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Planning commission approves recommendation on West Ridge Meadows master plan amid debate over wildlife buffer and fence
Summary
Commissioners forwarded a recommendation for the West Ridge Meadows rezoning (about 1,400 acres) with a development agreement; debate focused on a wildlife management area (WMA) buffer and whether to require a 300‑ or 600‑foot setback or a non‑scalable fence at the developer’s property line.
The Weber County Planning Commission voted to forward a recommendation to the County Commission for ZMA‑2024 (West Ridge Meadows), a master‑planned rezoning and associated development agreement covering roughly 1,400 acres south of the Union Pacific Railroad between the Weber River and 7500 West. The proposed zoning package includes an MPDOZ (master plan development overlay), a mix of residential and mixed‑use zones, a form‑based zone and an open‑space zone.
Staff and the applicant summarized prior public hearings, submitted written comments and a revised development agreement. Commissioners’ deliberations focused sharply on a wildlife management‑area (WMA) buffer along the development’s northern boundary and a recent Utah Division of Wildlife…
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