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Planning commission pauses station area plan after extended public comment; work session requested
Summary
After a lengthy presentation of the draft Springville Station Area Plan and more than an hour of public comment focusing on traffic, groundwater, school capacity and a proposed rail overpass, the planning commission voted to continue the item and asked staff to prepare revisions and a public work session.
The Springville Planning Commission on [date of meeting] heard a detailed presentation on a draft Station Area Plan intended to shape development around a future Frontrunner commuter-rail station and then voted to continue the item so staff could address public concerns.
Planning director Josh Rios summarized the plan area (roughly between 1200 West and 1750 West, and 400 South to Center Street), explained how the 2002 Westfields Community Plan anticipated a village-center and commuter rail, and described land-use types being proposed: residential categories ranging from 'residential 10' to 'residential 30', mixed-use cores up to four stories, and a resulting planning-area yield of about 1,311 dwelling units across roughly 158 acres (staff presented an estimated net density of about 8.3 units per acre). Rios said the plan was undertaken in part to meet requirements in House Bill 462…
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