[Regular Meeting]
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RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYBODY TO THE WEST JORDAN PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR JUNE 16TH, 2026. WE HAVE ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER ACKER, AND SHE'LL BE EXCUSED FOR THIS EVENING. FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS GOING TO LEAD US ON THAT. PLEASE STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY. NEXT IS OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND IT'S APPROVAL OF
[a. Approve Minutes from May 19, 2026]
THE MINUTES FROM MAY 19TH, 2026. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON IT? OR. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THOUGHT IT WAS FANTASTIC HOW IT WAS BOLTED. IT MADE IT SO MUCH CLEANER AND EASIER TO FOLLOW THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SHE'S BEEN PRACTICING. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, COMMISSIONER ROBERTS, I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, I ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT CARRIES SIX NOTHING. AND[a. Infinite Supports; 7613 South Jordan Landing Boulevard; Conditional Use Permit for an adult daycare, general; SC-2 Zone; Proposal by the Applicant; [Mark Forsythe/Nate Nelson/Mike Jensen #35459; parcel 21-29-351-008]]
THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. NEXT IS OUR CALENDAR WITH FINAL ACTION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND FIRST OFF IS INFINITE SUPPORTS AT 7613 SOUTH JORDAN LANDING BOULEVARD. IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ADULT DAYCARE GENERAL SC DASH TWO ZONE. AND IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT'S THE APPLICANT COME UP AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME JUST TO LET THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUBLISH THE APPLICANT'S NAME ANYMORE. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO THEY'VE HAD SOME ISSUES. OH, ANYWAY, GO AHEAD. I'M SHELLEY EVANS, I'M THE OWNER OF INFINITE SUPPORTS. AND THIS IS SHERRY LANCER. SHE'S THE ONE THAT RUNS OUR DAY PROGRAM. GO AHEAD AND GIVE US YOUR SPILL. WE JUST NEED OUR LICENSE BACK. SO WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2014. AND SO WE GOT OUR FIRE INSPECTION LAST YEAR, BUT OUR LICENSE GOT KICKED OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM WHEN YOU UPDATED IT. SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE A LICENSE WE DIDN'T SEE RECEIVE A NOTICE THAT WE NEEDED TO RENEW OUR LICENSE. WE HAVE AN AUDIT FROM THE STATE DSP AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT. SO I CALLED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THEY SAID IT. HAD THEY UPDATED THEIR SYSTEM AND IT DIDN'T SHOW THAT WE WERE IN BUSINESS ANYMORE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESTATE OUR LICENSE. SO IT'S MORE OF A JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE, RIGHT. OKAY.WOULD YOU LIKE TO ELABORATE ANYTHING ELSE? OR WE CAN JUST TURN THE TIME OVER TO, TO MARK IF YOU WANT TO TELL THEM ABOUT HER. I HAVE ALL OF OUR LICENSES FROM PARK PREVIOUS, BUT OUR DAY PROGRAM INSTITUTES 15 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. IT WAS 3 TO 1 STAFF RATIO. AND OUR BUSINESS PREVAILS OF THEM BEING ABLE BODIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE TEACH THEM LIFE SKILLS AND COMMUNITY SKILLS. AND THIS FLOOR PLAN IS FROM THE EXECUTIVE SIDE. AND THEN I EMAILED MARK TO ADD THE FLOOR PLAN FROM THE DAY PROGRAM. SO WE DO A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY ALSO STAY IN THE BUILDING, DO ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE THERE.
WE DO CRAFTS AND WE TEACH THEM HOW TO COOK RECIPES WITH THREE INGREDIENTS. WE DON'T HAVE OVENS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THERE, JUST MICROWAVES. SOME HAVE RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS SHIRTS. THEY CAN'T BE AROUND SHARP OBJECTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND SO WE ABIDE BY THOSE.
RULES. REQUEST FROM THE STATE WERE AUDITED ONCE A YEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 3 TO 4 AUDITS PER YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MEDICATIONS ARE INTACT, LOCKED UP, OUR SHOPS ARE PUT AWAY OR NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE CLIENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO IS A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY IN OUR DAY PROGRAM AT THIS POINT. BUT AS WE DO INTAKE, WE HAVE SOME RUNNERS. SO LUCKILY, AS YOU NOTICE THAT THE FLOOR PLAN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT
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MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE CONVENIENT. THEY'RE AWARE OF US. WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING. THERE IS ALSO A. ANOTHER FACILITY ACROSS FROM US THAT DOES CHILDREN A, B, A AND AND THEN OUR DENTIST UPSTAIRS ALSO DOES HANDICAP DENTISTRY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WELL THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU'RE STILL IN BUSINESS. THANK YOU. WE ENJOY IT. IT'S FUN SOMETIMES. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. WE'LL CALL YOU UP IF WE HAVE ANY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MARK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I'LL JUST GO OVER A COUPLE THINGS REALLY QUICK AND BE BRIEF. BUT JUST TO COVER THE ZONING, THIS IS LOCATED IN C-2 ZONE AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMERCIAL AREA OF JORDAN LANDING. AND IN THAT ZONE, ADULT DAYCARE IS REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS THE REASON WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. BUT AS FAR AS THE ADULT DAYCARE GOES, PARTICULARLY AS THE APPLICANT DESCRIBED, IT'S VERY LOW IMPACT. THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MAJOR DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS PRODUCED BY THE PROPOSED USE. SO WE FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA THAT THEY'RE IN. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON REAL QUICK IS JUST PARKING. WE'RE REALLY NOT ANTICIPATING A WHOLE LOT OF PARKING IMPACT THERE EITHER. PARKING LOTS GOT 85 PARKING SPACES. THE DAYCARE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE SIX, AND THEN THE MEDICAL OFFICES COMBINED WITH THE DAYCARE TOTAL REQUIRED PARKING IS 70. SO THEY BASICALLY HAVE 15 SPACES TO SPARE. SO. OTHER THAN THAT, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS GO, LIKE THE APPLICANT SAID, THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE IS ALREADY IN FOR REVIEW. SO ASSUMING THEY GET APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TONIGHT SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND. AND THAT'S IT. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. OKAY. THIS WAS NOTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. JUST COME UP TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE. STAR NINE. OKAY, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE COMMISSION FOR COMMENT AND OR MOTIONS. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND FINDINGS SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT AND UPON THE EVIDENCE AND EXPLANATIONS RECEIVED TODAY. I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR INFINITE SUPPORTS LOCATED AT 76 13TH 13TH SOUTH JORDAN LANDING BOULEVARD IN THE SC DASH TWO ZONE. MICHELIN SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT CARRIES SIX. NOTHING.[b. Visionary Center; 3680 West 9000 South; Preliminary Site Plan and Preliminary Condominium Plat; P-O Zone; Proposed by the Applicant; [Mark Forsythe/Todd Johnson/David Murphy/Mike Jensen #35191, #35192; parcel 27-05-180-008]]
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS ITEM B AND THAT'S A VISIONARY CENTER AT 3680 WEST 9000 SOUTH. IT'S PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND. PRELIMINARY CONDOMINIUM PLAT FOR P-0 ZONE. SORRY. AND I'M NOT SURE WHO THE APPLICANT IS. IF YOU'RE HERE, JUST COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. PRESTON.READING. YEAH. SO FIRST OFF, I'M WITH NAVIGATE ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS AND SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO YOU GUYS. JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY TO MARK AND MIKE FOR WORKING WITH US, TO HELPING US GET TO THIS POINT. SO YEAH, THE DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED AT 3680 WEST 9000 SOUTH, SITS ON IT'S PROFESSIONALLY OFFICE ZONED. THE PROJECT FEATURES A TOTAL OF TEN BUILDINGS ACROSS THE SITE, BROKEN OUT INTO 81 INDIVIDUAL UNITS. AND SO OUR GOAL WITH THIS IS TO, TO BUILD A FUNCTIONAL, CLEAN SPACE THAT FITS INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES. SO I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE POINTS REAL QUICK AND RUN THROUGH IT JUST SO THAT WE HIT EVERYTHING THAT WAS SENT OVER TO US ON THE SITE PLAN AND THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT GUIDE. SO AS FAR AS POLICY INTEGRATION, THE SITE'S DESIGNED TO ALIGN WITH WEST JORDAN'S GENERAL PLAN AND
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BRINGS FUNCTIONAL COMMERCIAL LAND USE TO THE COMMUNITY. AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOES, OUR BUILDING HEIGHTS, OUR SETBACKS ARE SPACED OUT TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, FROM SUNLIGHT, FROM BLOCKING THEIR VIEWS AND TO GIVE THEM THE PRIVACY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORS ON THE NORTH AND THE ONES ON THE WEST. FUNCTIONAL COHESION. YOU KNOW, WE LAID THESE OUT SO THAT IT MAKES IT EASY TO GET AROUND. ALL OF THE BUILDINGS ARE KIND OF LOGICALLY SPACED OUT. PARKING IS CONNECTED. THE WALKWAYS ARE CONNECTED FROM THE STREET TO TO EACH OTHER. SO IT FEELS VERY COHESIVE. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE MATERIALS THERE THAT THAT WE'VE SELECTED, AGAIN, TRYING TO USE MODERN MATERIALS, SOME, SOME WOOD, SOME LIGHT AND DARK METAL PANELS, OVERHEAD DOORS TO, TO TRY TO BRING A CLEAN, NICE LOOK AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AS FAR AS PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION GOES, WE'VE GOT WIDE ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALKS AGAIN, IN WORKING WITH THE CITY, MAKING SURE THAT THAT THOSE ARE ARE CORRECT AND THAT THOSE MEET CODE. AND AGAIN, KEEPING EVERYTHING KIND OF OUT OF THE THE PARKING AND THE DRIVE LANES, THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT LONG.SO WE'VE USED SOME STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ON THE ELEVATIONS TO, TO BUMP THINGS OUT. SO IT'S NOT FLAT AGAIN TO MEET CODE THERE. AND THEN AS FAR AS COLORS GO, TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING AGAIN, JUST LOOKING CLEAN AND NICE SO THAT IT, IT MAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER. JUMPING OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. IS OUR CONDOMINIUM AND PLAT. AND SO REALLY PLAT BOUNDARIES MATCH WEST JORDAN ZONING LAYOUT AND AND EVERYTHING ALIGNS WITH THE MUNICIPAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS THERE. THE CROSS ACCESS COVENANTS. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE CITY. THERE IS AN AN KIND OF AN ENTRANCE AND AN EXIT UP ON THE NORTH SIDE, KIND OF DOWN OUR MAIN PARKING THAT IS TO BE USED FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY. IT WILL BE GATED SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS THROUGH THAT. THERE'LL BE A KNOX BOX ON THERE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY FIRE HAS ACCESS FOR THAT. AND THEN ON, ON 90TH SOUTH, WE'RE WORKING WITH UDOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE NEEDING ON THAT. THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAP MAPPING, WE WORKED, AGAIN WITH THE CITY AND CLEARLY DEFINED KIND OF OUR SURFACE PATHS, THE FIRE LANES, AND ANY KIND OF DRAINAGE THAT WE NEED THERE. AND WE'VE ALSO MET KIND OF ALL THE STATUTORY PROVISIONS AND ENGINEERING GUIDELINES AND ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL STANDARDS FROM THE CITY. SO YEAH, WITH THAT, AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A THANKS TO THE CITY STAFF FOR HELPING US GET TO THIS POINT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. OKAY. WE'LL CALL YOU UP IF WE HAVE ANYTHING LATER. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MARK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO JUST REAL QUICK GOING OVER THE LOCATION, THE ZONING. SO THIS IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BANGERTER HIGHWAY AND 90 SOUTH.
