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Commission approves preliminary plan for Western Acres Phase 3A; interior streets remain private
Summary
The commission approved the preliminary subdivision plan for Western Acres Phase 3A (D.R. Horton), finding the plan complies with the MR16 PUD and noting interior roads in the phase will be private; vote was 7–0.
The Tooele City Planning Commission on July 9 approved the preliminary subdivision plan for Western Acres Phase 3A, a multifamily residential (MR16 PUD) phase that includes townhomes and single‑family lots, with interior streets shown as private and only Copper Canyon Drive remaining public. The motion carried 7–0.
Planning staff provided corrected maps and said the proposed layout complies with the original PUD as approved roughly five years earlier; the staff report recommended approval with conditions. Staff noted some lots on the east side are zoned R17 per the PUD and that the current zoning map will be corrected in GIS records.
“Just before I start, I I hope that each of you received the revised staff report. The one in your packet I had, for some reason, included the wrong maps… These maps are correct,” Andrew Agard, planning staff, said at the start of the item. Agard described the phase boundaries, the location near Bridal Canyon drainage, and prior PUD amendments by the developer to allow reduced townhome setbacks adjacent to the drainage to accommodate future changes if that drainage becomes public.
Agard said the phase’s interior streets are private and only Copper Canyon Drive is public; staff said this phase does not include construction of Copper Canyon Drive, which would be addressed in subsequent phases. David Lewis, representing D.R. Horton, was present for questions. The motion to approve, moved and seconded on the record, passed unanimously: Commissioners Hammer, Proctor, Sloan, Hamilton, Jensen, Anderson and Chairman Robinson voted aye.
The approval is a preliminary subdivision plan decision; final plat approval and construction permits will follow the conditions in the staff report. Staff indicated they will request GIS corrections to reflect R17 zoning where previously omitted from the city zoning map.
