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Planning commission continues review of proposal to allow satellite communication stations in SDX Gateway Zone
Summary
The Bluffdale Planning Commission continued a proposed Zoning Text Amendment (Application 2024-36) that would permit satellite communication stations in the SDX Gateway Zone after commissioners requested FCC documentation, limits on size or duration and design/screening standards; the applicant (InRange/Starlink) said the installation would likely remain 10 years or more and could later move to a rooftop.
The Bluffdale Planning Commission on Oct. 2, 2024 continued consideration of a text amendment that would create a land‑use definition and allow satellite communication stations in the SDX Gateway Zone. Staff presented the request (Application 2024‑36) and said the concept-plan shows roughly a half-acre ground compound with about 40 dish antennas roughly 2 meters in diameter located at the southern tip of a 6.78‑acre special development property near Pony Expressway and SR‑146.
Caitlin Tubbs, planning staff, told the commission the SDX Gateway Zone currently anticipates a full‑service hotel, conference space and up to 500 residential units in towers, and the zone’s adopted concept plan is part of the ordinance. Tubbs said staff’s primary questions were whether the satellite station is consistent with the special‑district purpose and whether the commission wanted additional design standards, setbacks, landscaping or an explicit limit on the size…
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