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Planning commission asks staff to reword FR-zone setback language, delays council recommendation to January
Summary
Commissioners found a repeated reference to measuring setbacks "from a public right of way" that would misapply to properties on private roads in Emigration Canyon, asked staff to draft clearer language (e.g., measure from road edge/centerline/property line, whichever is greatest), and agreed to return the forestry (FR) zone amendments to the Jan. 8 agenda.
Speaker 3, sharing the draft forestry (FR) zone ordinance (chapter 19.24), told the commission she had noticed the setback table repeatedly said setbacks were measured "from a public right of way," which would not work for many Emigration Canyon properties that front private roads. "We need to remove the words 'from a public right of way' from all of them," Speaker 3 said.
Commissioners debated how to measure setbacks where plats and legal right-of-way lines do not match actual road locations. Speaker 5 argued that "the physical road is what's more important," while Speaker 1 and others said measuring…
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