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Council overrides mayor’s veto 6-1 on road connection for GEM apartment project after debate over stub-street rules
Summary
The council voted 6-1 to override Mayor Burton’s veto of ordinance 24-53, which concerns a major variation for the GEM apartments; debate centered on whether a subdivision stub street must connect through or may terminate at park property.
The West Jordan City Council voted 6-1 on Jan. 14 to override Mayor Burton’s veto of ordinance 24-53, a major-variation approval for the GEM apartment project that included a modification to a planned street connection. The override restores the council’s prior action approving the variation but leaves remaining design details to staff and the developer.
Mayor Burton explained his veto at the meeting, saying he was not acting emotionally but wanted additional review. "I just felt that it went really quick, and I wanna just make sure that all the options and consequences are reviewed," he said. Under state law and city rules, the council needs a supermajority to override a mayoral veto; the required five votes were met…
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