Developers seeking a Neighborhood Mixed Use (NMU-1) rezone for Lot 10 of the Silver Summit Business Park presented a conceptual mixed-use project at a work session of the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission on Oct. 14. The project team said the parcel is eligible for the NMU rezone under the Snyderville Basin Development Code and that the proposed plan would deliver a mix of commercial spaces, amenity spaces and market-rate and affordable housing, with a specific focus on active senior living.

The design team described a plan with multiple five-story buildings in the middle of the site stepping down to two- and three-story forms at the perimeter, underground parking, about 30 affordable units integrated across five buildings and 44 market-rate units, and about 6,700 square feet of ground-floor commercial with roughly 8,000 square feet of shared amenity space on an upper floor. The applicant said a portion of the site is intended for a fitness/health center with community membership access, a smaller coworking-type commercial room and a pocket park, and that many amenities would be open to the wider business park community. The team emphasized a “longevity-living” program intended to support active 55+ residents but said they were not seeking an age-restricted covenant and that they would not impose nightly-rental allowances as a policy choice.

Commissioners focused on several policy issues. They sought clarification on the NMU requirement for a transit center and whether a transit kiosk or consolidated features across a larger area could satisfy the code, noting High Valley Transit’s guidance that a full transit center may not be necessary. County staff advised the commission that the NMU code anticipates a central transit collection point but that the development-review process can assess whether distributed or equivalent features satisfy the ordinance; the long-term fix if necessary would be a code amendment.

Several commissioners questioned the project’s shift toward more housing and less commercial space than some NMU examples and asked whether the development could provide better day-to-day retail, restaurants or grocery options to make the site a genuine mixed-use center. The applicant said that the business park already contains many nearby commercial services and that producing more housing responds to urgent local housing needs; the team said they were open to adjusting the ground-floor program if the commission preferred more commercial space. Several commissioners also asked about HOA governance and whether combining market-rate and affordable units in the same HOA was viable long-term; the applicant said affordable units would be integrated rather than segregated and that the county’s affordable-housing formulas had yielded two additional required units over the minimum.

Traffic and parking were raised: the applicant said a revised traffic memo showed fewer trips than a previously approved (now-expired) project and that the county’s transportation staff has asked for a full updated traffic study should the commission grant a condition of support. The applicant agreed to provide a full traffic study keyed to the NMU rezone condition. Commissioners asked about shuttle service and e-bike facilities; the applicant said staff has met with High Valley Transit and that a transit kiosk with bike and e-bike facilities on Pace Road could link the property to nearby transit centers.

Commissioners encouraged the applicant to return with additional details — definitive language on transit commitments and kiosks, a clearer demonstration of how the project would provide meaningful, publicly accessible mixed-use commercial space (not just private amenity space), and how the project’s housing mix aligns with the county’s affordable-housing calculations. No formal vote was taken at the session; the item will return for a future planning commission meeting after the applicant and staff provide the requested studies and revised exhibits.