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Hurricane council approves new R1-4 zoning with 10-acre cap and 25-foot front setback
Summary
The Hurricane City Council on a roll-call vote approved Ordinance 2024-7, creating an R1-4 residential zoning classification intended to enable smaller single-family lots.
The Hurricane City Council on a roll-call vote approved Ordinance 2024-7, creating an R1-4 residential zoning classification intended to enable smaller single-family lots. The approved changes cap the maximum development area at 10 acres, include a spacing limitation (no more than two zoning-district steps from adjacent properties) and set a 25-foot front-yard setback from the property line.
City planner Gary reviewed the draft ordinance and said the R1-4 zone would have a 25-foot front-yard setback, a 10-foot rear setback, 5-foot and 10-foot side-yard setbacks, and a 15-foot street-side setback. He also noted a maximum main-building footprint of 1,500 square feet and a 50% maximum lot coverage for the main building.
Council members debated several changes proposed by staff and the public. Supporters described R1-4 as a tool to increase attainable housing options by allowing smaller lot sizes. Concerns focused on clustering, neighborhood compatibility and street/sidewalk impacts: several councilors asked for safeguards so the new zone could not be applied in large, contiguous tracts without review.
Councilman Thomas moved to approve the ordinance with amendments limiting maximum development size to 10 acres and adding an adjacency limitation; after additional discussion the council adopted a final motion that kept those changes and set the front-yard setback at 25 feet from the property line. The council directed staff to draft ordinance language reflecting the council’s motions.
Staff and council members emphasized the distinction between creating a new zoning classification and permitting immediate, citywide rezoning: any parcel would still require a separate map amendment (zone-change) and public hearings. Planning commission review and public input would precede any future zone-change approvals.
The vote approved the ordinance direction; council instructed staff to return the revised ordinance for formal adoption and publication.
