Hurricane council continues zone-change request for 184 North State, asks staff to draft development agreement

The Hurricane City Council on Tuesday continued a request to rezone 1.22 acres at 184 North State from single-family R110 to multifamily RM-2 and asked staff to draft a development agreement and review site- and access-related engineering before the matter returns for a final vote.

The applicant, represented by Kevin Townsend, said he revised the project after neighborhood meetings to concentrate triplexes along State Street and place single-story duplexes on the interior lot line facing adjacent homes. Townsend said the revised layout was intended to reduce perceived massing, keep some units single-story along neighbors, and limit the total units to a number the applicant believes is compatible with site constraints.

Mayor Nanette Billings and council members repeatedly credited the applicant for meeting with nearby residents and said the new site plan addressed many concerns raised at earlier hearings. Renee (transcript: “Renee Thompson”) told the council she supported the revised plan but asked that any development agreement limit total units to avoid future, unanticipated higher-density builds on that dead-end road.

Council discussion centered on density, price point and traffic access to State Route 9. Several council members expressed mixed views: some said the RM-2 designation along SR‑9 could be appropriate and cited the corridor’s master plan; others said they would prefer lower density or wanted assurances that at least one unit be offered at an “affordable” price point. Councilmembers requested a traffic/access review with Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) since the project proposes a new access connection to SR‑9.

The council voted to continue the item to a future meeting and asked staff to draft a development agreement tying the rezoning to the submitted site plan, to have the Joint Utilities Committee and engineering staff review feasibility (grading, retaining walls and drainage were noted), and to check UDOT access requirements before the council votes on the zone change. The applicant was invited to return with cost and price-point information and a digital site plan the city can record with the development agreement.

What happens next: staff will draft a development agreement that binds the site plan to the RM‑2 zone change, circulate it to the Joint Utilities Committee and engineering, and request UDOT comments. The council set the matter for continuation (next substantive date discussed: October 16) so the agreement and engineering comments can be reviewed before a vote.

Quotes from the record: “We had a little street side meeting and discussed their concerns,” Kevin Townsend said, describing the neighborhood outreach. Mayor Nanette Billings said, “If this is the way that you want to go, then let me draft the development agreement.”