IT'S LOCATED IN P O ZONE, WHICH IS A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE APPLICANT DESCRIBED. THEY'RE DOING. BASICALLY THESE WILL BE JUST SMALL OFFICES FOR START UP BUSINESSES, WHICH SHOULD ALIGN QUITE WELL WITH THAT PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONE THERE.
THE PURPOSE OF IT JUST GOING OVER THIS, A FEW POINTS IN THE SITE PLAN, LOOKING AT THE PARKING. SO INITIALLY PARKING WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE IN THAT THE WAY OUR CURRENT CODE IS SET UP FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BASICALLY WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PARKING. SO BASICALLY WE'D BE IN THE 6 OR 700 PARKING SPACES RANGE. SO SEEING THAT THIS USE WAS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE. APPLICANT APPEALED TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR FOR A DETERMINATION ON WHAT PARKING REQUIREMENTS SHOULD REALLY FIT WITH THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO BASED ON OTHER SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WASATCH FRONT, BASICALLY FOUND THAT A TOTAL OF 277 PARKING SPACES WAS A LOT MORE APPROPRIATE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY COMES OUT TO THREE SPACES PER UNIT. SO EACH OF THESE IS REALLY VERY SMALL, PROBABLY WON'T HAVE MORE THAN 1 TO 2 EMPLOYEES AT THE MOST. SO OTHER THAN THAT, JUST KIND OF LOOKING
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AT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. SO THERE THERE'LL BE A, A SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDES TO BUFFER THIS FROM THE NEIGHBORS. THEY'LL ALSO BE A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THERE WITH, WITH SOME TREES WHERE THEY CAN PLANT THEM. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE PLAN HERE THAT HATCHED AREA ON THE NORTH, THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE A, A DETENTION, AN UNDERGROUND DETENTION TANK IS GOING. SO OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T PLANT TREES OVER THAT. SO WE JUST HAD TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND TO MAKE THAT WORK. AND LOOKING AT THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT. SO ORIGINALLY THE APPLICANT WAS PLANNING ON HAVING. EACH UNIT BE OWNED FEE SIMPLE, BUT THEY'VE KIND OF DECIDED TO GO TOWARDS MORE OF A LEASE MODEL. SO WHERE EACH OF THE BUILDINGS WILL BE IN THEIR OWN OWNERSHIP AND CAN BE LEASED OUT, EACH UNIT WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS CAN BE LEASED OUT.THE COMMON SPACE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY CONSISTS OF THE PARKING LOT, DRIVEWAYS, LANDSCAPING, WALLS, ALL THAT STUFF THAT WILL ALL BE OWNED BY AN OWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH WILL BE SET UP AS PART OF FINAL APPROVALS. AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS GO, LOOKING AT FINAL CONDOMINIUM PLAT AND FINAL SITE PLAN, BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE REVIEWED CONCURRENTLY AND REVIEWED AND APPROVED AT THE STAFF LEVEL, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, BUT. IF THIS PROJECT GETS APPROVED, WHAT DO WE DO TO ENSURE THAT THE USE THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING REMAINS THE SAME? IT'S LIKE ONCE THE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT, THEY COULD REVERT TO SOME OTHER KIND OF USE THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE PARKING IS MY CONCERN. YEAH. SO THE USES WILL NEED TO BE. SO EVERY TIME A BUSINESS APPLIES FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE THAT'S REVIEWED AND APPROVED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THAT REVIEW. SO AT THAT POINT, STAFF WILL REVIEW THE PROPOSED USE AGAINST THE CODE, MAKE SURE IT'S A PERMITTED USE IN THE PO ZONE AND MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT WAY. AND DO YOU FEEL THAT THE USES IN THE ZONE ARE SUFFICIENTLY RESTRICTED TO TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PARKING REQUEST THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? RIGHT. YEAH. SO THE, THE PO ZONE IS, IS PRETTY RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF USES ALREADY. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW A, LIKE A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT, AT LEAST NOT WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. IT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW MANUFACTURING. IT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW WAREHOUSE ANY OF THOSE HIGHER INTENSITY USES. IT'S REALLY PRETTY MUCH RESTRICTED TO JUST KIND OF THOSE VERY LOW COMMERCIAL USES RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. THIS WAS NOTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. COME UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, RAISE YOUR HAND. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LINDA HANSON AND I ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT THERE. AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THIS. IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR TRAFFIC. TRYING TO LEAVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT A STOPLIGHT TO TURN EITHER WAY ONTO 90TH SOUTH DURING 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. TAKES ME AT LEAST TEN MINUTES. SO NOW YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 277 MORE CARS THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT.
WE DO NOT HAVE A STOPLIGHT. WE HAVE AN OFF RAMP OFF OF BANGERTER HIGHWAY. THIS THIS IS JUST NOT A PRUDENT DECISION. I ALSO AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL LIKE DRIVE BY STARBUCKS AND ALL OF THOSE APARTMENTS THAT PARK ALONG THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING FOR THE BUILDINGS. I FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO A MUCH BETTER JOB HERE IN WEST JORDAN TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACE AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS COLLEEN SCALE AND I ALSO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THE TEN BUILDINGS SEEM TO BE A SURPRISE TO ME, SO I'M CURIOUS
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HOW MANY OFFICES THAT TRANSLATES INTO. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME BACK AND FORTH ON IS IT GOING TO BE GATED AT THE TOP OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IS IT GOING TO BE A WALL? I NOTICED YOU SAID A GATE TODAY, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF THAT IS IS FIRM OR IF WE HAVE AN OPTION.OH, OKAY. WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING TO YOU. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANSWERS? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOUR INPUT RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO. SO OKAY, SO WE CAN ASK MAYBE THE BUILDER ANOTHER TIME. WE'LL ADDRESS THAT STUFF LATER AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THANK YOU. SUSAN ROBBINS, JUST TWO QUESTIONS. THE BUILDINGS AS THEY GO UP WILL HAVE THE BACK OF THEM TOWARDS OURS. MOST OF THE HOUSES ALONG THERE ARE TWO STORY. SO CONSIDERATION OF AN EIGHT FOOT WALL INSTEAD OF A SIX FOOT WALL. AND WHAT WILL THE NIGHTTIME LIGHTING LOOK LIKE? OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ONLINE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP FOR COMMENT AND OR MOTIONS. MARK, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ADDRESS AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THOSE? YEAH. SO AS I WAS SAYING IN MY PRESENTATION EARLIER, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS IS 81 OR LET'S SEE, I ADDRESSED THE PARKING, NOT THE UNITS. SORRY, BUT YES, IT'S 81 UNITS TOTAL.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT A LITTLE BETTER ON THE LANDSCAPING PLAN. EACH OF THOSE RECTANGULAR UNITS IS WILL BE ONE UNIT. SO AND THEN THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE GATE ON THE NORTH END. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING A GATE. I BELIEVE IN OUR FIRE MARSHAL CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POSSIBLY EVEN CONTINUING THE SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL ACROSS THAT ACCESS ENTIRELY RATHER THAN GATE, JUST BECAUSE BASICALLY THERE'S ENOUGH OF A. OH, OKAY. NEVER MIND. WE HAVE SETTLED ON THE GATE. SO. WITH A KNOX BOX. THE ENGINEER TOLD ME DIFFERENTLY. BUT ANYWAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS NIGHTTIME LIGHTING GOES. YEAH. SO WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AT AS PART OF THE FINAL SITE PLAN REVIEW, WE'LL NEED A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTING LEVELS AREN'T EXCEEDING ONE FOOT CANDLE AT THE PROPERTY LINES. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THEN. THEN AS FAR AS THE WALL GOES. SO SIX FEET IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY CODE. BUT YEAH, IT'S ALL WE CAN REQUIRE IS A BARE MINIMUM UNLESS THE DEVELOPER AGREES TO A TALLER WALL. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT IT AS A GATE WITH THE KNOX BOX. AND THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT A KNOX BOX IS, IT'S A SECURE BOX THAT ONLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS IN ALL OF THE TRUCKS. SO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN'T GET THROUGH. BUT THAT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THAT.
AND LIGHTING. LIKE MARK STATED, THERE IS A CODE THAT REQUIRES THAT THE LIGHTING BASICALLY STAYS ON THE PROPERTY. AND SO AND THEN WE'VE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF UNITS AND I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED THE PARKING. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS? I HAD ONE QUESTION. ARE THE BUILDINGS INTENDED TO BE TWO STORY OR JUST SINGLE STORY? MARK. YEAH. SO THESE WILL BE TWO STORIES. SO THE THE MAIN FLOOR WILL HAVE THE MAIN OFFICE AREA. AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE KIND OF AN ANCILLARY MEZZANINE ON THE TOP. SO IT'S TECHNICALLY A TWO STORY. BUT YEAH, THE SECOND FLOOR IS KIND OF EITHER FOR, YOU KNOW, STORAGE OF OFFICE STUFF OR, OR JUST EXTRA SPACE. OKAY. SO WOULD THERE BE WINDOWS UP ON THAT SECOND FLOOR? MAYBE THE ARCHITECT COULD COME UP AND. YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL HAVE QUITE A FEW WINDOWS UP THERE AS WELL. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. COULD WE BRING
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HIM BACK UP. YEAH, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY AS YOU GO THROUGH. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT START UP BUSINESSES PRIMARILY THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY THRIVE AND THEN GROW AND THEN NEED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION. SO YOU END UP BEING, YEAH, IT'S GOOD.SOMEBODY'S GOT TO HELP PEOPLE OUT AT THE BEGINNING. WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS, LET'S SAY A FULL BUILD OUT. WHAT IS IT YOU ENVISION IN THIS AREA? BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M STRUGGLING JUST A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO OCCUPY EACH OF THESE. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING SOMEBODY'S GOING TO DRIVE TO. AND IT'S NOT A STRIP MALL. SO WHAT WHAT IS IT? NO, NOT. YEAH.
