HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-2009-07ORDINANCE # 2009-07
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MOAB LAND USE CODE BY REPEALING
CHAPTER 17.37, 0-1, OFFICE -RESIDENTIAL ZONE
WHEREAS, the City of Moab General Plan ("General Plan") was adopted by the Moab City Council on
January 8, 2002, with Resolution # 01-2002, to serve as the guide for land development decisions; and,
WHEREAS, Title 17, Zoning, of the Moab Municipal Code was adopted to implement the General Plan
with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land
throughout the city; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Moab ("City) from time to time has found it necessary to amend the Code to
provide contemporary planning concepts and terminology and to review those unused or abandoned
sections of the Municipal Code and to simplify the language in an effort to make the code more usable by
the general public for development within the incorporated city limits; and,
WHEREAS, City Staff has identified that there are specific superfluous zones as established in Title 17,
Zoning, that must be repealed; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Moab Planning Commission (the "Commission') reviewed ordinance #2008-32
during a public hearing held on April 23, 2009, and subsequently recommended to Council, adoption of
said ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, due notice was given that the Moab City Council ("Council') would meet to hear and
consider this ordinance on June 9, 2009, to decide the merits of the proposed ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has heard and considered all evidence and testimony presented with
respect to the Code amendments and has determined, subsequent to said public hearing that the adoption
of this ordinance is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Moab, Utah.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MOAB CITY COUNCIL THAT Title 17,
specifically, Chapter 17.37, 0-1, Office Residential Zone, is hereby repealed and all other references to the
0-1 Zone are removed.
In Effect Immediately Upon Passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED in open Council by a majority vote of the Governing Body of Moab City
Council on June 9, 2009.
SIGNED:
Rachel Ellison, Recorder
David L. Sakrison, Mayor
Ordinance #2009-07
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