After many months of work on the Town of Taylor Zoning Ordinance, it was adopted by the town council last week. “It fits this community better,” said Mayor Fay Hatch.
Prior to the vote, the council held a public hearing on adoption of Ordinance 2016-02 Town Code. No one from the public was present to make comments.
Building Official/Zoning Administration Allen Davis explained that this ordinance has been in the works for a few years.
He noted that a committee comprised of himself, Vice Mayor Shawn Palmer, and Councilmen Jason Brubaker and Carl Cosper got together and decided what direction the town wanted to take regarding zoning as they discussed issues, and the pros and cons of those issues.
That process gave Allen direction and ideas, which he took to the Taylor Planning and Zoning Commission, which worked on the ordinance item by item.
“What you have before you is the product of our time and efforts,” said Allen. “It is less restrictive than they were in the past, and easier to understand.”
The ordinance is available online at www.Tayloraz.org.
Allen said that they saw what the community is all about and tried to keep that in the ordinance.
The public hearing was closed and later in the meeting the council held the second reading by title only. The council unanimously approved a motion to adopt the ordinance.
In other business Nov. 3, Utilities Supervisor Jeff Foster made a presentation on cellular based automated well controls that work with the Verizon network. A plus for the system is that it could be installed and maintained in-house.
Foster explained that the new system would monitor the Sweetwater well, the lift station and the Rolling Hills well, in that order, and eventually the other two well sites. He explained that the system monitors and sends daily reports on each site, and sends alerts if there are problems by text, email, fax and phone to a designated person or persons.
“This came in at a fraction of the cost, and as you can see there’s a lot of information that comes in,” said Town Manager Gus Lundberg.
The council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Transportation that relates to the new traffic intersection in front of Bashas’ and Walmart.
Lundberg explained that this is what typically happens as it relates to a new traffic intersection. He explained that it must be built to a specific standard and then it is taken over by ADOT. The town is still required to pay cost of the required electricity.
