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Perry Companies proposes moving 600 canyon homes to lower parcels; council presses on infrastructure, traffic and quarry grading
Summary
Perry Companies asked the Lehi City Council to relocate roughly 600 residential units titled for West Canyon to parcels lower on the mountainside and adjacent land near SR‑92, saying the move would protect the canyon and concentrate housing where infrastructure and commerce are planned.
Perry Companies representatives told the Lehi City Council they want to move roughly 600 entitled residential units from West Canyon down to remaining developable parcels along SR‑92 and onto adjacent Riverbend holdings.
The proposal presented by Matt Swain said moving the units “out of the canyon” would allow the company to dedicate the canyon portion to permanent open space and avoid additional residential traffic on hillside roads near schools, churches and parks. Perry also asked to rezone a small parcel near Central Utah Bank along SR‑92 as commercial to reflect “highest and best use” near the highway.
Council members and staff pressed Perry on technical details the presentation did not include. Questions focused on three clusters: (1) grading that Geneva (a third party operator) has already performed in West Canyon and who authorized it; (2) capacity of culinary water, pressurized irrigation and sewer if several hundred units are moved to the lower…
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