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Lehi candidate says zoning choices, tax incentives and development drove traffic, revenue loss
Summary
James Harrison told a Utah County Republican Party podcast that zoning swaps from commercial to high‑density residential and sizable tax incentives to large firms reduced Lehi's retail tax base, exacerbating traffic, school crowding and pressure on city finances.
On a Utah County Republican Party podcast, James Harrison, a candidate for Lehi City Council, argued that recent local zoning decisions and development incentives have reduced Lehi’s commercial tax base, increased traffic and placed long‑term pressure on city services.
Harrison said developers have routinely sought zoning changes that replace commercially zoned land with high‑density residential projects. “They come in and have a sob story about how they really needed more high density,” he said, adding that the result is fewer…
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