NOT AT ALL. I MEAN IT'S GOING TO VARY I THINK A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN IT CAN BE USED FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE A NOT A GENERAL, A SUBCONTRACTOR THAT NEEDS AN OFFICE SPACE THAT AGAIN, NOT THEY'RE NOT VERY BIG UNITS. RIGHT. SO, BUT ANY KIND OF LITTLE STARTUP BUSINESS, SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO BE SHIPPING AND RECEIVING SOME SMALL ITEMS. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT A BIG WAREHOUSE. THEY'RE NOT STORAGE FACILITIES. RIGHT. SO, SO JUST SMALLER KIND OF STARTUP BUSINESSES, RIGHT? SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY, BUT THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO FIT WITHIN THE PERMITTED USES OF THE ZONE. SO IT DOES LIMIT IT TO TO A DEGREE. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY. COMMISSIONER ALLEN I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE DID NOT ADDRESS OUT OF THE QUESTIONS IS THE, THE TRAFFIC ASPECT, WHICH DOES COME UP AND IT'S PRETTY REGULAR. THIS IS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AND MAYBE MARK CAN SAY YES OR NO. IT'S A UDOT CONTROL. SO RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ONLY. BUT REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO UDOT. PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT JUST UDOT IS GOING TO TO RUN THAT. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO GET IN OR OUT OF THE SITE. RIGHT? YEAH. AND A LOT OF THAT REALLY KIND OF STEMS BACK FROM THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AS PART OF THE, THE REZONE THAT WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO ADD THAT DECEL LANE IN AND REALLY JUST USE THAT AS A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT THAT ACCESS IS ESSENTIALLY A LEGAL NONCONFORMING ACCESS, JUST BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE INTERCHANGE. SO BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS GETTING RID OF THOSE TWO ACCESSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, AND JUST COMBINING THEM INTO THE ONE IMPROVED ACCESS. THAT MAKES SENSE. THEN COULD YOU JUST REMIND ME, I READ THROUGH THE THE PACKET, BUT IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS, IF ANY? WE'RE BEING RECOMMENDED. SO THE CONDITIONS, ONE OF THEM IS TO GET THE THAT ACCESS LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT, APPROVED BY UDOT PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVALS. THE OTHERS ARE PRETTY BOILERPLATE. JUST FOLLOWING THE STANDARDS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, MAKING SURE IT MEETS ALL THE DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS. SO PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, TRAFFIC, FIRE, ALL THOSE, AND THEN THE OTHER CONDITIONS ARE MOSTLY FOR THE PLAT. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS IS APPROVED BY THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS PART OF FINAL APPROVALS, MAKING SURE THAT THE DECLARATION GETS APPROVED WITH THE FINAL CONDOMINIUM PLAT. SO AGAIN, MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF. AND THERE ON THE SCREEN THERE IF YOU WANT TO READ THEM. YEAH. WELL, I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, HEARING SOME OF THE COMMENTS BASED ON MY REVIEW OF THIS. AND THEN WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, I THINK THAT THIS MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF CITY CODE, WHICH AS MARK POINTED OUT, THESE ARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. AND I THINK IN SOME CASES WE'RE GOING SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT TOO. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF IT MEETS THE MINIMUM CODES, WE HAVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LEGALLY MANAGE THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWN. SO BASED ON THAT STATEMENT, ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION FINDINGS AND THE STAFF REPORT, AND UPON THE EVIDENCE YOU RECEIVED TODAY, I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN FOR VISIONARY CENTER, LOCATED AT 3680 WEST 9000 SOUTH, AND WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF APPROVAL LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. COMMISSIONER HOLLINGSWORTH, I SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, I ANY OPPOSED? DO YOU WANT TO TRY THE SECOND ONE? YEAH. SO FOR THE SAME REASONS STAFF REPORT EVIDENCE RECEIVED TODAY, I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY CONDOMINIUM PLAT FOR THE VISIONARY CENTER LOCATED AT 3006 80 WEST 9000 SOUTH AND A ZONE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF APPROVAL LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, COMMISSIONER HOLLINGSWORTH, I SECOND THAT MOTION. YEAH, WE
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HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED THAT AGAIN CARRIES SIX. NOTHING.[a. Susan Way Subdivision Rezone; 8415 South Susan Way; Rezone from an RR-1C zone (Rural Residential, 1 acre lots) to an R-1-12 zone (Single-Family Residential, 12,000 sq. ft. lots); RR-1C Zone; Proposal by the Applicant; [Mark Forsythe; #35384; parcel 21-32-326-009]]
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION. AND FIRST ON THE AGENDA ON THAT ONE IS SUSAN WAY SUBDIVISION REZONE 8415 SOUTH SUSAN WAY REZONE FROM RR1C ZONE RURAL RESIDENTIAL WITH ONE ACRE LOTS TO A R-112 ZONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 1200 ZERO SQUARE FEET. AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM R1C ZONE PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT WHICH IS. COME AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. I AM I AM ANGELA ROBERTS. OKAY, SO AS JUST PROPOSED WE ARE RECOMMENDING WE ARE ASKING IF WE CAN REZONE THIS PARCEL. IT'S THIS TRIANGULAR PARCEL IN AN INFILL. IT'S INFILL PARCEL WITHIN A DEVELOPED COMMUNITY. WE ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE IT FROM AN RR1C TO A R 112. THIS IS A 1.74 ACRE PARCEL. THE REZONE WILL CHANGE IT INTO A FOUR LOT FOUR LOT PARCEL, WHICH INCLUDES THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND ONE OPEN SPACE AMENITY FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND WITH A POSSIBLE PAVILION. SO THE CURRENT EXISTING CONDITIONS IS AGAIN, IT'S A VACANT REMNANT INFILL PARCEL. IT HAS BEEN IT WAS PAST. IT WAS SECTIONED OUT DURING THE ORIGINAL HUNTINGTON ESTATES SUBDIVISION. THE PARCEL WAS NEVER DEVELOPED. IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE JUST UNUSED FOR SINCE APPROXIMATELY THE LATE 1960S, JUST PASSING AROUND FROM OWNER TO OWNER FOR DECADES. THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT BY A PREVIOUS OWNER TO DEVELOP THIS.IT INCLUDED A. A ROAD THAT CROSSED OVER THE UTAH DISTRIBUTION CANAL INTO THE EAST COMMUNITY OVER THERE. NOW, THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS DID COME OUT DURING THE HEARINGS AND DID OPPOSE THIS HEAVILY, AS THEY DID NOT WANT TO LOSE THEIR DEAD END STATUS. AS FAR AS THE PARCEL ITSELF, YOU CAN SEE IT IS IRREGULAR TRIANGULAR SHAPE. IT WHICH IT. IN ORDER TO DEVELOP IT, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THE CUL DE SAC, WHICH DUE TO THE THE SHAPE THAT YOU CAN'T REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE THE NORMAL PRE. THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AN R1C, IT ALSO. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT ENDS IT. IT'S AT THE END OF A OF A DEAD. IT'S A DEAD END. WITHOUT A TURNAROUND. THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD FLOW, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS THERE. THERE IS ALSO A COLLAPSED ON THIS. ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, THERE IS A COLLAPSED OVERFLOW CANAL WHICH PRODUCES FLOODING ACROSS THE PROPERTY, WHICH AGAIN IS ANOTHER ISSUE. IT IS THERE IS ALSO A WASTEWATER EASEMENT ACCESS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THIS PARCEL DUE TO THE FLOODING. THEN THERE IS VEGETATION. WASTEWATER HAS EXPRESSED AND KNOW THIS LAW. THIS LAW HAS AN INFAMOUS. ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN LONG STANDING.
THEY'VE JUST BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT. IN ADDITION TO THESE MANY THESE THESE ISSUES, IT ALSO HAS SOME LOCAL LAND DISTURBANCES THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, JUST SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME RESIDENTS WILL USE IT FOR A DIRT BIKE ROUTE AND THEY'LL DIG LITTLE HILLS. WE'VE HAD WASTEWATER TRAILS. THEY'VE FOUND DITCHES IN THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED. IT'S BEEN IT HAS BEEN DUMPED ON. IT'S BEEN USED AS EQUIPMENT STORAGE, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL FOR THE US AS THE OWNERS OR THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DEVELOPED TO HOW HAVE THIS NO LONGER BE AN ISSUE. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN IT'S R 112 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. IT'LL CONSIST OF THREE HOMES WHICH WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE. THOSE THREE LOTS AND THE WEST SIDE WILL WILL BE WHAT HOUSES THE PUBLIC PAVILION FOR THE JUST LOCAL RESIDENTS TO HAVE AS THEIR OPEN SPACE, AS THEY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING IT AND HAVE EXPRESSED THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT ENJOYMENT. IN ADDITION, IT WILL. AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE A CUL DE SAC. THIS WILL BE THE CITY'S PORTION AND THE. THERE'S A PRIVATE LANE THERE ON THAT NORTH SIDE THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, AS WELL AS THE OPEN SPACE PAVILION. SO THE CITY WILL NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. IT DOES REPAIR. THIS DEVELOPMENT
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WILL REPAIR THE COLLAPSED CANALS AND IT WILL IMPROVE ALSO THE WASTEWATER EASEMENT ACCESS THAT HAS HAD THAT HISTORY OF OF ISSUES. AND AGAIN, IT WILL ALSO, AS THE CITY FORGIVE ME, AS THE COMMUNITY HAS BROUGHT OUT IN PAST DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS FROM THE FROM A PRIOR OWNER, THIS MAINTAINS THEIR DEAD END STATUS. SO THIS WILL ADHERE TO THE COMMUNITY'S REQUESTS, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY PROPERLY. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THEN WE DO. WE'RE COMPARING, AS WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. CURRENTLY THE GENERAL PLAN REQUIRES 0 TO 3 ACRES PER ONE ACRE OR SORRY, 0 TO 3 UNITS PER ONE ACRE HOURS WITH THE THREE WITH THE THREE LOTS AND THE THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, IT'S 2.3. SO IT IS WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN. AND AS AS WE LOOK AT THE MAP TO THE NORTH, IT IS 0.7 UNITS. FARTHER NORTH IT IS THREE, TO THE EAST IS THREE, AND TO THE SOUTH IT IS SEVEN. SO AS WE CHOSE THIS DESIGN, WE. WE BELIEVE IT WAS A GOOD TRANSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO BLEND WITH THE CURRENT COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN THERE, ALREADY DEVELOPED. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS AGAIN LOOKING AT THE SAME A SIMILAR MAP. BUT INSTEAD OF GOING TOWARDS ZONING AGAIN, THE RR1C IS CURRENTLY WHAT'S THERE.TO THE EAST IS R1R1 TEN, WHICH IS SMALLER THAN WE ARE PROPOSING. AND TO THE SOUTH DOESN'T MAINTAIN THE. THE REQUIRED. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALLER RESIDENTIAL ZONING AS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. AS. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, THEN WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT TO MAINTAIN SIMILAR RESIDENTIAL. USE. THE COMMUNITY, THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE. THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS NEARBY. ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THEN WE ALSO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC SERVICES. AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HAVE THE. THERE'S NO TURNAROUND, DEFINITE SAFETY FOR THE. THE COMMUNITY THERE AS WELL AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES. IT DOES HAVE FIRE HYDRANT COVERAGE. AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED POSSIBLY PUTTING ANOTHER FIRE HYDRANT TOWARD THAT EAST END, ONE ON THAT PUBLIC SORRY, ON THE PRIVATE ROAD. AND SO THIS WILL IMPROVE SITE CIRCULATION WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CIRCULATION AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'LL IT'LL BRING A WATER LINE UPGRADE.
