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Orem council approves Home Depot rezoning after neighbors win 12-foot wall and buffer concessions
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing, Orem City Council rezoned a small R-8 parcel at University Place to PD-34 to allow a Home Depot. The developer agreed to build a 12-foot masonry wall along the neighborhood edge, convey a narrow landscaped strip to adjacent homeowners, and restrict certain automotive uses; council and RDA approval include those concessions.
Orem City Council on a split but passing vote approved rezoning 575 East 1000 South from single-family residential to PD-34 to allow a Home Depot at the University Place shopping campus.
Neighbors testified at length, saying delivery trucks and nighttime activity at a proposed north-side loading dock would place heavy noise and vehicle activity within a few feet of bedrooms. "If the trucks go north before they back into that space, they will be literally within 15 feet of our bedroom window," resident Ralph Olson said during the hearing, asking for stronger mitigation.
Mall and Home Depot representatives said they studied multiple layouts and utility constraints and presented an acoustical mitigation package. Dan Zoldack, representing Home Depot's design team, described why the truck-backup maneuvers create the most noise and said the…
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