Town of Garfield Plan Commission Special Meeting
Meeting Minutes
May 19, 2011
Meeting called to order at 7:05pm.
In attendance: Orval Johnson, Chairman; Marilyn Buckingham, Member; Barry Eklund, Member; Mark Kopp,
Member; Natalie Trudeau, Member; Cliff Manwiller, Town Zoning Administrator
Absent: Darrell Emerson, Member; George Stroebel, member
Residents present: Gene and Lisa Gunderson, Pete Manship, Gary and Joan Gifford, Todd Fulton, John Archibald
Also in attendance: Nolan Wall, Planner from Stevens Engineers; Scott Ward, Vice President from Stevens
Engineers
Review information provided by Town Zoning Administrator concerning the building permit issued to Todd
Fulton to build a pole building: Comment by Mr. Manwiller: there is one deficiency in issuing this permit: there
is no dwelling on the property. There are two options here to meet the Zoning Ordinance requirements: 1)
construct a dwelling on the property; 2) add a dwelling within the proposed structure. In either instance the
following County requirements must be met: 1) A sanitary system is required. This system can be a) chemical
toilet; b) composting toilet; c) out house – open pit or sealed. 2) The Town does not have the authority to deny a
system approved by the County. 3) A fire number is issued when the sanitary system is approved. 4) A dwelling
does not require running water, electricity, heat, or interior finish. 5) Minimum dwelling size per the Zoning
Ordinance is 676 square feet.
Discussion on specifics of the Uniform Dwelling Code; Discussion on Covenant
Petition to Clarify Garfield Zoning Ordinance was presented to the Plan Commission (12 signatures from the
Melissa Jones Development located at 179th Street and 90th Avenue, Garfield)
Motion to revoke the permit, due to the fact that there is no dwelling on the property as required (Kopp/Eklund)
Motion carried unanimously
Next Plan Commission meeting June 9 at 7pm
Meeting adjourned 7:50pm
Respectfully submitted,
Natalie Trudeau, Secretary