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Planning Commission urges County to approve combining Longhorn and Midas development agreements with conditions
Summary
The Weber County Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the County Commission approve ZMA 2024-048 to combine Longhorn Estates and the Midas parcel under a single development agreement, allowing transfer of 22 unused development rights and capping Midas at 208 dwelling units, contingent on a parks development agreement, $7,500-per-lot park contributions, and specified traffic/pathway improvements.
The Weber County Planning Commission voted unanimously on Jan. 6 to forward a positive recommendation to the County Commission for ZMA 2024-048, a proposed amendment that would combine previously approved Longhorn Estates development documents with the pending Midas rezone into one development agreement.
The applicant, Pat Burns, said he owns both properties and is not seeking additional net density, only to allocate unused capacity from Longhorn to Midas. "We're not trying to add any number of doors to the development agreement — just combine both of them," Burns said during his presentation. Burns described Longhorn as roughly 40 acres (shown on the plan as 84 lots but with a gross-acreage potential of about 116) and the Midas parcel as roughly 64.26 acres.
Planning staff advised commissioners that combining the projects under one development agreement would allow gross-acreage-based density accounting and highlighted…
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