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Planning commission backs allowing gas pressure control stations in CS-2 zone
Summary
Pleasant Grove planning staff recommended and the commission unanimously forwarded a recommendation to City Council to add "gas pressure control stations" (use 48-24) as a permitted use in the Commercial Sales-2 (CS-2) zone, after staff and an Enbridge engineer described the facilities as small, low-impact utility sites.
Pleasant Grove's Planning Commission on Dec. 11 voted to recommend that City Council amend City Code 10-11D-2-C to permit gas pressure control stations (use 48-24) in the Commercial Sales-2 (CS-2) zone.
Jacob Hawkins of the Planning Department told commissioners that a gas pressure control station ''reduces high pressure gas from transmission pipelines to lower, safer pressures'' and typically consists of a fenced enclosure, a maintenance shack and the piping and equipment to serve adjacent neighborhoods and businesses.
''Gas pressure control stations are necessary utility stations that provide services to the surrounding neighborhoods and commercial buildings,'' Hawkins said, and staff found the proposed use poses no issues for the CS-2 zone. The commission voted unanimously to forward a recommendation of approval.
An applicant engineer who identified herself as Melissa, representing Enbridge Gas at the hearing, told the commission these facilities are ''really safe'' and ''in a lot of neighborhoods.'' She said a typical 2-by-2 regulator station can fit on a small parcel and that staff design standards require setbacks between above-ground piping and nearby buildings.
Commissioners asked about typical parcel size and fencing. Melissa said larger regulator stations (3-by-3) often aim for a roughly 100-by-100-foot parcel and that smaller (2-by-2) stations can be accommodated on smaller lots. No members of the public spoke on the item.
The commission noted a discrepancy in the meeting notice (which named Questar Gas Company as the applicant) and the speaker's affiliation (Enbridge) and asked staff to ensure the application record reflects the correct company; the commission recorded its recommendation for Kevin Mulvey's request to add use 48-24 to the CS-2 permitted uses list and adopt staff findings and conditions.
Next steps: the City Council will receive the Planning Commission's recommendation and is scheduled to consider the ordinance amendment in its legislative process.
