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Ogden planning staff proposes turf limit for new single-family yards to meet $10 million pipeline grant and help Great Salt Lake
Summary
Planning staff asked the Ogden City Council to adopt a zoning amendment that would cap turf at 35% of front and street-facing side yards for new single-family homes and require at least 50% living groundcover; the change is a condition of a $10,000,000 state grant to repair the Canyon Pipeline and provide water to the Willard Spur.
Planning staff presented a zoning amendment on June 17 to revise single-family landscaping requirements as part of a condition for a $10,000,000 state grant tied to Canyon Pipeline improvements and Great Salt Lake mitigation.
Barton (planning staff) told the council the state grant would fund pipeline work through Ogden Canyon and that the grant conditions include two requirements: the city must contribute 1,500 acre-feet annually to the Willard Spur, and the city must adopt a water-efficient landscaping ordinance for new single-family dwellings. Barton said, “we put 2 2 together and got a deal with the state that, they would give us a grant for $10,000,000 to fund the pipeline improvements to, to fix the pipeline through the…
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