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Perry Homes seeks special residential district for 1,200+ acres; council reviews master plan
Summary
Perry Homes presented a Residential Special District (RSD) covering about 1,227 acres on Tooele’s northwest quadrant that, if approved, would let the developer set its own zoning standards within state law and could deliver roughly 2–2.5 units per acre over multiple decades.
Perry Homes representatives and Tooele City staff presented a proposed Compass Pointe Residential Special District (RSD) to the city council at a work session April 2, asking the council to consider a zoning tool that would allow developer‑authored development standards across roughly 1,227 acres in the city’s northwest quadrant.
Andrew Agard, Tooele City’s community development director, told the council an RSD is a tool in Tooele City Code (Title 7 Chapter 14b) that permits a developer to write a zoning code for a designated area as long as state law, building codes and fire codes remain in force. “This is a big ticket item…this document, if it were to be adopted by the city council, really will govern development in a large portion of the city for 10, 20, maybe even 30 years,” Agard said.
Lindsay Neve,…
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