Weber County conditionally approves rezone for Bridal development, defers final development agreement

The Weber County Commission on May 6 approved an ordinance to rezone the Bridal development area in the Ogden Valley to RE-20, while conditionally deferring final approval and execution of the project's master development agreement pending staff cleanup and final commissioner review.

The vote followed a lengthy public hearing and staff presentation that explained the proposal would consolidate RE-20, RE-15, FV-3 and FR-3 zones into RE-20 for the project area north of Fairways Drive. Commissioner Gage Frower moved approval of ordinance 2025-09 as amended; the motion directed staff to bring an updated development agreement back to the commission for final signature after the packet's outstanding administrative items are resolved.

The change implements a new master plan development overlay zone (MPDOZ) for the project and ties the property's development rights to a single, updated development agreement. Staff and the applicant said the updated agreement would "memorialize the past agreement," add volunteered internal connectivity improvements, and require new public paths and open space. "They're volunteering to do this in exchange for the changes that are in the development agreement," planner Charlie Ewart said,…