Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Land Use Development topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council hears that engineer’s plan reduces planned housing on site from 28 to 24 units
Summary
City staff told the West Valley City Council that an engineer’s late site concept reduces a proposed residential project from the 28 units allowed under a signed development agreement to a likely 24‑unit layout, prompting council questions about modifying the agreement and the risk of leaving the city ‘in limbo’ if the landowner refuses a revised signature.
West Valley City staff told the council an engineer’s revised site concept likely will cut a proposed residential project from the 28 units written into an already signed development agreement to a 24‑unit plan.
The presenter said the signed development agreement allows up to 28 units but that the engineer’s concept—received after the property owner signed the agreement—shows parking and open‑space needs that reduce the buildable units to 24. The plan also reserves the frontage for commercial use and places the residential portion on a cul‑de‑sac, which altered the layout and unit count.
Council members asked whether existing commercial parking would suffice and whether the council could amend the agreement to limit the project to 24 homes. Staff said that a revised motion could be drafted but cautioned that because the current agreement is signed by the property owner (an LLC and family trust with out‑of‑state members), asking the owner to sign a changed agreement could create a timing risk: “the agreement says they can have up to 28, but by the time they have parking and the open space, they'll basically likely end up in this boat,” staff said, adding that if the owner declined to re‑sign the city could be left “in limbo.”
Staff suggested tabling the item to allow time to negotiate any refinements and obtain signatures rather than pressing a change immediately. Council members discussed the option of instructing staff to talk with the landowner before a future meeting to determine whether the owner would accept a cap at 24 units.
City staff identified triggered requirements tied to the revised boundary, including a required wall and additional landscaping between commercial and residential uses that did not apply under earlier assumptions. Staff said those triggered improvements contributed to the reduced unit count.
Next steps: staff offered to seek landowner concurrence before the council acts formally and noted the council could table the item to avoid a potential contractual limbo. No final motion to amend the development agreement was recorded in the meeting transcript.
