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Commission opens public hearings on two small workforce‑housing PUDs; Planning Commission recommended approval
Summary
The county opened public hearings (left open for written comment until June 26) on two Community Rebuild workforce‑housing planned unit developments: a two‑lot Lance Avenue twin‑home subdivision and a three‑lot San Juan Drive PUD enabling fee‑simple ownership for small workforce units. Planning staff and the Planning Commission recommended approval with deed‑restriction and income/active‑employment covenants.
Grand County opened two public hearings on planned unit development (PUD) applications submitted by Community Rebuild to create small, deed‑restricted workforce housing units in Moab.
The first site, on Lance Avenue, is a 0.18‑acre parcel proposed to be subdivided into two lots with twin straw‑bale homes that would be deed‑restricted for households meeting the county’s active‑employment definition and capped at roughly 80% AMI, according to staff. The second site, on San Juan Drive, is a 0.26‑acre parcel proposed as a three‑lot PUD; staff explained that the PUD configuration would allow the units to become fee‑simple ownership lots (rather than rentals), supporting homeownership among first‑time buyers. The Planning Commission reviewed both projects and forwarded unanimous, favorable recommendations.
Staff noted standard public improvements (sidewalk, curb and gutter, half‑width road work for the Lance Avenue project) and said both applications meet the county’s PUD density‑bonus provisions for workforce housing (Article 4.4.0.9). Commissioners opened the hearings for public and written comment and left the record open through Wednesday, June 26 at 5:00 p.m.
The projects move the county’s housing goals forward by increasing infill and nonprofit development capacity for deed‑restricted homeownership; staff said they will return with final plats and development agreements after the hearing period closes.
