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Tooele staff seek small PUD setback change to formalize Bridal Canyon drainage dedication
Summary
A housekeeping amendment to the Western Acres PUD would adjust setback standards for a 4.5‑acre portion of an existing planned unit development to avoid future nonconforming townhome setbacks if the developer deeds a drainage parcel to the city.
Tooele City staff asked the council to consider a narrowly tailored amendment to the Western Acres planned unit development (PUD) at a work session April 2, seeking a change to setback standards that would prevent future nonconforming setbacks if the developer dedicates a drainage parcel to the city.
Andrew Agard, the city’s community development director, told the council the Western Acres PUD (about 86 acres, approximately half built) includes a 70‑foot‑wide Bridal Canyon drainage corridor. Currently that corridor is an easement; if the developer, Dr. Horton, later deeds or dedicates the drainage as a city‑owned parcel, the easement line would become a property line and adjacent townhomes could become nonconforming under the MR‑16 PUD standards.
Agard said the requested change would affect roughly 4.5 acres in the MR‑16 portion of the PUD and would reduce the rear yard setback for townhomes adjacent to the drainage from the MR‑16 requirement of 20 feet to 8 feet (with 10–20 feet from streets), and adjust a couple of side‑yard setbacks to one foot where appropriate. He emphasized this is a housekeeping measure that would not alter building layouts, unit counts or unit types. “It does not change the proposed building layout. It does not change the total unit count or the unit type or land uses,” Agard said.
Council members asked whether the amendment would apply to the entire development or only to the affected portion; Agard and staff clarified it is designed to address the MR‑16 portion and roughly 4.5 acres that are adjacent to the drainage corridor. Staff and the developer’s representative (Mr. Lewis from Dr. Horton) indicated the change is intended to avoid creating a cluster of nonconforming setbacks later if the city accepts and maintains the drainage parcel.
No ordinance vote was taken at the work session. Staff indicated the request is being drafted to apply only to the MR‑16 portion cited, and the item will return through the standard public‑hearing process for formal amendment if the council directs.
