Logan council approves Willow Lakes Phase 5 overlay with trail requirement and $600,000 city cap

The Logan Municipal Council voted to approve a modified planned development overlay for Willow Lakes Phase 5 on Oct. 7, 2025, requiring construction of a new public multi‑use trail and spelling out a cost‑share arrangement between the city and the developer.

Council members adopted ordinance 25‑16 after staff and the applicant negotiated language specifying that a 10‑foot concrete multi‑use trail be built from the new Trapper Park pedestrian bridge east about 790 linear feet and west about 3,010 linear feet — a minimum total of 3,800 linear feet — and that the trail include at least one tieback into Willow Lakes Drive. The city’s maximum obligation is capped at $600,000; the ordinance records the applicant’s share at 45.45 percent and the city share at 54.55 percent of the trail cost, with the city’s payment not to exceed $600,000.

Why it matters: the trail is a central public‑access feature linked to a high‑visibility development along the Logan River corridor. Council members said the final language balances public access goals, wetland mitigation constraints and the developer’s financing limits while preserving the option to extend the trail later.

Details and debate: the Willow Lakes Phase 5 overlay covers roughly 12 acres and includes a proposed boat club/fitness/event center, short‑term rental homes, additional single‑family lots, fourplex “mansion homes” and a conceptual 60‑bed assisted‑living facility. City staff described the overlay and the trail alignment and said most of the larger Willow Lakes project…