THERE IS ALREADY UTILITIES RUNNING THROUGH. AND THANKS TO THE HELP WITH THIS WITH MARK AND HIS STAFF, THEN HE DID DETERMINE THERE IS WHAT THOSE UTILITIES. THEN PUTTING THREE RESIDENTS WILL NOT CAUSE UNDUE HARM TO THE CITY OR EXTRA REQUIREMENTS. WE WILL NEED TO UPGRADE A WATER LINE THAT RUNS STRAIGHT THROUGH, BUT IT WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT UTILITY SYSTEMS. AS FAR AS SEWER ACCESS, IT'LL HAVE BETTER ACCESS. IT'LL BE DEVELOPED.
THERE IS IT'LL BE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. SO ELIMINATE A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES. AND ON THE FINAL SLIDE IS A BIT OF A MOCK HOW PRESENTATION OF HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD GO. THERE'S THREE HOMES. WE DO BELIEVE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES. IT DOES IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE BELIEVE IT SUPPORTS AND AND MAINTAINS THE GENERAL PLANS, REQUIREMENTS AND AND GIVES ADEQUATE PUBLIC SERVICES TO PUBLIC SERVICE UTILITIES. AND I THANK YOU AND AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER ALLEN, FABULOUS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. SO YOU SPENT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TELLING US WHY NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT. YES.
FOLLOWED BY FIVE MINUTES OF WHY. WHY. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU DIDN'T ANSWER IS, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DEVELOP THIS PARCEL? SO AS FAR AS OWNERS. WE HAVING A HAVING A LAND THAT'S JUST SITTING THERE UNUSED IS MAKES NO SENSE. ANOTHER ONE IT IT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. IT'S IT'S YEAH, IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM. WE BELIEVE WE CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM, GET IT DONE AND OVER WITH FOR US. THE CITY JUST JUST BE DONE. MAYBE A FEW QUESTIONS.
AND THIS IS A GREAT SLIDE FOR IT. DOES THE ROAD CONTINUE RIGHT UP TO THE ULDC RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CANAL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ACCESS POINT AT THAT POINT. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A
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CURRENTLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE WATER SHARES, AND IT GOES THROUGH RIGHT AT THAT POINT.AND THERE IS ONE SLIVER OF THE ROAD THAT CAN GET IN THERE. BUT CARS. BUT THERE WITH THE ACCESS POINT, IT HASN'T BEEN PIPED PROPERLY. SO THAT'S IT JUST STOPS THERE. OKAY. AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, MAYBE I WAS JUST MISUNDERSTANDING THE NOMENCLATURE. SO YOU'VE GOT THIS HOA OWNED PROPERTY WITH A PAVILION AND I WAS HEARING NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN YOU SAY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THREE HOMES OR OR IS THE EXPECTATION.
THE HOA OPENS US UP TO EVERYBODY IN THE NORTH TOO. WE WERE SEEING IT BEING OPENED UP TO NOT JUST THE THREE HOMES, BUT SURROUNDING THE THREE HOMES WOULD BE THE MAIN MAINTAINERS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO THE. BUT WE WOULDN'T SEE IT AS ONLY THE. THIS LOT. OKAY, MORE OF A CURIOSITY. IT DOESN'T REALLY SWAY. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I COULD SEE HOMEOWNERS LATER BEING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE LEAVING A MESS AND WE HAVE TO KEEP CLEANING IT UP. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. SO. BUT IT PLAYS INTO. IT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE TO ALTRUISTIC DEVELOPMENT AS I THINK I'VE HEARD SO FAR. IT KIND OF PLAYS IN THAT SAME TONE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. OKAY, I JUST GOT ONE QUICK QUESTION. YEAH. WHERE YOU'VE GOT SAID YOU HAD SOME OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE PAST. IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF RETAINING POND OR WE DID DISCUSS DOING SOME TYPE OF RETAINING TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE. WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF PERMISSION WITH THE UTAH DISTRIBUTION CANAL TO LET IT FILTER IN THERE. SO WE DO HAVE OPTIONS TO, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE ON THAT FAR EAST SIDE. OKAY, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION THERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. IF WE HAVE ONE, WE'LL CALL YOU UP LATER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT FOR GIVING A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. SO I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. THE ONLY JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. SO THIS PROPOSAL WENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026 AND RECEIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. THEN THE NEXT STEPS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING AND A DECISION ON THE REZONE, ASSUMING THAT'S APPROVED, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE A PRELIMINARY MAJOR SUBDIVISION, WHICH WILL GO THROUGH STAFF REVIEW AND THEN BACK AGAIN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW. THIS WILL BE LOOKING MORE AT THE PLAT AND THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS. AND THEN ASSUMING THAT'S APPROVED, I'LL APPLY FOR THEIR FINAL MAJOR SUBDIVISION, WHICH WILL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE STAFF. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. OKAY. THIS WAS NOTICED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. JUST COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS HOLLY KINGSTON. MY PROPERTY IS THE PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE PAVILION WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THIS COMPANY FOR THE EFFORT THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO TRYING TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUESTS OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE APPRECIATE, THE EFFORT THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO THIS. AND WE DO ALL AGREE WITH THE PLAN AND WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY. AS THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT MENTIONED, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADACHE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE SOME OF THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN THIS PROPERTY, THAT WE'RE NOT APPROVED, THAT WE WOULD RATHER NOT HAPPEN THERE. SO WE I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SAY WE APPROVE OF THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, THIS IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS STILL DOES HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL. BUT THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE COMMISSION FOR COMMENTS AND OR MOTIONS. COMMISSIONER ALLEN, I THINK IT'S A WELL THOUGHT OUT AND I TRUST OUR OUR PLANNING AND ENGINEERING STAFF AS WELL AS THE FIRE MARSHAL AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS REVIEWED THIS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. AND I THINK WITH THAT, I'D MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FOR 15 SOUTH SUSAN WAY FROM AN R1C ZONE TO AN R1 12 ZONE. COMMISSIONER ROBERTS, I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT CARRIES SIX. NOTHING.
[b. Immaculate Rezone; Rezoning 2.28 Acres at 1390 West 9000 South from Neighborhood Shopping Center (SC-1) to Community Shopping Center (SC-2) [Tayler Jensen/Todd Johnson/David Murphy; Parcel 27-03-278-026-0000]]
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THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT IS ITEM B. IT'S IMMACULATE. REZONE REZONING 2.28 ACRES AT 1390 WEST, 9000 SOUTH FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTER. SC-1 ZONE TO A COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER. SC-2 ZONE. TAYLOR OR. SORRY, GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. MY NAME IS MIKE CLARK AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND LETTING US PRESENT. IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED. WE CURRENTLY OWN A BUSINESS RIGHT NOW, NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE. IMMACULATE USED CARS. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SEVEN YEARS. WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR OPERATION TO THE WHAT IS NOW CURRENTLY THE BIG FIVE. THE OUTLINED STRUCTURE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME UPDATES TO. OBVIOUSLY THE. THE BUILDING WITH SOME PAINT AND JUST MAKE IT LOOK A LOT MORE KEPT UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY. LOOKS ABANDONED WAS THE COMMENT. THAT'S KIND OF OUR RENDERING THERE. WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. JUST LIKE THE BUILDING WE TOOK OVER FROM VILLAGE IN KIND OF THE SAME SITUATION, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE IT A VERY WELL KEPT BUILDING AND WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOME DEPOT DRIVE EVEN BEYOND OUR FACILITY TO MAKE THE AREA LOOK BETTER AND JUST MAKE IT LOOK REALLY NICE. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS A SC1.WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CHANGE TO GO TO AN SC2 TO ACCOMMODATE THIS. AND YEAH, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING, JUST UPDATING. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTATION THAT I DRIVE BY THERE ALL THE TIME. AND YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB ON KEEPING THAT UP. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE NO QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL HAVE ANY WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP LATER. OKAY. THANK YOU TAYLOR. GREAT. THANK YOU CHAIR AND COMMISSION. MIKE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MUCH TIME. JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS FOR THIS. SO WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FINAL ACTION AT CITY COUNCIL FOR THE REZONE. IF THAT'S APPROVED THEY'LL NEED TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE AUTOMOBILE CELL USE IN THIS ZONE THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT'S A STAFF LEVEL APPROVAL. WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. OKAY. THIS WAS NOTED. IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. JUST COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE COMMISSION FOR COMMENT AND OR MOTION. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. THERE WE GO. I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REZONE OF APPROXIMATELY 2.28 ACRES FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTER SC1 TO COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER, SC2 TO THE WEST JORDAN CITY COUNCIL, SUBJECT TO ALL REQUIREMENTS OF APPROVAL. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, I WILL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
[c. Jordan Valley Station and Sugar Factory Road Station – Station Area Plan]
THAT CARRIES SIX. NOTHING. OKAY. NEXT IS THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION AND SUGAR FACTORY. ROAD STATION AND THE STATION PLAN AND TAYLOR. YEAH. I'M GOING TO SEE IF CORINNE CAN BRING ON MARIANNE AND DAN KELLY THERE, SOME OF OUR CONSULTANTS AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION TONIGHT. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT FROM AFAR. AND I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. THANKS, TAYLOR, AND GOOD EVENING TO ALL THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. SHOULD I SHARE A SCREEN OR WILL YOU SOMEONE BE ADVANCING THE SLIDES THERE? I'LL ANNOUNCE THEM FOR YOU. OKAY. FANTASTIC. GREAT. SO TONIGHT WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE JORDAN VALLEY AND SUGAR FACTORY ROAD STATION AREA PLANS. BOTH OF THESE PLANS[00:50:01]
