Planning commission gives final approval to Parks Riverwalk subdivision amendment

The Riverdale City Planning Commission granted final approval Tuesday to a subdivision-plat amendment for two lots in the Parks Riverwalk PRUD at approximately 4318 and 4324 South Riverwalk Drive, as requested by property owner Kent Hill.

The commission voted unanimously to approve the amendment, which reconfigures lot lines for the existing lots identified in staff materials as lots 12 and 13 (to be labeled 12A and 13A). Staff described the change as a modest shift of the property line that increases the frontage on the street and enlarges the rear lot area; staff cited a new lot area of 10,192 square feet for the enlarged parcel, with the rear line moved in by approximately 5 feet and the front edge lengthened by approximately 7 feet.

Commission staff planner Mister Cooper told commissioners the amendment only changes the recorded plat and does not authorize construction. “By approving this plat amendment, by no means is that an approval to build either the home or any accessory building,” Cooper said. Any future house or accessory structure would have to clear normal building-permit and setback reviews.

Cooper said the amendment also incorporates a small adjacent parcel formerly owned outside the subdivision into what will be Lot 13A, and that the subdivision still meets the required open-space obligations. He said the petitioner submitted an affidavit from adjacent property owners Jerry Wayne and Christine Brandon designating Kent Hill the agent on the amendment, and that utility providers were notified and raised no objections.

Under Riverdale’s land-use process, subdivision amendments of this type are final actions by the planning commission and do not go to city council; staff will record the signed plat with Weber County after obtaining required signatures and final printing. The commission’s action was recorded as a final approval after a brief motion and second; commissioners polled during the vote responded in the affirmative.

The planning commission packet included maps and a prior 2014 amended plat showing the existing layout. Cooper told the commission that the amendment is intended to allow Hill to build a home similar to others in the neighborhood and to place an accessory building (a shed) on the small incorporated parcel. Staff reiterated that any building permits would be reviewed for setbacks, height and other code requirements at the time of submittal.

The commission’s approval included a technical amendment during the meeting: a commissioner who initially moved a “favorable recommendation” amended the motion on the record to make it a final approval, consistent with the commission’s authority for subdivision amendments.