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Council adopts TOD overlay changes allowing taller mixed-use buildings near Center Street and Fort Union stations
Summary
The Midvale City Council voted 3–1 to amend the transit‑oriented development (TODO) overlay, increasing allowable height and requiring mixed‑use ground floors in designated areas while leaving parking rules unchanged.
Midvale City Council on Feb. 18 adopted an ordinance amending the city—s Transit‑Oriented Development (TODO) overlay to encourage denser, mixed‑use development around the Center Street and Fort Union TRAX stations. The ordinance passed on a 3–1 roll call vote.
The ordinance modifies Section 17‑7‑17 of the Midvale Municipal Code to set a designated mixed‑use requirement in two station areas and raises the height cap for projects that meet the code—s incentives to as much as 10 stories (subject to a 50‑foot overall height cutoff in the code). The amendment also narrows the municipal definition of “development.”
City staff said the changes align the TODO with state Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone (HTRZ) requirements and the city—s recently approved Fort…
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