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Parowan planning commission sets July 16 public hearing on parks and open-space subdivision requirements
Summary
The planning commission scheduled a public hearing for July 16, 2025, on proposed changes to parkland dedication, fee-in-lieu rules and subdivision standards, including zone-based open-space percentages and hard-surface requirements.
The Parowan Planning Commission voted to schedule a public hearing July 16, 2025, on proposed updates to the city's parks, open-space and subdivision requirements, including formula changes that would vary parkland dedication by zoning density.
City staff presented a draft approach that applies different open-space exactions by zone: no dedication for rural-estate lots, 1.5% of gross area for R1, 3% for R2 and 4.5% for R3. Staff said the percentages were a starting point and that the council had previously discussed a 5% figure as an upper-range benchmark tied to the city's general plan park-acres-per-capita goal. "I would rather just get this all resolved before an application comes in," a city staff member said, urging the commission to finalize rules before the Meissner…
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