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Santaquin council to seek zoning change after resident asks to convert home to duplex in Main Street residential zone
Summary
A Santaquin resident told the City Council March 18 that his older house in the Main Street Residential (MSR) zone was designed as two units; council members instructed staff to initiate an amendment to zoning language that currently requires at least one acre and eight units for multifamily development in MSR.
A resident told the Santaquin City Council on March 18 that he wants to convert a family home behind Family Dollar on 100 North into a duplex, and council members agreed to have staff pursue an ordinance change to consider his request.
"I just don't understand why I would not be able to turn that home into a duplex," Lonnie, a resident, told the council during public comment, describing a house with walkouts on both sides that he said was intended by the builder to be used as two units.
Jason, a community development staff member, explained the city code background: the R8 zone once allowed multifamily but the city later restricted multifamily in core single-family areas. "It is actually allowed in the MSR, but it's such a narrow target ... you have to have at least eight units and at least 1…
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