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Farmington planning commission recommends an unfavorable recommendation to council on Meadowview Preserve lot-coverage increase
Summary
The Planning Commission on April 8 recommended an unfavorable recommendation to the City Council on a request to amend the Meadowview Preserve PUD to raise maximum building coverage from 30% to 40%, after resident concerns about process, drainage and neighborhood impacts and a split vote.
The Farmington Planning Commission on April 8 voted to recommend an unfavorable recommendation to the City Council on a request to amend the Meadowview Preserve planned unit development agreement to increase maximum building coverage from 30% to 40%.
The request, brought by applicant Summerday Development and presented by planning staff member Jared, sought the change because one builder in the development is offering villa-style, single-level homes whose larger footprints can exceed the existing 30% building-coverage cap. Jared said an example permit in the development would reach “just shy of 40%,” and that a typical lot in the subdivision in question is about 8,000 square feet with a building footprint of about 3,240 square feet under the proposed threshold.
Why it matters: Commissioners, staff and residents debated whether raising the permitted building coverage midstream would undercut earlier commitments to existing neighbors, change the character of the edge lots adjacent to…
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