Planning commission reviews text amendment for gravel‑pit condominium allowing 12‑ to 14‑story building

Cottonwood Heights City Planning Commission members on Feb. 5 reviewed a legislative text amendment that would allow Rockworth Companies to pursue final entitlement of a condominium building on the northern 21.5 acres of the gravel‑pit PDD‑2 zone at 6695 Wasatch Boulevard.

Staff framed the session as an impact analysis limited to the condominium pad; most other buildings on the site already have massing, height and density approvals. "Just for context, though, this is the northern 21 and a half acres of the gravel pit site, 6695 Wasatch Boulevard," a planning staff member said.

The text amendment does not propose changes to the underlying PDD‑2 standards for affordable housing, lighting, signage or geotechnical requirements; it would only authorize the developer to return through the legislative and entitlement process to set the condominium building’s massing, unit count and final design. The developer’s current proposal describes 9–10 residential floors above 3–4 levels of parking, producing a 12‑ to 14‑story building with an estimated 75–110 units.

Why it matters: the proposed condominium would be taller than most buildings in Cottonwood Heights and raises questions about visibility from neighboring streets and geologic hazards on the hillside. City staff said the site is heavily constrained by verified fault lines, a regional transmission water line…