Council approves Creekside Village rezoning and preliminary plat for Main Street riverfront project

Spanish Fork’s City Council voted Tuesday to rezone property on the south end of Main Street to R-4 with a master-planned development overlay and approved a preliminary plat for “Creekside Village,” a proposed 169-unit townhome community that fronts the Spanish Fork River Trail.

The development, as presented by applicant Mark Hampton and architect Riley Jarrett, would place three-story townhome buildings along Main Street with two-story, rear‑loaded units and interior courtyards, a clubhouse, pool and pickleball courts. The applicant told the council the design seeks to activate front yards and connect to the river trail. "We wanted to push the driveways as close as we can," Hampton said, explaining the team’s strategy to orient living spaces toward shared green areas.

Planning staff and the applicant made several adjustments after Planning Commission review, including trimming unit count slightly and adding roughly 40 additional guest-parking stalls. The commission had recommended some architectural and unit-configuration changes — notably a discussion about whether Main-Street-facing buildings should be six-plexes rather than eight-plexes — but the council ultimately approved the zone and plat subject to conditions.

Council conditions on the preliminary plat include: compliance with the city’s new street standard (approved earlier in the meeting), completion of all red-line plan-review corrections before final plat, required agreements and easements from adjoining property owners, and a riverbank stabilization study for staff review prior to final plat application. Council members and staff discussed trail connections, parking distribution, visibility from Main Street and the need to design bank protections given the riverfront location.

Council members supported the zone change on a roll-call vote and then approved the preliminary plat with conditions. "I think we get through here, we implement this a bit, and if we have that problem we probably need to start talking about a text change that prevents it instead of just us remembering to do it," one council member said during debate, referring to possible future clustering of impound-yard-style uses — a comment made in the prior agenda items but repeated in the context of site-specific impacts and infrastructure.

Developers told the council they sought to provide more-affordable housing choices than single‑family homes and emphasized connections to the river trail and planned park amenities. Several residents came forward during the public comment period to urge the council to weigh heritage and long-term design alternatives; one speaker suggested an alternate tourism- and event-oriented use for the parcel.

Next steps for the applicant include meeting the plan-review redlines, producing the riverbank study and recording any required easements before final plat.