New Ordinance 251 Abandoned Vehicles adopted - on ordinance page
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Due to your cooperation, the tank level was at 12 feet 7-3-08 A small leak was detected on a service line connection. Our public works people are to be commended in locating this leak amongst the irrigation run-off.
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TOWN EMPLOYEES & OFFICIALS
 Janet Herold,
Town of Baggs Clerk-Treasurer
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 Codey Stocks
Assistant Clerk-Treasurer
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 Doyle Gaswick
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 Michelle Christopher
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPATMENT
 Police Chief Ed Owen
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 New Police Officer John O'Connor
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
 Jim Espy shown here
taking the oath of
office as the new
Baggs Municipal Judge
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Elected Officials: to contact any, call 383-7335 or email baggsweb@dteworld.com
Baggs elected officials were sworn into office Jan. 9, 2007
Newly elected Mayor Linda Corners being
sworn in by Council President Jim McConahay
Taking the oath of office are newly elected Council members:
Pat Grieve, Jim McConahay, Susie Robidoux and Kathy Staman
Leigh Ann Adams was appointed to fullfill the council poisition that opened upon the resignation of Susie Robidoux
YOUR US SENATORS AND CONGRESSMAN and WOMAN:US Senator John Barrasso
2632 Foothills Blvd. Suite 101
Rock Springs, WY 82901
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US Senator Mike Enzi
3201 Federal Center
Casper, WY 82601
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US Representative Barbara Cubin
2120 Capitol Ave., Room 2015
Cheyenne, WY 82001
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WYOMING STATE LEGISLATURE:
TOWN OF BAGGS - Senate District 11-- Hon. Bill Vasey; House District 47-- Hon. William "Jeb" Steward
Website - http://legisweb.state.wy.us (live audio of floor proceedings, legislatures email addresses, text of each bill, fiscal profiles, amendments and schedules of floor debate and committee hearings.
Voter Hotline 1(866)996-8683 (messages for legislators encouraging votes for or against measures) Callers can encourage votes for or against measures, but no general messages.
Bill Status 1(800)342-9570 (staffers will provide updates of where bills stand) staffers will provide updates where bills stand, but no details - 8am to 5pm
Non-voting-related messages for lawmakers: House (307)777-7852; Senate (307)777-7711
Faxed Messages: (307)777-5466
Copies of Bills: (307)777-7881
Hearing impaired (800) 877-9965 for TDD or text telephones for bill information
Written mail can be sent to any lawmaker in care of the Wyoming House or Senate, or Governor Freudenthal, State Capiitol, Cheyenne, WY 82002, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
| ORDINANCE NO. _____ AN ORDINANCE CREATING BAGGS MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 17.26 -TOWN CENTER DISTRICT (TCD)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE TOWN OF BAGGS, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING:
§Chapter 17.26 of the Baggs Municipal Code is created to read as follows:
§Chapter 17.26 TOWN CENTER DISTRICT (TCD)
Sections:
17.26.100 Purposes.
17.26.150 Definitions.
17.26.200 Allowed Uses.
17.26.250 Uses Not Allowed.
17.26.300 Property development standards.
17.26.010 The purposes of a Town Center District are to:
Promote the development of moderate-high intensity employment centers, dynamic mixed-use (commercial/residential) areas, and residential living environments that provide for a broad range of housing types to satisfy the need for an array of housing needs, focusing only on lands and properties with frontage on Wyoming Highway 70 and Wyoming Highway 789 within the incorporated limits of the Town of Baggs;
Enable a diverse mix of residential, commercial, business, office, institutional, educational, and cultural and entertainment activities for residents, workers, and visitors;
Encourage pedestrian-orientated development within walking distance of town center businesses.
17.26.015 Definitions. As used in the foregoing ordinance and notwithstanding the conflicting provisions of Section 17.08 Definitions, the following words and terms have the meanings specified below:
“Floor Area Ratio” means the ratio of a building's gross floor area to the area of the lot on which the building is located.
“Gross Floor Area” is the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings. Gross floor area does not include basements when at least one-half the floor-to-ceiling height is below grade. Gross floor area does not include accessory parking, attic space having a floor-to-ceiling height less than seven (7) feet, exterior balconies, uncovered steps, or inner courts.
“Mixed-use Building” means a building that contains at least one (1) floor partially or wholly dedicated for nonresidential uses and at least one (1) floor dedicated for allowed residential uses.
“Setback” means the open, unobstructed area required to be provided between the furthermost projection of a building and the adjacent property line.