WERE PREPARED AS ONE PROJECT TOGETHER, AND THEY ESTABLISH A LONG TERM VISION FOR CREATING MORE WALKABLE, CONNECTED AND TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DISTRICTS AROUND BOTH OF THESE TRUCK STATIONS, WHILE ALSO ADVANCING THE OBJECTIVES OF HB 462. SO TODAY, WE WILL GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS. WE WILL FOCUS ON THE PREFERRED STATION AREA CONCEPTS, KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH ONE OF THE STATIONS, AND ALSO TOUCH ON THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK THAT WILL GUIDE FUTURE INVESTMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS.NEXT SLIDE. YOU MIGHT BE. OOPS, I THINK YOU SKIPPED ONE. THERE WE GO. YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH HB 462, BUT THIS IS THE STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED IN 2022 THAT REQUIRES CITIES WITH RAIL STATIONS CREATE STATION AREA PLANS FOR THE HALF MILE RADIUS, OR ABOUT A TEN MINUTE WALK FROM LIGHT RAIL STATIONS, AND FOCUSING ON IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY TO AND FROM THE STATION, MAKING IT MORE WALKABLE. BIKEABLE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO CREATE MORE HOUSING AROUND THIS AREA SO PEOPLE HOPEFULLY DON'T RELY ON CARS THAT AS MUCH IN THE FUTURE. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT AREA. SO YOU WILL SEE BOTH JORDAN VALLEY STATION ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN SUGAR FACTORY ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE OF THE MAP THERE. EACH ONE HAS A HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND THE STATIONS, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE PROJECT BOUNDARY AROUND JORDAN VALLEY EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH TO INCORPORATE BOTH THE HOSPITAL AND THE SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. JUST BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE FROM THE BEGINNING THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TWO EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, EDUCATION AND ALSO ACTIVITY CENTERS IN THE AREA. SO THE GOAL OF EXPANDING THE BOUNDARY TO INCORPORATE THEM WAS TO ADDRESS CONNECTIVITY, MOBILITY, AND ALSO LAND USE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STATIONS AND THESE MAJOR DESTINATIONS. NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR JORDAN VALLEY STATION. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE KEY GOALS HERE WAS TO CREATE A WALKABLE, NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSED TRANSIT HUB. THE EMPHASIS IS ON SUPPORTING DAILY LIFE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL, IMPROVING SAFE, NORTH SOUTH ACCESS TO THE STATION, AND ALSO BUILDING A MORE CONNECTED NETWORK OF TRAILS AND PUBLIC SPACES. WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE THE SAME VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD. IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE PRETTY DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SETTING. AND SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON UNLOCKING UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND SHAPING A MORE CONNECTED TRANSIT AREA. SO DEVELOPMENT HERE YOU WILL SEE IT'S VERY STRATEGIC. WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON EXPANDING TRAILS LIKE THE BINGHAM TRAIL IN THE AREA AND IMPROVE WALKING AND BIKING CONNECTIONS, LINKING TO THE STATION AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS, AND ALSO THE REGIONAL OPEN SPACE. SO AGAIN, CREATING A MUCH MORE NEIGHBORHOOD SENSITIVE APPROACH FOR SUGAR FACTORY ROW ROAD. NEXT SLIDE. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINE OF HOW THIS PROJECT HAS PROGRESSED FROM KICK OFF LAST YEAR THROUGH THE FINAL TEN ADOPTION THAT WE'RE STARTING RIGHT NOW. SINCE OCTOBER, OUR TEAM HAS COMPLETED EXISTING CONDITION ANALYSIS, SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, FOCUS GROUPS, A DESIGN CHARRETTE AND A SESSION THAT WAS ALSO A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE. AND SO ALL THE INPUT AND THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY, AND OBVIOUSLY CITY STAFF HAS A DIRECTLY INFORMED THE STATIONARY VISIONS AND THE CONCEPT PLANS YOU WILL SEE TODAY. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND IF YOU CAN ADVANCE ONE MORE. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A 3D VIEW OF WHAT THE STATION, WHAT THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION AREA COULD BE ENVISIONED AS. SO WE'RE THINKING THAT THIS COULD BE A HIGHER INTENSITY, MIXED USE TRANSIT DISTRICT THAT IS CENTERED AROUND IMPROVED CONNECTIVITY AND ALSO A MUCH STRONGER PUBLIC REALM SYSTEM.
THE CONCEPT FOR JORDAN VALLEY STATION INTRODUCES THE CREATION OF A NEW NORTH SOUTH MULTIMODAL SPINE THROUGH EXTENDING AND REALIGNING 3400 WEST. SO THIS CORRIDOR WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ACCESS ACROSS THE RAIL LINE TO THE AREAS ON THE NORTH SIDE, UNLOCKING DEVELOPMENT
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POTENTIAL ON THAT AREA, AND ALSO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AT CONNECTING DESTINATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE HOSPITAL, THE CHARTER SCHOOL AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND CAN ALSO FUNCTION AS SOMEWHAT OF A MAIN STREET CORRIDOR THROUGH THE AREA. SOME OTHER KEY FEATURES YOU WILL SEE IN THIS CONCEPT IS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK NEAR ITINERIS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BECOME AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. ALSO CONNECT THE SCHOOL VISITORS AND THE HOSPITAL AND THE BLUE SQUARE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 3400 WEST WOULD BE A COMMUNITY SERVICES HUB THAT COULD BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE PARK, BUT ALSO SUPPORT AMENITIES SUCH AS CHILD CARE OR COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT COULD SUPPORT BOTH RESIDENTS AND HOSPITAL WORKERS OR ALSO NEARBY EMPLOYEES AROUND THE STATION. THIS CONCEPT SHOWS A HIGHER DENSITY CORE THAT WILL SUPPORT TRANSIT AND LOCAL ACTIVITY, BUT AS YOU MOVE OUTWARD, PARTICULARLY TOWARD THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE SCALE FROM TRANSITIONS TO SMALLER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, MAKING SURE THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT FITS COMFORTABLY WITHIN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND THE CHARACTER AND THE SCALE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO OVERALL, WE'RE CREATING A MORE CONNECTED FRAMEWORK OF STREETS, PARKS, GREEN SYSTEM, AND INCORPORATING DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN SUPPORT TRANSIT WHILE ALSO RESPECTING THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU WILL ALSO SEE SOME SMALL SCALE RETAIL INCORPORATED ALONG 1300 WEST. THOSE ARE THE RED BOXES OR THE FIRST FLOOR RED COLOR THAT YOU SEE IN THIS RENDERING. NOW IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT ILLUSTRATION WOULD SHOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHAT THE AREA COULD LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT, INTENSITY, HEIGHT, AND WHAT IS THE OVERALL CHARACTER THAT WE ARE ENVISIONING FOR THIS AREA.SO YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE HIGHER DENSITY BUILDINGS, I MEAN CAPPED AT FOUR STORIES, THEN A LOT OF TOWNHOUSE TYPE OF PRODUCT AS YOU TAPER DOWN TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU CAN ALSO START SEEING THE INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM OF PARKS, LINEAR LINEAR PARKS, YOU KNOW, BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'S MORE OF A PEDESTRIAN EYE LEVEL VIEW OF WHAT THE NEW TRANSIT PLAZA ON THE STATION COULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS VIEW IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STATION, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE WOULD FIT IN WITH WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING THERE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. NOW, THIS IS THE PREFERRED CONCEPT THAT WAS DEVELOPED FOR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD. YOU CAN SEE IT'S REALLY FOCUSING ON VERY GENTLE NEIGHBORHOOD INFILL, LOW INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT, VERY CONTEXT SENSITIVE, THAT PRESERVES THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. AND WE ARE CONCENTRATING DEVELOPMENT ON THE UNDERUTILIZED, UNDERUTILIZED UTA PARK AND RIDE AREA NEXT TO THE STATION, AND ALSO POTENTIALLY ON SOME OF THE PARCELS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT COULD SEE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. THINKING ABOUT A TYPOLOGY THAT MIGHT BE TOWNHOMES, DUPLEXES, OR MAYBE SOME COURTYARD HOMES, LIKE OTHER SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL FORMATS. AND THEN ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT HERE IS ALSO CREATING A MORE WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE STATION ENVIRONMENT WITH AN ENHANCED TRANSIT PLAZA AND ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ACROSS THE RAIL CORRIDOR TO CONNECT THE NORTH WITH THE SOUTH SIDE. OVERALL, IMPROVED BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY CAN ALSO CONNECTING WITH THE BINGHAM CREEK TRAIL AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO CROSS THROUGH THIS AREA. SO MODEST GROWTH, IMPROVED MOBILITY, NEIGHBORHOODO CREATE A MORE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THAT FITS INTO THE CONTEXT OF WHAT SUGAR FACTORY ROAD IS RIGHT NOW. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE AGAIN A RENDERING THAT ILLUSTRATES A LITTLE BIT WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING THERE. YOU SEE SOME OF THE PARKING LOT IS BEING PRESERVED. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, THE REST OF THE PARKING LOT, WE THINK COULD BE REDEVELOPED. AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE SHOWING LIKE A TOWNHOUSE TYPOLOGY. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF THAT SHOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAIL LINE FOR FUTURE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THOSE PARCELS. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, WE'RE GOING TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT
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DEEPER ON WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS OR STRATEGIES THAT ARE PART OF THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE STATIONS? SO FOR JORDAN VALLEY, WE HAVE SIX STRATEGIES THAT REALLY CREATE THIS NEW, VIBRANT, WALKABLE, TRANSIT ORIENTED DISTRICT. SO THE FIRST ONE WE ALREADY DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, 3400 WEST AS A MORE STRUCTURING SPINE THROUGH THE AREA WITH SOME COMMERCIAL USES, ESTABLISHING THAT KIND OF MIXED USE MAIN STREET CHARACTER WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALREADY THERE WITH POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH. AND THEN THE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS ON THE SOUTH. THEN THERE'S THE COMMUNITY SERVICES HUB THAT CAN BRING SUPPORT SERVICES TOGETHER WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE TRANSIT OF THE NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE EXISTING HOSPITAL AND COLLEGE, AND THEN THE CONTEXTUAL DENSITY TRANSITION. SO REALLY FOCUSING ON HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING NEAR THE STATION, BASICALLY MIMICKING THE SCALE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THERE, AND THEN STEPPING DOWN TOWARDS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAINTAIN COMPATIBILITY AS FAR AS SCALE AND TYPOLOGIES. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THE OTHER THREE STRATEGIES. SO AN INTERCONNECTED, INTERCONNECTED GREEN NETWORK. SO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT EXISTS THERE, THERE ARE SOME GREEN SPACES, BUT THERE IS NOT REALLY LIKE A SYSTEM THAT IS THOUGHT OUT AS SUCH THAT CAN CONNECT THIS WHOLE AREA. SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AGAIN, LINEAR PARKS, PLAZAS, TRAILS, THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND ALL OF THIS CONNECTING TOGETHER, CREATING A SYSTEM THAT BRINGS SOME IDENTITY TO THE AREA AND ALSO OFFERS SOME NEW GATHERING SPACES FOR THE COMMUNITY. THEN WE HAVE THE HIGH DENSITY CORE NEAR THE STATION THAT IS REALLY LOOKING TO SUPPORT RIDERSHIP, HAVING DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING TYPOLOGIES, POTENTIALLY CONSIDER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, APPLYING FOR SOME OTHER GRANTS FOR THIS AREA. AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRANSIT PLAZA, WHICH IS REALLY JUST KIND OF THE HEART OF THIS WHOLE AREA, AND IT'S EXPANDING WHAT IS ALREADY THERE WITH BETTER CONNECTIVITY, BETTER PEDESTRIAN AREAS, AND CONNECTING BOTH SIDES. THE THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAIL TOGETHER. SO ALL THESE SIX BIG MOVES THAT WE KIND OF EXTRACTED HERE ARE WHAT ARE CREATING A COMPLETE STATION AREA THAT IS BALANCING HOUSING SERVICES, OPEN SPACE MOBILITY, AND ALSO ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AROUND TRANSIT. AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DON HOLLY WITH FAIR AND PIERCE. THAT WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH US THROUGHOUT THE STATION AREA. PLAN TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MORE ABOUT THE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JORDAN VALLEY. THANKS, MARIANA. TO BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, THE SECTIONS OR THESE THESE CONCEPT DIAGRAMS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE WERE DOING OUR BEST TO STAY WITHIN THE LINES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO FIT THIS IN THE EXISTING CONTEXT, AND ALSO LEAVE AS MUCH OF THAT SPACE FOR OTHER USES AS POSSIBLE, WHILE MAINTAINING SYSTEM CAPACITY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THESE ROADS ARE ARE GOING TO BE MORE HEAVILY TRAFFICKED THAN OTHERS, PARTICULARLY IF THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES PLAY OUT OVER THE COMING YEARS. BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS PROVIDE A COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK FOR ALL MODES, AND PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING THE AREA IN A WAY THAT WOULD SUPPORT MORE SORT OF PEOPLE FOCUSED PLACE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PROVIDE PATHWAYS, TRAILS THAT ARE COMFORTABLE FOR FOLKS WALKING, CYCLING, OR GETTING AROUND IN WAYS OTHER THAN CARS. SO THIS THE SECTIONS THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE WOULD DO THAT. WE THINK QUITE NICELY WHILE ALSO, AGAIN, STAYING WITHIN EXISTING RIGHTS OF WAY AND REALLY INCREASE PERMEABILITY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE AND ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WE'VE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE OBVIOUS AREAS IN WHICH FOLKS HAVE BEEN MAYBE SEMI ILLEGALLY PASSING THROUGH THE STATION AREA TO GET TO THE PLATFORM FROM THE NORTH. AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS NO STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO DO THAT FROM THE STATION ITSELF. AND MAYBE MORE NOTABLY, THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS IN PLACES. SO THE DIAGRAM AND THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE DEVISED, ONE ADDRESSES SOME OF THOSE OBVIOUS GAPS IN TERMS OF MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY OR MULTI-MODAL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND TWO, WE THINK, DOES EVERYTHING IT CAN TO MAINTAIN CAPACITY FOR FOR ALL MODES, VEHICULAR OR OTHERWISE. I'LL HAND IT BACK TO MARIANO TO TALK ABOUT SUGAR FACTORY ROAD. THANKS, DON. YEAH. YOU CAN GO TO THIS SLIDE. SO FOR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, WE REALLY HAVE THREE KEY STRATEGIES THAT COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER AND ENHANCE TRANSIT ACCESS WHILE PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER WE DISCUSSED. SO FIRST IS THAT[01:05:02]
NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBLE INFILL THAT IS INTRODUCING VERY MODEST RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, SUCH AS TOWNHOMES OR MAYBE OTHER MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPOLOGIES AND FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON THE UTA PARKING LOT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STATION. SECOND IS ENHANCING THE STATION ITSELF THROUGH LIKE A CENTRAL TRANSIT PLAZA AND BETTER PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS THAT CONNECT THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH SIDE AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO ACCESS THE TRANSIT STATION. AND THE THIRD ONE IS EXPANDING GREENWAYS AND THE TRAIL NETWORK, STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE STATION, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND EXISTING OPEN SPACES AND TRAIL SYSTEM. AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO THEM. SO THIS IS ROUGHLY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FOR FOR JORDAN VALLEY. BUT ONE OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES HERE IS THAT THE BINGHAM CREEK TRAIL IS FAR MORE DEFINED IN THIS PART OF THE OF THE CITY. HOW IT PASSES THROUGH OR INTERACTS WITH JORDAN VALLEY IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED, BUT IT IS PRETTY WELL UNDERSTOOD THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUGAR FACTORY ROAD THAT IT WILL BE MORE OR LESS PARALLELING SUGAR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD ITSELF. SO WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT INTO THESE PLANS. WE'VE KEPT THE TRAIL THAT VERY LIKELY WOULD BE THE SUGAR FACTORY OR THE BINGHAM CREEK TRAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SUGAR FACTORY ROAD. THAT GIVES THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES THERE, AND ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT A BIT MORE OF A BUFFER FROM THAT TRAFFIC, MEANING MORE JUST LATERAL DISTANCE WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THAT CAPACITY, MAINTAINING SOME LEVEL OF ON STREET PARKING, AND ALSO PROVIDING THAT THAT AREA WIDE CONNECTION THAT IS GOING TO FACILITATE MULTI-MODAL TRIPS THROUGH THE AREA. AND AGAIN, BOTH IN BOTH CASES, WE'RE WE ARE STAYING WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHTS OF WAY TO PRESERVE SPACE FOR OTHER USES. AND BACK TO MARIANA. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU CAN ADVANCE ONE MORE, PLEASE. SO JUST TO WRAP IT UP, I WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH AND STRATEGY. SO FOR THE JORDAN VALLEY STATION WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON EARLY POLICY ADJUSTMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THIS THEORY REDEVELOPMENT AND ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT CAN HELP CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR THIS TOD REDEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN AROUND THE STATION. SO PHASE ONE IS ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK. PHASE TWO IS BUILDING THAT MIXED USE DISTRICT. AND THEN PHASE THREE IS REALLY COMPLETING THE TRANSIT ORIENTED CENTER. SO SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT YOU SEE THERE HIGHLIGHTED WITH A LITTLE BLUE SQUARE AROUND THEM, ARE THE ONES THAT WE THINK WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN FIRST. SO FOCUSING ON CREATING THE CONDITIONS TO CATALYZE REDEVELOPMENT AROUND THE STATION, WHICH INCLUDES UPDATING FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA NORTH OF THE STATION TO SUPPORT MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. REZONING SOME OF THE KEY INDUSTRIAL PARCELS TO ALLOW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO IN SOME AREAS, WE SUGGEST ADJUSTING THE DENSITY, THE MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S LIKE A BLANKET APPROACH IN THE WHOLE TOD AREA. AND TO ACHIEVE THIS MORE TAPERED DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY THAT IS HIGHER IN THE CORE AND THEN SCALES DOWN AS WE MOVE TO THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE ALSO SUGGESTING THAT SOME THAT INSTEAD OF ONE TOD OVERLAY, THEY SHOULD HAVE SUBDISTRICTS, AND SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS SHOULD HAVE A LOWER MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, THINGS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, IMPROVING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, CONNECTING SOME OF THESE MULTI USE PATHS AND PROVIDE THESE INITIAL ACTIONS THAT WILL REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE MAYBE SLOWING REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR SUGAR FACTORY ROAD, THE PRIORITY ACTIONS ALSO FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND NEEDED CONNECTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE THE STATION AREA. SO WE THINK THAT A KEY FIRST STEP IS ESTABLISHING A SOD OVERLAY IN THIS AREA TO IMPLEMENT THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT VISION, AND ALSO UPDATING ZONING REGULATIONS TO ALLOW A TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE PARCEL THAT COULD BE LIKE A TYPOLOGY, LIKE A TOWNHOUSE, NOT JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, ALSO IMPROVING STREET DESIGN, ENHANCE WALKABILITY AND MULTIMODAL ACCESS AS AN OVERALL GOAL HERE, AND EXPANDING MULTI-USE TRAIL AND BICYCLE CONNECTIONS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THEN CONNECTING TO THE BINGHAM TRAIL. SO WE THINK THAT THESE ACTIONS[01:10:03]
WOULD BE THE RIGHT FIRST STEPS TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THIS AREA, TOO. AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? TAYLOR? NO, I THINK MARIANNE AND DAN DID A REALLY GOOD JOB SUMMING UP THE LAST NINE MONTHS OF THE PROJECT. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WITH THE DIRECTION THIS IS GOING. I THINK IT'LL CHANGE BOTH OF THESE AREAS IN A PRETTY, PRETTY DRASTIC WAY WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGING THE INFRASTRUCTURE EVERYTHING NEEDED. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE DIRECTION WE'VE COME UP WITH. COMMISSIONER ALLEN, COULD YOU TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PROCESS? I LOVE THE PLANS. I LIKE THE SETUPS. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS A WALKABLE COMMUNITY AROUND THESE RAIL AREAS. THAT SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND THERE THAT HAVE PROPERTY INTERESTS. HOW DO WE GET THIS TO THEM? YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE WENT AND WE INVITED THEM ALL TO COME OUT TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. SO FOR THOSE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, I ACTUALLY WENT TO EACH ONE OF THOSE, GIVE THEM A FLIER, INVITED THEM OUT TO A COUPLE MEETINGS. WE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO WE KNEW THEIR PROPERTY WAS FOR SALE. SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO SELL TO. SO WE MADE SURE THEY INVITED THEM TO COME AS WELL. AND THEN JORDAN VALLEY STATION, THEY'VE GOT AN ACTIVE TOD THERE. SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATED WITH THAT PROJECT AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS. AND WE INVITED THEM TO COME TO MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH US TO GIVE FEEDBACK, NOT ONLY THEN, BUT LIKE THE COUNTY WAS INVOLVED, UDOT WAS INVOLVED, UTA WAS INVOLVED, SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOSPITAL. SO WE MET WITH ALL OF THESE GROUPS TOGETHER AND ONE ON ONE. SO WE DEVELOPED VISION AND WE CAME UP WITH TWO ALTERNATIVES FOR EACH STATION AREA PLAN. FOR EACH OF THE STATIONS, I SHOULD SAY, WHICH WE THEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE REALLY WENT THROUGH THE PLUSES AND MINUSES OF ALL FOUR OF THOSE PLANS AND THEN FURTHER REFINE THOSE, WHICH IS HOW WE GOT TO THE PREFERRED OPTION FOR EACH OF THEM. SO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT THAT GOES ON WITH THIS. AND IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT SWEAT EQUITY GOING AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, KNOCKING ON DOORS AND BEING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE. I MEAN, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO JUST SEND TEXTS AND EMAILS, BUT ACTUALLY GOING AND TALKING TO THEM IS KIND OF THE WAY WE MOVE THIS FORWARD.SO A FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS ONCE THESE ARE ADOPTED AND THEY GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL, SO IS THE STATION AREA PLAN ADOPTED IN THE SAME WAY AS, SAY, A ZONING OR ANOTHER ORDINANCE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY IN THIS AREA BOUGHT SOME PROPERTY AND SAID, I DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, I WANT TO GO DEVELOP SOMETHING ELSE. ARE THEY RESTRICTED? THEY'RE NOT RESTRICTED. SO A STATIONARY PLAN IS MORE LIKE A GENERAL PLAN, BUT WE CALL IT A SMALL AREA PLAN. SO IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE ZONING. THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH AND REZONE THAT PROPERTY, WHICH GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL, AND THEN COME IN WITH MOST LIKELY A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO DEFINE HOW THEY WOULD DEVELOP THAT, HOW MANY UNITS OVER HOW MANY YEARS, WHAT AMENITIES THEY WOULD NEED. ONE THING WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR IN NOT ONLY THE STATIONARY PLAN, BUT ALL OF THEM, IS WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A PROJECT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO, AND IT'S AN INCENTIVE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DO THAT. BUT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO GO AND CONDEMN LAND. THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO CHANGE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS. IF THEY WANT TO STAY THERE ANOTHER 20 OR 30 YEARS, THAT'S GREAT. WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CASH IN ON OUR PROPERTY HERE. WE'LL MOVE OUT WEST A LITTLE BIT, STAYING IN WEST JORDAN BECAUSE WE LOVE WEST JORDAN. BUT LET'S CASH IN AND SOME HIGHER AND BETTER USE IN THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE. SO IF I WERE TO REPHRASE THAT IN MY WORDS, WE'VE SET UP A VISION THAT IF YOU GET THE RIGHT DEVELOPER WALKING IN THE DOOR SEES THAT THIS IS WHAT WEST JORDAN WANTS, THEY SEE THAT IT COULD BE PROFITABLE FOR THEM AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'VE GOT THAT AS A PARTNER KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS. YES. AND SOME OF THE THE CONCEPTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE DIRECTLY FROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA SAYING, WE HAVE THIS PROPERTY, WE'RE GETTING READY TO TRANSITION. THERE'S A TRUCKING COMPANY IN THE AREA, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEY SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. AND SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THAT PROPERTY ALONG BANGERTER HIGHWAY IS ACTUALLY NOT AS DENSE AS WE FEEL LIKE IT COULD GO NEXT TO THE FREEWAY. BUT THEY SAID WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT DENSITY ON OUR PROPERTY, BUT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS DENSITY THAT WE WANT TO REDEVELOP. SO
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SOME OF THE VISION YOU ARE SEEING IS DIRECTLY EVIDENT FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD.AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS WAS HAS BEEN NOTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP FOR MOTION AND OR COMMENTS WITH THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER GONZALES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE JORDAN VALLEY AND SUGAR FACTORY ROAD STATION AREA PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION, COMMISSIONER ROBERTS? I WILL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT CARRIES SIX. NOTHING. OKAY.
