sections C from any landscaping
[5:11] requirements and then requires all areas
[5:14] disturbed by the construction
[5:18] um, in section C to provide the reestablishment of vegetation.
[5:24] Um,
[5:26] and then renumbering them the the lines according to the amendment.
[5:32] And then um,
[5:34] eliminate C from the tree planning
[5:36] requirements. So, these [snorts] are the
[5:38] changes that are going to make. This is
[5:41] on the left is what the ordinance looks
[5:42] like right now. And then on uh,
[5:46] the right is where uh we're making all
[5:50] the changes. The changes
[5:52] are in blue what we want to keep. Um
[5:57] And so, that is basically just marrying
[6:01] what we've already approved um in 2024
[6:05] on the industrial landscaping
[6:07] requirements. So,
[6:09] any questions?
[6:12] Bring this back to the commission. Any
[6:13] questions for staff?
[6:20] Pretty quiet over here. Sounds like
[6:22] there's none. Crickets. I like
[6:23] [laughter] it.
[6:25] I'll just ask one question. Mr.
[6:27] Chairman, go ahead.
[6:28] Um
[6:30] the way I read it, it sounds like we
[6:31] still even with the water-wise I'm
[6:33] sorry, not the water-wise, but the um
[6:37] the natural landscape with water-wise
[6:39] natural landscaping, we're still going
[6:40] to be required to irrigate that or is
[6:43] natural
[6:44] >> So, it's just going to be through the um
[6:47] when they reestablish the vegetation.
[6:50] Um it's just going to go through that
[6:53] process, so it doesn't get like over
[6:55] overrated or um by our bombarded by
[6:59] invasive species of weeds and that type
[7:02] of thing. We don't want to see that. We
[7:03] want to see more of a natural landscape
[7:06] um where there isn't development. So,
[7:09] My question was, is does that include
[7:11] the landscaping requirement on section
[7:13] five?
[7:14] Or the irrigation requirement on section
[7:16] five? It's just so that um it's just
[7:19] until that gets established, the
[7:22] revegetation gets established, and then
[7:25] after that there's not going to be an
[7:27] irrigation requirement.
[7:28] >> Do we need to specify that somewhere in
[7:30] here because the the way it's written,
[7:32] they need to keep that in there in
[7:33] perpetuity. It says shall utilize.
[7:40] Old number four now number five.
[7:46] Yeah, I mean we can do that, but it
[7:48] would it is mainly
[7:50] used as
[7:52] it is just mainly to establish the the
[7:54] [clears throat] vegetation or the
[7:56] growth, the irrigation. It doesn't have
[7:57] to be permanent, it just has to be some
[7:59] type of sorts of irrigation for it
[8:02] to get established.
[8:04] So, if we want to look into clarifying
[8:08] that language, we can, for sure.
[8:16] Maybe I can ask the attorney then am am
[8:18] I over thinking this?
[8:20] Shall is a big word.
[8:22] It's a verb.
[8:27] Sorry, I have two months of pent-up
[8:28] aggression that I need to do.
[8:41] I mean, he point Sorry, my mic's off. He
[8:44] point out I mean, shall means that they
[8:46] do need to do it. I think I think as Ms.
[8:48] England indicated, it would just be to a
[8:50] certain point and
[8:52] um they no longer need to do it, but
[8:54] certainly if But when do we identify
[8:56] that point, I guess is my question. Um
[8:59] we certainly could do that, yeah. That
[9:01] would
[9:02] uh provide a clarification
[9:04] if you wanted to
[9:06] uh
[9:07] put that as a condition or or tape that,
[9:08] certainly that's that's your
[9:10] prerogative.
[9:12] And um also just to let you know that
[9:14] what [clears throat] is in this language
[9:15] right now is what is already in the
[9:17] ordinance for the industrial zones.
[9:20] So.
[9:26] Excellent question.
[9:29] Makes you think a little bit more into
[9:30] it.
[9:32] Anybody else have any other questions,
[9:34] comments, concerns?
[9:47] No.
[9:50] We're all still thinking?
[9:53] All right. Well, while we're thinking,
[9:54] this one does require a public hearing.
[9:57] Uh I can go ahead and we can open the
[9:58] public hearing.
[9:59] If [clears throat] you'd like to address
[10:00] this particular item on landscaping in
[10:03] industrial sections, heavy industrial
[10:05] sections of Tooele City Business Park,
[10:07] uh please approach the podium, state
[10:09] your name for the record.
[10:11] Write your name for the record.
[10:17] Seeing no one approach, I'll go ahead
[10:19] and close the public hearing and bring
[10:20] it back to the commission for any other
[10:22] thoughts that we've thought of during
[10:23] this little break.
[10:27] I can just see the steam coming out of
[10:29] all your ears.
[10:32] No, nothing yet? We should start for
[10:34] motion? Okay. Perfect. Yep, we'll move
[10:35] forward.
