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Cedar City planning commission backs zone and general-plan change for 39‑acre parcel, conditions recommendation on north–south connectivity
Summary
The planning commission voted to recommend that city council approve a general‑plan amendment and zone change converting a 39‑acre parcel near Canyon Ranch Drive from low‑density residential/MPD to Central Commercial, while asking the developer to work with the city to secure a future north–south connection to relieve a known traffic bottleneck.
The Cedar City Planning Commission on Tuesday voted to recommend that city council approve a combined general‑plan amendment and zone change to designate a 39‑acre parcel along Canyon Ranch Drive as Central Commercial, with the recommendation conditioned on the developer agreeing to work with the city on future north–south roadway connectivity.
The request, presented by the applicant’s agent (referred to in the hearing as Dallas), asked that the entire contiguous parcel — now partly shown as Central Commercial on the general plan — be changed from R‑1/MPD to Central Commercial to allow commercial buildout along the freeway frontage. Dallas told commissioners that roughly one third of the parcel is already mapped Central Commercial and the applicant seeks to make the remainder consistent with that designation.
Commissioners and city staff repeatedly raised traffic…
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