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Neighbors press council to reject or revisit PRUD rezone for Hobbs Creek area; council tables decision to May 1 for geotechnical review
Summary
After extended public comment focused on slope stability, groundwater/runoff and trail alignment, the council closed the public hearing on the Hobbs Creek Villas PRUD and voted to table action until May 1, requesting the city’s third-party geotechnical reviewer attend for a technical briefing.
Layton City Council on April 10 heard dozens of residents oppose a proposed 27-unit Planned Residential Unit Development (PRUD) on a 13.38-acre hillside parcel west of Highway 89, and moved to delay a final decision while the city’s independent geotechnical reviewer prepares a briefing.
The proposal, presented by developer Adam Anderson on behalf of Goldcrest Homes, would rezone the site from RS (suburban residential) to R-1-10 with a PRUD overlay and place 27 single-family pads (19 detached and eight attached) on a parcel that includes steep slopes, areas identified as greater than 30% grade and a mapped fault scarp. The developer described foundations, engineered rockery walls and other mitigation measures intended to manage slope stability and surface-water…
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