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Commission forwards Stewart Land Co. agreement to council after questions about access and possible cemetery site
Summary
Roy City Planning Commission recommended approval to city council of a development agreement request from Stewart Land Company to increase building height by 10 feet at a Station North site, after questions about traffic access, cemetery options and the project’s interface with the station-area plan.
The Roy City Planning Commission on Oct. 14, 2025, voted to forward a positive recommendation to the city council for a proposed development agreement with Stewart Land Company for property near 2436 West 4000 South that would increase allowable building height by 10 feet within the Station North area.
Brad Brown, a representative of Stewart Land Company, told the commission the project would include townhomes and apartments consistent with the Station North plan and said the development agreement was intended to clarify where larger heights apply across a boundary in the station-area map. "We just wanted to make sure that we were clear with our expectations and upfront," Brown said, adding the project aims to convert a currently vacant or underused detention-basin area into housing and amenity space.
Brown and staff said there is an option being discussed, not a commitment, to provide a parcel for a potential city cemetery in coordination with a landowner and city exchanges; Brown described the cemetery idea as an option the developer would cooperate on if the city chooses. Commissioners and the public pressed the team on traffic and access because the site sits near the railroad tracks and existing congestion on 4000 South. The applicant said the fire department has required a second access and the developer has two potential traffic-access options under study and will provide emergency-only access as required.
Public commenters reiterated traffic concerns. Natalie Roper, a nearby resident, told commissioners she had personally observed long backups caused by trains that extended to Midland Drive and 1900 West and asked where the secondary access would be located. "When that train comes, we're seeing traffic backed up all the way to Midland Drive and all the way to 1900," Roper said, urging clear secondary access plans before too much additional traffic is added to 4000.
Staff described the commission’s role as recommending conceptual changes in height and clarified that final site plans, full agreements and property-exchange terms would be completed for council consideration. The commission’s motion to forward a positive recommendation passed on a roll-call vote: Commissioner Bailey, Mister Hobert, Commissioner Felt, Mister Tanner, Commissioner Thompson and Commissioner Reed all voted aye. The recommendation advances the concept to council; final approvals, including any land donations or swaps and traffic/access engineering, must be completed before council action.
