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City staff push rezone for mixed‑use live‑work townhomes at 768 West 20th Street
Summary
City planning staff presented a petition to rezone roughly one acre at 768 West 20 Fourth Street to mixed‑use for live‑work townhomes, describing four combined parcels, design guidelines tied to the West Ogden plan, and a required development agreement if the rezone and master plan amendment proceed.
City planning staff (presenter "Joe") briefed Council on a petition to rezone approximately one acre at 768 West 20 Fourth Street to a mixed‑use (MU) zone to allow live‑work townhome development.
Joe described the site as four parcels (largely vacant except one single‑family home), with a conceptual layout of ground‑floor nonresidential uses fronting the street and residential units above, parking in the rear and private subdivision/HOA options. Under current code, any approved rezone would require a development agreement to document design standards and implementation. He said staff and the planning commission recommended approval with design criteria consistent with objectives in the West Ogden community plan and the 20 Fourth Street interchange gateway guidance.
Councilors raised questions about Cahoon Street (a papered right‑of‑way that currently dead‑ends at rail lines) and whether the city should keep or vacate that right‑of‑way. Joe and other staff emphasized retaining the paper street for potential utility runs or future access unless interchange and property acquisition plans make vacation appropriate. Members discussed interim uses for remnant parcels (green space, easements, or encroachment agreements) and potential subdivision phasing tied to a future phase‑2 expansion area.
No formal action was taken at the work session; the item will move forward through the RDA and planning‑process track line review and return with required development‑agreement language and statutory notices.
