Tuesday, the City Council again delayed voting on an ordinance that would allow temporary, off-site event parking. Currently, city code requires new businesses to provide all parking on-site - or within 300 feet under limited circumstances.

Earlier in the meeting, Council members Dennis Tenney, Scott Cowdell and Linda Martinez-Saville attempted to pass the ordinance without including several revisions proposed by Councilman Stephen Smith.

"My recommendation . . . [is] that we not hold hostage this ordinance that should have been in place a month ago," Tenney said.

The council hopes to approve a measure at its next meeting, June 19.

Smith worried the proposed ordinance didn't make it clear which events would need an off-site parking management plan. And he asked that applicants, including RSL, be required to guarantee their parking plans with bonds, submit a traffic study and attach any approvals required by other transportation agencies, such as the Utah Department of Transportation.

Cowdell, who resisted passing the ordinance in March, said Tuesday the ordinance was becoming too restrictive.

Last month, before the council signed off on a key agreement for the stadium's public funding, RSL Chief Executive Dean Howes promised Cowdell the team will add an additional 1,000 spots within two years of the stadium's opening. Tuesday, Cowdell expressed dismay when four of his colleagues voted down the parking ordinance.

"I would like to know where all these people were when I was trying to get on-site parking [at the stadium]," Cowdell said.

Sandy Economic Development Director Randy Sant told the council last week that the Utah Transit Authority has agreed to let people attending events at the 9256 S. State St. stadium park at two nearby TRAX stations.

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