Farr West council approves Park Plaza Court development agreement and rezones parcel to Mixed Use after residents protest density and drainage

Farr West City Council voted 4‑1 on Nov. 6 to approve a development agreement for the Park Plaza Court project and to rezone the property at 2500 West 4000 North from C‑2 to Mixed Use after an extended public‑comment period and council discussion.

Residents mobilized ahead of the council meeting. “I did bring with me the petition. There’s over 450 signatures on this petition,” resident Chris Johns told the council during the public comment portion, summarizing neighbors’ concerns about the introduction of multiunit housing, possible rental conversions, traffic near bus stops and a nearby park, and drainage along the south side of the parcel.

The applicant’s representative, identified in the record as Amy (the project applicant), said the proposal is not apartments and stressed limits written into the development agreement. “We were not doing apartments here. We never planned on putting apartments,” she told the council, and described the project as a mix of 14 single‑family detached homes, alley‑loaded townhomes and a small commercial component intended for modest retail or services rather than…