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Tooele staff propose removing “residential” from minor subdivision rule to cover commercial and industrial lots
Summary
Staff proposed amending Tooele City Code 7-19-35 to allow the minor subdivision procedure to apply in commercial and industrial zones, arguing there is no substantive difference in how property lines and ownership are established across those zones.
Tooele City staff proposed amending the city’s minor subdivision rule so the procedure would apply to commercial and industrial parcels as well as residential ones.
The change, presented May 7 by Andrew Agard, Tooele’s community development director, would remove the word “residential” from Tooele City Code 7-19-35 so that the streamlined minor subdivision review (a single step combining preliminary and final plat review) could be used when other code criteria are met.
Agard told the council a minor subdivision is available when a proposal meets three criteria in the code: it involves no dedication of public right-of-way, it contains no more than six lots, and it does not involve off‑site water or sewer utilities. “There are no identifiable differences between a subdivision of land in a residential zone versus a commercial or an industrial zone,” Agard said. He asked the council for input before taking the amendment to the planning commission and then back to the council for formal action.
Council members asked clarifying questions about how common small-scale commercial subdivisions are and whether there are negative consequences to the change. Agard said most commercial subdivisions are small (two to four lots), and that the city already uses site‑plan review to handle improvements in nonresidential zones. He said the change would reflect existing practice in many cases and would reduce duplicate review work for applicants and staff.
No vote was taken; Agard said he will place the amendment on the planning commission agenda for public hearing and formal recommendation before the council takes action.
The proposal applies only to the city’s subdivision procedure; related site‑plan and improvement requirements for commercial and industrial development would remain governed by the applicable zoning and site‑plan rules.
