Commissioners recommend rezoning two Roy parcels to R4 to enable multifamily development
The Planning Commission voted unanimously Sept. 8 to forward a favorable recommendation to city council to amend the general plan and rezone 3934 and 3960 West 5500 South from R18 (single‑family) to R4 (multifamily). The applicants said the change would make the parcels marketable to developers; neighbors sought assurances about traffic, stormwater and whether new units would be truly affordable.
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James Openshaw, speaking for family members who inherited two parcels at roughly 3934 and 3960 West 5500 South, asked the commission to permit a rezone from single‑family to multifamily so the family could sell the land to a developer. "We would like to reszone both of these properties here and and do them together as an R4," he said, describing roughly three acres now limited by a single point of access.
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