“Manufactured home” means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary and complies with the standards established under this chapter; and except that such term shall not include any self-propelled recreational vehicle; and the provisions of 42 USC CHAPTER 70 - MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS 01/02/2006 As Amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to this section.
“Industrial” means a place where trade or manufacturing is carried on for profit employing labor and/or mechanical devices and capital.
“Accessory use/structure” means a use of the land or a building/ structure totally incidental and directly related to the allowed use.
“Permanent foundation” means the supportive structure constructed in and above the soil surface and affixed to the permitted building, but not including compressed, pressure treated/treated wood and wood products and railroad ties.
17.26.020 Allowed Uses. The following uses are allowed by-right in the TCD, subject to all provisions of the Baggs Municipal Code.
RESIDENTIAL: Detached Single-Family Dwellings including Manufactured Homes; Duplexes; Multi -Family Dwellings; Dwelling units located above the ground floor; Home occupations; Accessory Use/Structure.
PUBLIC AND CIVIC: Utilities and Services; Postal Service; Lodge or Private club; Day Care; Libraries; Museums; Parks and Recreation; Public Safety Services; Religious Assembly; Schools; Cultural Exhibits; Fire and Police Stations; Accessory Use/Structure; Government.
COMMERCIAL: Food and Beverage Retail Sales; Restaurant; Tavern; Veterinary: Financial Services; Gas Stations; Medical Services; Lodging; Public and Private Offices; Commercial Parking; Fuel Stations, Vehicle Service and Repair; General Retail Sales; Personal Services; Communication Facilities; Professional Office Building and Mixed-use Building
17.26.250 Uses Not Allowed. The TCD does not allow any other use in the Baggs Municipal Code or this title including industrial uses, other than those listed in 17.26.020.
17.26.030 Property development standards.
Floor Area Ratio. In the TCD, the maximum floor area ratio is one and sixty-five hundredths (1.65) for all allowed uses.
Lot Area per Unit (Density). In the TCD, the maximum density of residential only development for lot area per dwelling unit is three hundred thirty (330) square feet, and for mixed use buildings two hundred twenty (220) square feet.
Building Height. All building development in the TCD is subject to a thirty-five (35) foot height limitation.
Setbacks. The TCD provides for front, rear, side yard and side street building setback requirements. For front yard the minimum setback is fifteen (15) feet. For the side yard the minimum setback is five (5) feet. For the side street yard the minimum setback is five (5) feet. For the rear yard the minimum setback is five percent (5%) of the lot depth. Setback areas specified above may be used for the following purposes: Off-street parking and loading and traffic circulation; signs necessary to direct and control vehicular traffic; permitted signs to identify a business.
Distance Between Buildings. Buildings not actually joined shall be provided with a minimum ten-foot separation.
Off-street Parking. Use of land in this district shall also conform to the off-street parking, sign requirements, and other general provisions of Chapter 17.40. The strict application of parking requirements of 17.40.160 may be varied, for smaller developments where on-street parking will present no traffic congestion or safety hazard. (Ord. 83.6.17, 1982).
Floor-to Floor Heights and Floor Area of Ground -floor Space. All nonresidential floor space provided on the ground floor of a mixed use building must have a minimum floor-to-ceiling height of eight (8) feet. All nonresidential floor space provided on the ground floor of a mixed use building must contain a minimum floor area of six hundred sixty (660) square feet on lots with street frontage of less than or equal to thirty (30) feet; or at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot area on the lots with thirty (30) feet of street frontage or more.
Additional Requirements. Drive-through facilities for vehicles are allowed upon review and approval of the planning commission and town council; All commercial uses shall be conducted wholly within the confines of a building, except those uses permitted which are customarily conducted in the open such as used car sales, construction equipment or farm implements; Storage for commercial uses shall be limited to accessory storage of commodities sold at retail on the premises and storage shall be within a completely enclosed building; All allowed uses must not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration or other similar causes; All repair garages, filling stations and gasoline pumps shall be so placed, as to permit all services to be rendered entirely within the lot lines; No gasoline or oil pump shall be placed within fifteen feet of any street line or side lot line, nor within twenty feet of any residential boundary line; All dwellings or buildings permitted within the TCD shall have permanent foundations.
Site Plan Approval. Site plan approval is required for all allowed uses.
This ordinance becomes effective upon posting, passage and adoption by the Governing Body of the Town of Baggs, Wyoming.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS DAY OF , 2008.
FIRST READING May 13, 2008
SECOND READING
PUBLIC HEARING AND THIRD READING
Mayor
Clerk Attesting
POSTED: May ___, 2008
Baggs Town Hall
U.S. Post Office - Baggs
Stage Stop General Store - Baggs
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