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Herriman weighs a ‘microflex’ zone to keep small businesses and makerspaces
Summary
Staff proposed a new microflex commercial zone (roughly 1,000–1,500 sq ft units) to provide affordable space for growing home-occupation businesses and makerspaces; council asked for design standards, percentage limits and a joint workshop with the planning commission before formal ordinance drafting.
Herriman City Council members reviewed a proposal to allow smaller "microflex" commercial units and related makerspace and storage hybrids in selected commercial areas, a change staff said could help retain small businesses and entrepreneurs who outgrow home-occupation spaces.
A staff presenter described the concept: "This is we're calling it a microflex. It's more of a 1,000 to 1,500 square foot area" intended for entrepreneurs who need space, equipment and shared meeting areas. Staff noted these uses are currently permitted in M-1 industrial zones but not in most C-1 and C-2 commercial areas where they might better serve neighborhood businesses.
Council members asked for guardrails to prevent development sites from becoming predominantly storage units, suggesting limits such as accessory-storage rules, maximum percentages of a site devoted to a single use, and frontage design requirements. Glenn (staff/consultant) recommended architectural standards to avoid plain industrial facades while keeping rear-warehouse functionality.
Staff proposed drafting an outline of the new zone (provisionally labeled "C-3") with design standards and bringing concepts to a joint workshop with the planning commission—possible on April 30—before formal planning-commission hearings. The council did not adopt an ordinance at the work meeting and directed staff to prepare draft language and a concept outline for further review.
