Planning commission approves rezoning for roughly 2-acre lot to allow subdivision into two 1-acre parcels

The Mapleton City Planning Commission voted to approve a request to rezone approximately 2 acres, a move proponents said will allow the property to be subdivided into two roughly 1-acre lots.

During a public hearing, Drew Huffaker said he and his family have lived in Mapleton for 33 years and on the subject property for 25 years. "We've been on this exact location for 25, and it's where we've raised our 6 kids," Huffaker said, and described the plan "to subdivide into 2 1 acre lots so that our daughter Lexi can live next door to us." He added that his daughter plans to locate structures set back from the street and to keep part of the lot in open space.

Commission members opened the item for public comment and, after hearing from Huffaker and receiving no other public testimony, moved to approve the rezoning request. A motion to approve was made, seconded and carried; the transcript records the vote as "All in favor? Aye. Motion carries." The transcript does not record the names of the motion maker, the seconder or an itemized vote tally.

The rezoning was described in the meeting record as "a request to rezone approximately 2 acres from a 2 to a 2." The transcript provides no additional detail about the current or proposed zone designations beyond that phrasing, nor does it identify specific ordinance or map numbers tied to the rezoning request.

Because the transcript does not provide the motion text, mover/second names or a detailed roll-call vote, the formal record of this meeting supplies only the outcome (motion approved) and the public comment that explained the applicant's intended subdivision and preferred siting for new buildings.

The commission then closed public comment and proceeded to the next agenda item.