Council considers rezoning and development agreement for highway‑adjacent manufacturing and adopts Arboretum Vision into general plan (motion recorded)

City staff reviewed a proposed development agreement tied to a rezoning that would permit light manufacturing along the highway corridor along with roughly 30 townhomes. Staff said the concept includes a mixed use of manufacturing buildings backing onto residential townhomes, required road standards (a 24‑foot driving surface with standardized gutters to support emergency access), private sidewalks, and a required landscape buffer and additional screening between industrial and residential uses.

The Planning Commission forwarded the proposal with conditions, including a recommendation that a traffic engineer review or a traffic study be completed to evaluate potential impacts at the Main Street and 200 East intersection and any necessary improvements. Staff also recommended attaching building elevations to the development agreement so the council can review proposed materials and façade treatments before allowing reduced material standards on the highway‑facing sides.

Council also considered an ordinance to amend the RC zoning code (Ordinance 2025‑3, as referenced in packet language) to permit minor manufacturing in the RC zone within defined locations (between 200 East and 600 East and within 200 feet of the highway) and discussed adopting the Arboretum Vision plan into the general plan as an exhibit to strengthen future coordination with UDOT and guide transportation and land‑use decisions.

During the May 7 meeting Councilmember Casper Crane moved to approve the ordinance to adopt the Arboretum Vision plan into the general plan and the motion received a second; no final recorded roll call on adoption appears in the supplied segments. Council members asked staff to include traffic and architectural details with any development agreement returned for final action.