[d. Text Amendment – Recommendation to the City Council to Amend West Jordan City Code Title 13-1 “Landscaping Requirements” making clarifications and adding requirements and amending 13-2-3 adding the definition for “Landscape Maintenance”; city-wide applicability; City of West Jordan (applicant) [Larry Gardner]]
NEXT IS ITEM D, THE TEXT AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND WEST JORDAN CITY CODE TITLE 13-1 LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, MAKING CLARIFICATIONS AND ADDING REQUIREMENTS AND AMENDING 13-2-3. ADDING THE DEFINITION FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. CITY WIDE APPLICABILITY. AND LARRY. YES. AND SO THIS WAS REALLY A GROUP EFFORT. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS AMENDMENT TO THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, AND IT REALLY WAS A RESULT OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOT LIKING. AND AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID.98% OF THE PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY 2% OF THE PEOPLE, AND IT'S THE 2% NOT MAINTAINING THEIR PROPERTY. AND, AND, AND SO WHAT WE DECIDED IS THAT A NEW DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LANDSCAPING OR MAINTAINING YOUR LANDSCAPING MAY MEANS. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOUR WATER, YOUR PRUNE, YOUR FERTILIZER, YOUR WEED, IT. YOU REMOVE DEAD PLANTS AND, AND THEN WHENEVER A LANDSCAPING IRRIGATION PLAN IS REQUIRED, FOR INSTANCE, FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, YOU MAINTAIN THAT LANDSCAPING AS IT WAS APPROVED. NOW IN SINGLE FAMILY, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. UNDER OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, YOU CAN LANDSCAPE YOUR YARD. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LAWN. WE HAVE A VERY, VERY RELAXED ORDINANCE AND COULD BE ANY COMBINATION OF PLANT MATERIAL OR ANY COMBINATION OF MINERAL MATERIAL, BUT IT CAN'T BE DEAD GRASS AND REFRIGERATOR BOXES THAT IS NOT QUALIFY AS LANDSCAPING. SO JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. AND SO THE THEME IS MAINTENANCE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT I'VE JUST LED LEFT IN WHAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE COUNCIL SAW AS THEY WERE DRIVING AROUND IS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS AND REFUSE AND PROPERTIES, AND THEY WANTED THAT IN THERE, THAT IT'S FREE OF DEBRIS AND REFUSE AND IS MAINTAINED AND MAINTAINED. MEANS IS FOLLOWING THE DEFINITION THAT I JUST WENT OVER. AND THEN WATER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, IT DOES NOT ALTER THAT IN ANY WAY THAT JEOPARDIZES EITHER OUR STANDING WITH THE STATE OF UTAH OR OUR CONTRACT WITH JORDAN VALLEY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT. IT JUST MERELY ADDS THAT IF YOUR PROPERTY HAS IRRIGATION, THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED. ALL DEVELOPED PROPERTIES ARE REQUIRED TO BE LANDSCAPING THE LANDSCAPE BE MAINTAINED. THAT IS THE THEME THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS FOR WANT PROPERTIES TO BE MAINTAINED. NOW, THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, BUT IT DOES NEED TO RESEMBLE PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF WEST JORDAN. THE MAYOR YOU'LL GET YOUR TIME. IT'S NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING YET. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING OF THE THEME IS THE PARK STRIPS AND ALL ZONES. THERE WAS COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO WERE. PARDON ME, YOU CAN GET UP AND TALK ANYTIME YOU WANT. I'M NOT. YOU'RE MY BOSS, NOT YOURS. SO. BUT I WAS BEING FACETIOUS AND MEAN, SO. CHAIR, I ADDRESS THE THE COMMISSION. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. LARRY GARDNER IS CORRECT. SO THE COUNCIL'S ALL BEHIND THIS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK ON THIS CLOSELY BECAUSE IT ALSO AFFECTS CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY NEEDED
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SOME HELP WITH SOME DEFINITIONS ON HOW TO ENFORCE THE CODES. AND SOMETIMES THEY WENT TO SOME.AND IT WOULD THERE WAS A DEAD TREE IN THE YARD. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT GETTING. MAKING PEOPLE TAKE THAT DEAD TREE OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ORDINANCES. YOU CAN'T HAVE DEAD TREE. WELL, NOW IF WE HAVE THIS IN HERE, THIS MUST BE MAINTAINED. A DEAD TREE, UNLESS THEY TURN IT INTO A TOTEM POLE, IT'S NOT MAINTAINED. SO WE WILL SEE MORE TOTEM POLES.
I DON'T KNOW. SO SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. I WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WHITELOCK BACK AND FORTH FOR MONTHS UNTIL WE CAME TO SOME AGREEMENTS, AND WE ALMOST AGREED ON EVERYTHING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE VARIED FROM A LITTLE BIT IS THE CODE IN THE PAST HAS REQUIRED A TREE IN PARK STRIPS EVERY 25FT FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. AND SHE DIDN'T WANT THAT IN THERE. SO OUR COMPROMISE IS THE PART THAT'S IN BLACK RIGHT THERE. SO EITHER IN THE PARK STRIP OR WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT'S IN THERE BECAUSE HER CONCERN IS THE TREES TEAR UP THE SIDEWALKS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO FIX THE SIDEWALKS. BUT I'VE OBSERVED THAT THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. YOU'LL SEE SOME MULTIFAMILY THINGS. AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'RE MAINTAINED. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE THERE. SO THERE WAS THAT ONE ITEM THAT WE DISAGREED WITH. AND WHAT I'VE GOT OUT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT THINGS. I PULL UP AND SAY, OKAY, HOW WOULD YOU ENFORCE THAT TO MAKE SURE OUR NEW CODE IS GOING TO MAKE IT ENFORCEABLE FOR THEM? AND JUST EARLIER TODAY, I CALL IT THE TEXT MESSAGE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB, THIS IS, IS ASTROTURF PERMITTED TO DO THE WHOLE FRONT YARD IN THAT? AND I SAID, IT WILL BE ONCE WE GET THIS ONE PASSED. HE SAID, WHAT ABOUT NOW? AND I SAID, I THINK IT IS THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW, BUT IT'S QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. THIS HELPS BRING THAT CLARITY TO THAT. SO THIS IS THIS THIS ORDINANCE WILL GROW ON US, PUN INTENDED. IF I CAN, BEFORE, BEFORE LARRY JUMPS IN TO TO PAIR OFF OF WHAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT THESE THESE TREES AND NEAR OR WITHIN THE PARK STRIPS.
