Council tables Wasatch Crane home‑business license, calls for code review

Councilors on Sept. 3 debated at length whether to grant a residential business license to Wasatch Crane LLC, an applicant proposing a single boom-truck operation with no regular employees and off-street parking at a co-applicant’s property. The applicant described the operation as "this boom truck just going out and doing residential construction style jobs," with the vehicle stored on private property and leaving only for jobs; he said the truck has been on site for about three months.

Legal counsel and several council members noted a tension between written residential-business rules (which bar vehicular traffic "not commonly associated with the residential zone") and prior code enforcement and outcomes in other cases. Multiple council members said approving one applicant while denying another (a recent case involving Hector Coronado) would appear inconsistent; legal counsel noted that past disparities often arose after neighbors complained. After extensive back-and-forth about whether the code should be changed to limit numbers or types of vehicles and whether a conditional approach could be used, council moved to table the Wasatch Crane LLC item to allow staff and legal to draft clarifying code revisions.

A council member summarized the action: "Motion by Jason to table the business license for Wasatch Crane LLC." The council approved the motion to table and asked staff to prepare language that could be used to address residential business vehicle counts and other clarity points prior to reconsideration.