Planning Commission backs sending Mainline development agreement to council after debate over height and lost commercial frontage

The Roy City Planning Commission voted to forward a positive recommendation to the city council on Oct. 14, 2025, for a proposed development agreement with Mainline Company to build at 3918 South Midland Drive and 2710 West 4000 South that would increase building heights by 10 feet and eliminate the requirement for commercial frontage on 4000 South.

The recommendation came after the applicant and city staff described the proposal and answered questions about stormwater infrastructure, commercial placement and housing types. Bob Barnes, a representative of Mainline Company, told the commission the team had found an insufficiently sized stormwater pond on the northern parcel and planned a major upgrade. "When it was originally engineered, it should have been engineered to hold 55,000 cubic feet of stormwater runoff according to the…