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Planning commission 7-0 to recommend exempting Canyon Road from standard street improvements
Summary
Tooele City staff told commissioners that adding curb, gutter and sidewalk on Canyon Road would concentrate runoff and risk flooding; commissioners voted 7-0 to forward a positive recommendation to city council to add Canyon Road to Tooele City Code 4-8-2.6, exempting it from certain standard frontage improvements and giving the fire marshal discretion on turnaround design.
Tooele City planning staff on Wednesday recommended adding Canyon Road to the city's list of "substandard" local streets, and the Planning Commission voted unanimously to forward a positive recommendation to the City Council.
"The installation of such improvements will create more problems than it actually solves," City planner Mr. Agard said during a public hearing on the proposed amendment to Tooele City Code 4-8-2.6. He told commissioners the road has asphalt but lacks curb, gutter and sidewalk; drainage…
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