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Planning commission backs mixed workforce-market subdivision at Bulldog Lane amid wetlands, traffic and vibration concerns
Summary
Provo City and Nelson Homes brought a plan to build 68 homes—34 workforce units and 34 market-rate homes—on city-owned land near 3200 West Bulldog Lane. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended rezoning needed for the project but heard sustained public concern about wetlands, construction vibration, school capacity and traffic.
The Provo City Planning Commission on Aug. 27 recommended that the Municipal Council rezone municipal property near 3200 West Bulldog Lane to allow a mixed subdivision with 68 total homes, including 34 income-restricted ‘‘workforce’’ units and 34 market-rate homes. The recommendation was unanimous.
City staff and the developer described the project as a public–private partnership between Provo City and Nelson Homes to place workforce-priced single-family homes inside city limits. Bill (Planning staff) said the land was annexed with an OSPR (Open Space Preservation and Recreation) holding designation and later offered through an RFP; Nielsen Homes (also referred to as Nelson/Nielsen Homes in the record) responded with a plan for detached housing that mixes market-rate and workforce units. Bill explained workforce homes would be preserved by placing land in the Utah County Land Trust while buyers own the house, and that income limits for workforce units would follow HUD-style…
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