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Council approves development agreement for two flag lots on 3010 West after multi-session review
Summary
After prior hearings and study sessions, the South Jordan City Council voted 3–2 to approve a development agreement restricting detached ADUs for two proposed flag lots at 10537 S and 10555 S 3010 West.
The South Jordan City Council approved a development agreement on Feb. 18 authorizing the mayor to sign an agreement with Mulberry Cottage LLC and WHD TMR LLC for two flag lots at 10537 South and 10555 South 3010 West. The vote was 3–2.
The application first appeared before the council in October 2024 and returned in December. At the Dec. 3 meeting the council approved the zone change to the flag-lot overlay by a 3–2 vote, but the accompanying development agreement failed by the same margin. After study-meeting discussions on Jan. 21 and Feb. 4, the applicant returned with the same development agreement language presented in December and staff recommended approval. The development agreement explicitly prohibits guest houses and detached accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on the two lots; staff said the same restriction is being pursued in a citywide code text amendment.
Council member Tamara Zander moved to approve the resolution authorizing the mayor to sign the development agreement; Council member Don Shelton seconded. Roll call on the Feb. 18 motion recorded Zander: Yes; Shelton: Yes; Harris: Yes; Johnson: No; McGuire: No, and the resolution passed 3–2.
Why the council returned to the item Planning staff told the council the application required both a rezone and a development agreement for the change to take effect; the rezone alone did not grant the applicant the requested approvals. After the earlier vote split the council, staff worked with the applicant to clarify terms and to flag broader code questions — particularly limits on guest houses/detached ADUs — that staff plan to address through a citywide text amendment process. Council members said they used the intervening study meetings to review neighboring jurisdictions’ approaches to flag lots and to better understand resident concerns.
Public process and next steps Planning staff confirmed that two public hearings were held (October and December 2024) and that the matter had been the subject of study sessions. Following passage, staff will record the development agreement and update property title notices as appropriate. The council instructed planning staff to continue the planned citywide code amendment process on guest houses and detached ADUs so that the policy applied uniformly rather than only by development agreement.
Ending: The council’s 3–2 vote closes a multi-month review of the flag-lot request but signals forthcoming citywide code work on detached ADUs and guest houses.
