Bluffdale planning commission forwards amendment to add fifth story and 66 units at Centrum despite parking concerns

The Bluffdale City Planning Commission on June 4 voted 3–1 to forward a positive recommendation to the City Council for two related changes to the Centrum development: a development-agreement amendment and a zoning text amendment to allow a fifth story and 66 additional dwelling units at the apartment building near 14676 South Porter Rockwell Boulevard and to reduce the city’s parking requirement from 2 stalls per unit to 1.6.

City planning staff summarized the request as an amendment to the existing Centrum development agreement and to the special district zone. Staff said the original approval (adopted Jan. 12, 2022) allowed 236 dwelling units, was later amended to 252 units, and that the current request would increase the building’s capacity (staff materials referenced up to 318 units) and raise the maximum residential height from about 80 feet to roughly 90 feet. Staff also presented a parking analysis showing that, under the current code ratio of 2 stalls per unit the completed project would require 636 stalls for the proposed unit count, while the applicant’s requested 1.6 stalls per unit would provide about 509 stalls — “a gap of around 127 parking stalls” compared with the code requirement, according to staff materials presented to the commission.

Jake Finlinson, representing Perry…