Council approves small rezone on 6200 South to align parcel with neighborhood commercial zoning

The West Jordan City Council voted unanimously to rezone a single 0.81-acre property at 3703 West 6200 South from A5 agricultural to CG General Commercial during the Jan. 14 meeting.

Megan Jensen, a city planner, summarized the request: "It is just for one property; it's 0.81 acres off of 6200 South and Dixie Drive. The site is already developed and the current zoning is A5 Agricultural," she said, adding that the city's future land use map already designates the parcel for neighborhood commercial and that the change would make zoning consistent with surrounding parcels. Council member Green moved to approve the ordinance and Council member Shelton seconded; the motion passed 7-0.

Why it matters: Rezoning the parcel to General Commercial codifies existing development and aligns the property with adjacent commercial zoning, reducing the property's nonconforming status that dates to annexation in the 1980s. The hearing received no public comment in the council chamber, and none of the four online participants had raised hands to speak.

Council members noted the parcel had been a long-standing nonconforming use since annexation and said the rezone cleans up the map. "That's probably the right thing to do to clean this up," Council member Green said during discussion.

The council recorded the vote as unanimous; the ordinance was adopted and will be codified into the city's zoning map.