[10:37] Moving forward a positive recommendation
[10:38] to the City Council for the proposed
[10:39] ordinance amendment to Tooele City Code
[10:41] 7-16B-6,
[10:44] landscaping standards regarding
[10:45] landscaping requirements for section C
[10:47] of the Tooele City Business Park zoning
[10:49] district based on the following
[10:51] the findings that are listed in the
[10:52] staff report. I would also like to
[10:54] request that we have
[10:56] staff work with the attorney's office to
[10:58] come up with a one-sentence
[11:02] terminating clause for section new
[11:04] section 5-3 regarding
[11:06] uh future use of
[11:07] irrigation after it's established.
[11:12] Okay, I have a motion to approve from
[11:13] Commissioner or motion motion positive
[11:16] recommendation from Commissioner Sloan
[11:18] uh with the added condition to clarify
[11:21] item number five on uh irrigation and
[11:24] dripping with
[11:26] natural landscapes. Do I have a second?
[11:28] I'll second. And a second from
[11:29] Commissioner Anderson. Any discussion
[11:31] before we take this to a vote?
[11:36] Commissioner Hammer, how do you vote?
[11:37] Aye. Commissioner Sloan. Aye.
[11:39] Commissioner Proctor. Aye. Commissioner
[11:40] Fairclough. Aye. Commissioner Anderson
[11:42] or Jensen.
[11:43] Aye. Commissioner Anderson.
[11:45] >> Aye.
[11:46] >> [laughter]
[11:46] >> But you were paying attention.
[11:47] >> my name, I'm going to say. I was not.
[11:49] Thank you. This one passes with a
[11:50] positive recommendation going up to City
[11:52] Council 7 to 0. Moves us on to number
[11:56] four on our agenda tonight is a public
[11:58] hearing and a recommendation on a
[12:00] proposed text amendment to Tooele City
[12:02] Code Title 7 Chapter 25, signs regarding
[12:05] the display of political signs in public
[12:07] right-of-ways, the removal of such
[12:09] political signs from public
[12:10] right-of-ways, the regulations of such
[12:13] political signs and other such
[12:14] regulations concerning political signs
[12:16] as required by Utah State Code Title 20A
[12:20] Chapter 17. Before we get too far into
[12:23] this, I'm going to turn this over to my
[12:25] vice chair, Commissioner Proctor, uh
[12:28] for a motion because we're going to need
[12:29] to Yeah, we come to our attention that
[12:32] some work needs to be done on this
[12:34] ordinance that's
[12:36] So, I move that we table it until the
[12:38] city attorney is ready to present it to
[12:40] us.
[12:41] Okay, I got a motion to table this
[12:43] particular item until uh Mr. Johnson is
[12:46] prepared to present to us. The chair
[12:48] will go ahead and second this. Is there
[12:50] any discussion before we take this to a
[12:52] vote?
[12:54] Commissioner Hammer, how do you vote?
[12:55] Aye. Commissioner Sloan. Aye.
[12:56] Commissioner Proctor. Aye. Commissioner
[12:57] Fairclough. Aye. Commissioner Jensen.
[12:59] Aye. Commissioner Anderson. Aye. I'm
[13:02] Chairman Hamilton. I also vote aye. That
[13:04] one passes. It'll be tabled 7 to 0 until
[13:07] the next meeting. Moves us on to number
[13:08] five, our City Council reports.
[13:10] Councilman Goss. This is going to be
[13:13] quick. So, last week we canceled City Council
[13:17] meeting because everybody was at
[13:18] graduation.
[13:20] So, [snorts] the City Council report I
[13:22] gave you last time is the last stuff
[13:23] that we've talked about, so
[13:26] Well, good. Hopefully everybody
[13:26] graduated and they're moving on and
[13:29] Everybody but me.
[13:30] >> You guys are going to have a big a big
[13:31] agenda next meeting. There you go.
[13:34] Perfect. Any questions for Council
[13:35] member Gossage?
[13:38] Thank you, sir. Appreciate that.
[13:40] [snorts]
[13:40] Moves us on to number six on our agenda
[13:42] is our review and decision on our May
[13:44] 13th, 2026 Planning Commission meeting
[13:47] minutes. Are there any corrections or
[13:48] additions to those minutes?
[13:52] I'll entertain a motion.
[13:54] Move to approve the minutes.
[13:56] Got a motion to approve from
[13:57] Commissioner Jensen. Do we have a
[13:58] second?
[14:00] I'll second. And a commission and a
[14:01] second from Commissioner Proctor. Any
[14:03] discussion before we vote?
[14:07] Commissioner Hammer? Aye. Commissioner
[14:08] Sloan? Abstain.
[14:10] Commissioner Proctor? Aye. Commissioner
[14:12] Faircloth? Aye.
[14:13] Commissioner Jensen? Aye. Commissioner
[14:15] Anderson? Aye. I am Chairman Hamilton. I
[14:18] also vote aye. Those pass six to one
[14:21] abstainment. Moves us on to number seven
[14:23] on our agenda. I'll entertain a motion
[14:25] to adjourn.
[14:27] So moved. We are adjourned. Thank you,
[14:29] Commissioner Sloan.
[14:30] And adjourned at 7:14 p.m.