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Commission reviews general plan update, focuses on environmental stewardship chapter
Summary
Commissioners received a status update on the comprehensive general plan: chapters 1–4 and 9 remain drafts while chapter 8 addressing moderate-income housing has been approved; commissioners discussed water-conservation measures and tree-canopy priorities and will receive the full document ahead of an April 8 review.
Mark McGrath presented a status update on Taylorsville’s comprehensive general plan at the March 25, 2025 Planning Commission meeting, showing that chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 remained in draft while chapter 8 (moderate-income housing) had been approved.
McGrath told commissioners they would receive the full plan in the next few days and could either make a recommendation to the City Council at the April 8 meeting or continue discussion to April 22. Commissioner Lynette Wendel complimented Planner Terryne Bergeson on Chapter 9 as containing valuable new information.
The commission spent time on the environmental stewardship chapter. Commissioner David Wright recommended a set of water-conservation and landscape-management actions, including mobilizing water to meet the needs of existing landscapes, considering volunteer opportunities to implement strategies, focusing tree-canopy efforts in sensitive areas and along the Jordan River Parkway and canals, clarifying park-strip tree requirements, and developing plans for improving canal areas. Commissioners agreed to consider incorporating Wright’s suggestions into the plan.
Staff indicated they would provide the full document for comprehensive review before the April 8 meeting and that commissioners could either forward a recommendation to the City Council or continue the item at the next meeting.
