Grantsville council approves Brentwood Planned Unit Development with corrected acreage and conditions

The Grantsville City Council on April 2 approved Resolution 2025-05, authorizing the Brentwood Planned Unit Development (PUD) at 810 East Main Street with a correction to the project area (14.9 acres) and a set of conditions to be addressed in a development agreement.

The project team presented revisions aimed at addressing council and planning commission concerns from an earlier review. The developer reduced overall density from the previously proposed 164 units to 157, added more than a half-acre of designated central open space and picnic areas, and increased on-site parking by 67 surface spaces. The proposal also includes a private enclosed dog park, shaded picnic area, a centrally located playground, and water-wise landscaping. The council voted to approve the resolution after the applicant agreed to a set of conditions and to finalize a development agreement that will capture specific materials, exhibits and clarifications.

Why it matters: Council members and nearby residents raised traffic, emergency access and livability concerns during prior review. The revisions seek to balance added housing supply with more open space, additional parking and pedestrian connections, while leaving a set of requested variances in place for final action.

Project presentation and council concerns The project presenter described changes since the prior review: "We were able to add a half acre, more than a half acre of designated open space for a top lot, picnic areas and our dog park," the presenter said. The developer also said they had reduced density and increased spacing between center buildings from as little as 15 feet to roughly 22–26 feet in many locations to improve livability and circulation.

Parking and design: The developer said units would have two garage stalls and two driveway stalls per home, plus centralized guest parking, producing roughly 4.42 parking spaces per unit. Renderings provided to the council show front‑loaded homes on the perimeter and rear‑loaded townhomes in the interior.

Traffic and emergency access: Council members and staff pressed the team about a single public access off SR‑112 adjacent to Maverik. The applicant described an emergency access that UDOT will permit only as a gated emergency connection because of spacing rules near the signal and nearby driveways. Developer-affiliated consultant Nate Shipp urged the council to allow the gated emergency access to be built now: "In my mind, I would build it with the gate. It's there. They can't ignore it... if it gets widened, it's that much easier for you not to say, 'well, there is an access there' and it's an easy fix," he said. City planning staff noted UDOT has final control over full public access and that some conditions placed by the planning commission relate specifically to UDOT approvals.

Conditions and next steps Council and staff identified conditions to be memorialized in the development agreement and final platting. Among items discussed and carried forward in the motion were: installation of a masonry or precast concrete fence on the north and south project boundaries (six feet was discussed), a gated emergency access (rather than a full public connection at this time), and clear development‑agreement language defining allowed side‑yard obstructions. Council members also requested that architectural exhibits, materials percentages and landscaping plans be included as exhibits in the development agreement; the developer agreed to include architectural standards and accepted a council request to add a recreational amenity that would serve older youths (options discussed included a half‑court basketball facility adjacent to the picnic area).

The council motion approving Resolution 2025-05 corrected the acreage to 14.9 acres (previously shown as 13.7) and included the planning commission conditions as modified during the meeting. The motion passed with council members voting in favor.

The developer will return with a development agreement and final-platting documents that incorporate the agreed conditions, exhibits for architecture and landscaping, and the precise language that will define side‑yard obstructions and other standards.