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Tooele City reassigns 0.81‑acre parcel at 600 South Canyon Road to R‑1‑7 residential zoning
Summary
The council voted 5–0 to rezone approximately 0.81 acres at about 600 South Canyon Road from a split MU‑160/MU area to R‑1‑7 to allow subdivision into four single‑family lots; staff said frontage and road improvements will be required during subdivision review.
The Tooele City Council voted unanimously Aug. 6 to approve Ordinance 2025‑24, reassigning about 0.81 acres near 600 South Canyon Road from a mixed MU‑160 designation to R‑1‑7 residential zoning to allow the applicant to subdivide the parcel into four single‑family lots.
Andrew Agard, community development director, described the change as a housekeeping amendment to align zoning with a property owner’s subdivision plan. The subject parcel contains split zoning — part R‑1‑7 and part MU‑160 — the latter a holding zone intended for large, sensitive, or sloped areas. Agard said MU‑160 permits agriculture and requires large minimum lot sizes, while R‑1‑7 is the city’s most common single‑family residential district.
Agard said the applicant’s plan would create two lots with access directly to Canyon Road and two lots accessing Main Street via an existing easement used for the Wigwam property; two of the proposed lots would be flag lots using that easement. He told the council that subdivision review will require frontage improvements along Canyon Road and that development will likely improve current road conditions.
A neighboring property owner had raised planning‑commission concerns about traffic and an unimproved access lane; Agard said the two new homes accessing Canyon Road were unlikely to create substantial traffic issues but that road frontage improvements will be required as part of the subdivision process. He noted the question of whether improvements to the existing unimproved lane used as an easement would be required would be addressed during subdivision review.
Councilman Hansen moved to approve the ordinance, Councilwoman Manzion seconded, and the council voted aye: McCall, Hansen, Goaches, Manzion and Brady. The motion passed 5–0.
The zoning change does not itself authorize construction; developers must complete subdivision review and any required frontage or access improvements before building permits are issued.
