Planning commission approves Public Safety/City Hall project with conditions; construction expected to go to bid in September

The Harrisville City Planning Commission on Aug. 13 granted a conditional use permit and preliminary and final site plan approval for a new Public Safety and City Hall building at approximately 686 West 1750 North, subject to conditions in staff and engineering memos. The approvals clear the project to move toward bidding, with staff saying a prequalification package for contractors will go out in the next one to two weeks and formal bidding expected in September.

The project is sited on land zoned open space. City planner Sarah Wickerin told the commission that the proposal places the municipal building and public safety functions with parking largely to the north and employee/secure parking behind a gated area to the west. "It’s expected that this area is going to be accessed mostly directly off of Highway 89," Wickerin said while showing the…