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Ogden City adopts updated engineering standards; council approves ordinance 2025-7
Summary
The council voted unanimously to adopt proposed ordinance 2025-7, which updates the city's engineering standards, including a formal variance process, clarified sewer and stormwater testing, traffic-study thresholds, and directional bore/utility placement rules.
Ogden City Council voted unanimously on Feb. 18 to adopt proposed ordinance 2025-7, approving a multi-section update to the city’s engineering standards.
The council's action follows a presentation by City Engineer Taylor Nielsen summarizing technical changes that city staff and planning partners drafted to align with updated public-works practices and state requirements. Nielsen said the standards were revised to clarify when traffic-impact studies are required, to create a formal variance review with a 15-business-day review target, and to tighten testing and easement language for sewer and water mains.
“The importance of making sure that we are able to have discussions on some of those areas ... we…
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