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Commission recommends change to city code for residential side-yard setbacks where city owns land
Summary
The commission recommended approval of an amendment to Springville City Code (Title 11, Chapter 4, Article 404) to adjust how side-yard setbacks are measured when the city owns land between a property owner's side yard and the back of sidewalk; a public hearing drew no speakers.
The commission moved to recommend approval of a proposed amendment to Springville City Code, Title 11, Chapter 4, Article 404, that would change how residential street side-yard setbacks are calculated where the city owns the land between an owner's side yard and the back of the sidewalk.
Esquire John Penrod presented the amendment and told commissioners a local property owner sought to expand a house but was constrained because the existing setback is measured from the property boundary rather than from the back of sidewalk. Penrod said that, in older subdivisions, survey points often place a property's boundary several feet behind the back of sidewalk, which can result in a significantly larger build-to setback. He illustrated the effect: in one…
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