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Planning commission work session opens wide discussion on redevelopment chapter for general plan
Summary
Commissioners and staff reviewed what a redevelopment chapter in Orem's general plan could cover, examined maps showing older housing stock, and discussed funding, historic-preservation trade-offs and tools such as rehabilitation zones and development agreements.
Orem City Planning Commission members spent the work-session portion of their June 18 meeting discussing whether and how to include a redevelopment chapter in the city's general plan and what goals such a chapter should serve. Staff presented maps of residential building age and showed examples around the city to prompt discussion of rehabilitation, adaptive reuse and larger redevelopment projects.
Grant (staff member) described the potential scope: "The chapter may include a rehabilitation, redevelopment, and conservation element consisting of plans and programs for redevelopment of land, including housing sites, business and industrial sites, and public building sites." He emphasized the chapter is optional under state code but common for cities Orem's size.
Why it matters: commissioners said redevelopment policy could affect property rights, neighborhood…
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