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Council approves Renaissance Town Center and North Canyon townhouse plats amid neighbor concerns
Summary
Bountiful City Council granted preliminary and final plat approval for the Renaissance Town Center commercial subdivision and for the 21-lot North Canyon Towns PUD. Staff and the planning commission recommended both approvals; neighbors raised questions about green buffers, sidewalks, and deed restrictions before the council approved the plats by voice vote.
The Bountiful City Council on Nov. 25 approved two land-use applications: a commercial subdivision amendment for the Renaissance Town Center (Phase 3, Lot 11 split for financing) and a preliminary/final plat for the North Canyon Towns planned unit development, which will create 20 townhome lots north of an existing assisted living facility.
City planner Francisco Astorga said the Renaissance Town Center amendment is largely a financing-driven lot split; the planning commission unanimously recommended approval and staff told council the previously approved architectural and design standards would remain in effect. Council approved the plat by voice vote after confirming permits and financing were being finalized.
On the North Canyon Towns application, Astorga described a by-right multifamily proposal in the RM-13 zone that complies with setbacks, parking and building-height standards. Planning commission members forwarded a positive recommendation with three conditions. Neighbors testified the project could reduce a previously promised green buffer between an assisted living center and adjacent homes and asked the council to review historical records. Phil Ferguson, who lives adjacent to the project, told the council he had requested city records about earlier representations regarding a green buffer.
Council members and staff discussed sidewalks and pedestrian connectivity along 500 West, title searches and potential deed restrictions. Staff reported that the developer supplied an updated title report and that no relevant deed restrictions were currently recorded; legal counsel noted remedies if a recorded restriction were later discovered would be contract- or title-based and handled after approval.
John Blocker of Brighton Homes said the developer intends the units to be sold individually rather than rented. After questions about traffic, access points and easement needs, the council moved, seconded and approved the North Canyon preliminary and final plat by voice vote.
"The planning commission forwarded a favorable recommendation," Astorga said, and the council in both cases approved the staff-recommended actions.
What happens next: applicants will complete required building-permit and site-plan processes; if title restrictions are later found the developer would be accountable for remedies under existing contract and title law.
