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Planning commission backs concept plan for Fire Station 56; rezoning and UDOT approvals next
Summary
The Hideout Planning Commission voted to give a positive recommendation on a concept plan for a permanent Fire Station 56 to be leased by the Wasatch Fire District. The project will require rezoning, a conditional-use permit and subdivision review and will need UDOT signaled-vehicle warning approvals for access on SR‑248.
The Hideout Planning Commission on Oct. 16 recommended moving forward with a concept plan for a permanent Fire Station 56 proposed by the Wasatch Fire District on town-owned land north of property owned by a Mr. Wolf.
The commission’s approval was a concept-level endorsement that does not grant entitlements; commissioners voted to give the applicant a “green light” to advance to rezoning, subdivision and conditional-use permitting. The motion to recommend the concept plan passed unanimously (7–0).
The site described in staff materials is a triangular parcel the town owns, about three and a half acres. Presenters and staff emphasized the site’s steep grades: much of the building will be cut into the hillside and the rear façade will function as a retaining wall. The plan shows most parking on the right side of the site as viewed from SR‑248; that parking area will require terraced retaining walls to limit individual wall heights and to hold back soil.
Because SR‑248 is a state highway, access and traffic-control measures are central to the project timetable. Town staff and the chief said the applicant has been…
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