The Draper City Council approved Ordinance 16-31, a proposed amendment to the Mercer Mountain (Hidden Canyon Estates) development agreement, by unanimous vote (4–0). The amendment reduces the required roadway width from the city’s 56-foot standard to 50 feet for the subdivision’s primary access, adjusts where grading and cut/fill would occur, authorizes slope easements on adjacent city property, and sets maintenance responsibilities for private utilities and stormwater infrastructure.

City planner Jennifer summarized the main changes: a narrower street cross-section that removes the sidewalk on one side in favor of a 4-foot snow-storage/landscape strip (staff noted an alternative of eliminating the park strip to allow sidewalks on both sides), slope easements totaling about 3.2 acres on city-owned hillside needed to construct the roadway, and a detention pond that will be sized and controlled to restrict post-development discharge to historic flow rates. The amendment also allows temporary construction fencing strategies and establishes that private utilities will require written water-quality and maintenance agreements because the city will not operate the private distribution system.

Applicant Pratt (surname not provided on the record) described the design adjustments as a way to reduce the amount of cut-and-fill into the adjacent hillside while still providing a private gated neighborhood with trail access and landscaped snow-storage areas. Residents and nearby property owners asked questions about trail connectivity, sidewalk placement, and hillside stability; staff responded that the narrower cross-section reduces grading impacts and that further engineering review will finalize exact grading and drainage plans.

Councilmember Green moved to approve Ordinance 16-31; Councilmember Lowery seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Council members asked staff to ensure safe pedestrian crossings and to coordinate with engineering for final sidewalk and slope-easement details.

Ending: The ordinance was adopted 4–0; staff will finalize engineering-level grading plans, confirm slope-easement language and return any outstanding exhibits as needed before building permits are issued.