Planning commission delays decision on releasing parcel from Cordero agreement, citing infrastructure and contract concerns

The Cedar City Planning Commission on Thursday deferred action on a request from developer Caleb Levitt to be released from the Cordero development agreement and to proceed under a replacement development agreement, citing incomplete infrastructure modeling and unresolved contractual obligations.

Levi tt sought formal release of roughly 60 acres of property from the original Cordero agreement and presented a draft replacement development agreement for the commission’s consideration. "This is an agreement that we have put together with the other successors of the property to basically exit our development from the old agreement and replace it," Levitt said.

Commissioners and city staff said the replacement agreement as submitted lacks the level of detail the city needs about how water, sewer and road systems will interconnect with the remainder of the Cordero area. City staff and the commission urged Levitt to work with other successor property owners — specifically the nearby 1,361‑acre property that is also pursuing development — and to have modelers produce combined engineering models showing how sewer flow, lift stations and water mains will work if…