THE MAYOR IS RIGHT. I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE DON'T SEE THE SIDEWALK ISSUES WITH THESE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS OR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IS BASICALLY HOW THEY'RE CLASSIFIED. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. ANYBODY CAN RUN DOWN TO HOME DEPOT OR WHATEVER AND THROW A TREE IN, AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TYPE OF TREE CONDUCIVE FOR, FOR THAT ENVIRONMENT. AND YOU GET ROOT LIFT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO. THAT'S, THAT'S MY OBSERVATION. OKAY. AND SO. WE ALSO HAVE, WHEN WE PASSED THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT WE HAVE STREETSCAPE REQUIREMENTS ALONG ARTERIAL STREETS. AND IT'S THAT TEN FOOT LANDSCAPED AREA THAT'S BEHIND THE SIDEWALK GOING TOWARDS THE WALL OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO IT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS PROBABLY IF YOU THINK OF A DEVELOPMENT OF DRY CREEK HIGHLANDS, WHICH IS 600 AND SOME ACRES AND HAS 90 SOUTH AND AND 111 RUNNING THROUGH IT. SO IT'LL BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY, BUT MAINTAINED BY THE DEVELOPMENT'S HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, IF ONE EXISTS, WHICH IT DOESN'T, IF THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION DOES NOT EXIST, ONE SHALL BE CREATED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETSCAPE. TEN FOOT LANDSCAPED AREA. AND THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT SOME OF THESE AREAS CAN BE VAST AND THEY REALLY BENEFIT NOT ONLY THE CITY, THE STREETSCAPE LOOK, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THOSE PEOPLE LIVE IN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG GRIPES THAT WE GET WHEN WE REQUIRE A, A, A IS THE ONLY THING THEY'RE MAINTAINING IS A THIRD ACRE DETENTION POND. BUT IN A LARGER DEVELOPMENT NOW, THEY CAN PUT PRIDE INTO THAT AND SAY, LOOK HOW NICE OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STREET. AND SO, AND IT REALLY DOES TAKE PRESSURE OFF OUR ALREADY. OVERWORKED PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHO IS IS CHALLENGED TO MAINTAIN THESE AREAS. AND ANOTHER THING IS CITY EASEMENTS. AND THIS TAKES IT COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM THE DEVELOPER OR
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DEVELOPERS SUCCESSOR. IT JUST SIMPLY STATES THAT CITY EASEMENTS RIGHTS AWAY FRONT AND SIDE YARD PARK STRIPS SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER. NOW, THERE'S AN EXCEPTION COMING UP TO THAT, BUT THAT IS REALLY WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND IS THAT IT'S BEEN, AS THE MAYOR SAID, DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. THIS IS CLEAR WHO NEEDS TO MAINTAIN THOSE PARK STRIPS AND TREES. THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT THE CITY WAS BATTLING SOME PEOPLE ON, BECAUSE THE TREE WAS ACTUALLY OVERGROWING A UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY, DIDN'T HAVE SIDEWALK OR PARK STRIP. AND SO THIS PERSON SAID, WELL, IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PRUNE IT AT THE RIGHT OF WAY AND NOT MINE. AND SO THIS MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IF, IF YOUR TREES OVERHANGING THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND, AND THIS REALLY WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HUGE TREE, BUT IT WAS GROWING INTO THE STREET ALMOST. AND THEY SIMPLY REFUSED TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND THE CITY SAID, NO, IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY. TOURS. SO THIS CLARIFIES THAT. AND THEN THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONS TO THE ORDINANCE. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE LAST FOUR WITH SOME EXCITING VISUALS FOR YOU. BUT NUMBER ONE, IT JUST SAYS THAT ANYTHING THAT'S AT AN INTERSECTION SITE TRIANGLE CAN'T BE OVER MORE THAN FOUR FEET HIGH. AND THAT'S SO YOU CAN SEE OVER IT. YOU CAN SEE WHAT WHAT TRAFFIC IS COMING NOW ALONG ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS. AND THIS IS THE ONE EXEMPTION TO THE ORDINANCE I JUST READ. AND THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN THE PARK. WHO WAS THAT YOU THAT CUT ME OFF KAREN. SO I THINK MAINTAIN THE UNDEVELOPED PARK RIGHTS OF WAY OF ABUTTING ARTERIAL PARK STRIPS. AND THAT'S IF IT'S ON A DOUBLE FRONTING STREET, YOU CAN SEE CHERRY, LAUREL LANE AND 90TH SOUTH. SO THESE LOTS ALL THE WAY IN. IN BETWEEN HERE ARE DOUBLE FRONTED LOTS. NOW IF THIS GUY, IF ANYONE LIVES ANYWHERE ALONG THE STREET, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET OUT THERE AND MAINTAIN THAT PARK STRIP ALONG 90TH SOUTH. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO THROW AND THEN CLIMB OVER THE WALL. AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE ARTERIAL STREETS, BECAUSE IT BECOMES MORE CONSISTENT AND IT LOOKS BETTER.AND IT'S ALSO FAIR TO THE PROPERTY BODY AND PROPERTY OWNER. AND IT ACTUALLY DOES GET MAINTAINED. BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, IF I LIVED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE, I'D JUST IT'D BE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND. AND I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. OR I GUESS I'D THROW A BUCKET OF ROUNDUP OVER THE FENCE TO KILL EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEN THIS IS. A BUDDING PROPERTY OWNER SHALL MAINTAIN THE PARK STRIP AND UNDEVELOPED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. IF THE FRONT OR SIDE YARD PROPERTY ABUTS THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON MCGINNIS LANE, THIS IS VERY CLEARLY AN EXAMPLE OF PROBABLY WHAT MOST OF US LIVE IN IS WE HAVE A PARK STRIP AND A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF OUR HOME, AND THESE HAPPEN TO BE GRASS WHERE YOU CAN PUT IT INTO SOME WATER, CONSERVING, WATER, SAVING PLANT MATERIAL, BUT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT. AND THEN LASTLY, THE STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY NEXT TO PUBLIC PROPERTY. THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN THE PARK, STRIP OR UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY IF IT ABUTS A STATE ARTERIAL STREET. AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE A STATE ARTERIAL STREET, WHICH IS U111 OR BACCHUS HIGHWAY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE SAME ISSUE. IT'S NOT DEVELOPED. AND IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY ALONG. I 111 AND THEN LASTLY, TREES AND VEGETATION AND PARK STRIPS. THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER SHALL HAVE A DUTY TO MAINTAIN AND PRUNE TREES IN THE PARK STRIP.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AND IF THEY'RE DEAD, YOU PROMPTLY REMOVE IT. YOU CAN SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM THE GRIM REAPER HAS TAKEN OUT THOSE TREES AND THEY ARE DEAD. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS AT. IT'S NOT IN WEST JORDAN, BUT HE WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THOSE TREES OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER LIVING. BUT THIS UPPER RIGHT EXAMPLE IS WEST JORDAN. AND THERE ARE TREES THAT ARE HEALTHY. THEY'RE WELL MAINTAINED, THEY'RE PRUNED TO THE APPROPRIATE HEIGHT SO PEOPLE CAN WALK UNDER THEM AND DRIVE UNDER THEM. AND THAT IS ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? COMMISSIONER HOLLINGSWORTH? SO YOU'RE TALKING IN ONE YEAR SLIDES ABOUT HOAS. YES. HOW
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DOES THAT APPLY TO THE HIGHLAND DISTRICT? THE HIGHLANDS HIGHLANDS IS IN A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AREA. SO THAT IS A RATHER THAN A A DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC HOA. IT IS A MASTER PLAN. THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY KIND OF HOA. BUT IT'S A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. AND SO THE PEOPLE IN THE HIGHLANDS PAY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WITH THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, THE COMMERCIAL PAY, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, THE APARTMENTS PAY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO MAINTAIN THOSE ENHANCED PARK STRIPS THAT WERE PUT IN AS A DENSITY BY UP AND ALSO THE TRAILS AND OTHER THINGS. SO IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING, BUT A DUNCAN WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO THE LEGALITIES WITH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING IS, IS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AREA IS ADMINISTERED BY WESTERN CITY. WE'RE A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION IS MAINTAINED BY THE HOMEOWNERS. AND SO, OKAY, I JUST SAW WHERE YOU SAID IT HAD IF ONE WASN'T THERE, YOU HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED, BUT THEN YOU HAD THE HIGHLANDS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. YEAH. AND THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WE DID, OR I SHOULD SAY THE CITY YEARS AGO, MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO, TRIED TO IMPOSE THAT ON THE STONE CREEK DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT WAS VOTED DOWN BY THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PAY MORE TAXES. SO NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE TREE IN THE FRONT YARD? WELL, THERE'S LANGUAGE ABOUT THE TREES WILL BE IN THE PARK STRIP OR WITHIN FIVE FEET. TIME. I WANT TO GET THERE. THERE IT IS. OKAY. SO MY MY CONCERN ON THIS IS WHEN WE PARK STRIPS USUALLY FAIRLY OPEN.YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF UTILITIES PERPENDICULAR TO THE PARK STRIP, BUT WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE SIDEWALK, WE USUALLY HAVE SEVEN FEET OF A PEW. SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR GAS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. OR WE'RE GOING TO REDISTRIBUTE HOW THE PEW WORKS, OR JUST PLANT TREES RIGHT ON TOP OF THE UTILITIES. NOT A GOOD IDEA. YEAH. IT ISN'T. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS YOU ARE RECOMMENDING BODY, YOU CAN IN YOUR MOTION, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR YOU KNOW, I'LL PUT MY PERSONAL BIAS. I'M A STREET TREE PERSON. I LOVE STREET TREES. AND AS SCOTT ARTICULATED EARLIER, IF THEY'RE THE CORRECT TREES, THEY VERY SELDOM CAUSE ISSUES. IT'S LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY PUTS A, OH, LET'S GO GET A COTTONWOOD OUT OF GRANDPA'S FRONT YARD DOWN IN THE PARK AND, AND PUT IT IN THE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY ARE MASSIVE PLANTS. AND SO. NOT GUIDING YOUR DIRECTION AT ALL, BUT THAT'S. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS HAS BEEN NOTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU'RE TO SPEAK ON THIS, WE'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. IF NOT. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ONLINE. THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE COMMISSION FOR MOTION AND OR COMMENTS. I'LL GO AHEAD. I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION FOR LARRY. DID WE HAPPEN TO RUN THIS THROUGH ANYBODY AT JORDAN VALLEY? WE DID NOT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CHANGING OUR WATER EFFICIENCY STANDARDS AT ALL.
OKAY. I WONDER JUST WATER EFFICIENCY ASIDE, WITH THE FOLKS AT THE CONSERVATION GARDEN AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE LANDSCAPING, I THINK IF I CERTAINLY COULD, I COULD, I COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND RUN IT BY THEM PRIOR TO GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. IF THAT'S ONE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. YEAH, I'LL DO THAT. I THINK IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARD BUILDING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, WHICH I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE, BUT OKAY, GOOD. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON, DOES ANYTHING IN THIS REQUIRE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE OWNERS TO AFFIRMATIVELY PLANT TREES NOW IN THEIR PARK, STRIP OR YARD? NO, THAT WAS THAT WAS TAKEN OUT A FEW AMENDMENTS AGO. AND THIS COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. OKAY. DOESN'T PUT IT BACK. WE USED TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO PLANT THEM IN PARK STRIPS AND IN THEIR YARDS, BUT THE COUNCIL
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FELT THAT THEY WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE HOMEOWNER TO DO THAT IF THEY WANTED NOT REQUIRE IT.THANKS. SO DID I MAYBE MISUNDERSTAND THE THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE? I THOUGHT IT SAID THAT IF YOU HAVE, FOR EVERY 25FT OF FRONTAGE REQUIRED TO PLANT A TREE EITHER IN THE PARK STRIP OR WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE SIDEWALK, THAT'S THAT'S FOR MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, IT'S NOT FOR SINGLE FAMILY. STILL A CONCERN WITH THE UTILITIES, BUT. OKAY, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OH, THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. BASELINE INFORMATION FINDINGS SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT UPON THE EVIDENCE YOU RECEIVED TODAY. I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS APPLICATION ALSO SUGGEST THAT STAFF REACH OUT TO JORDAN VALLEY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT TO RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK, AND ALSO TO CONSIDER THE LOCATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES IN PROXIMITY TO SIDEWALKS. WHEN CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF TREES. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND COMMISSIONER GONZALES, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH THOSE ATTACHMENTS TO THE AMENDMENT OR MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT CARRIES SIX NOTHING. COMMISSIONER GONZALES, I WILL MAKE A
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