Planning commission sets March 24 hearing on rezoning three parcels to multifamily

The Enoch City Planning Commission on March 10 set a public hearing for March 24 on a request to rezone parcels A-1037-0031-0000, A-1037-0029-0000 and A-1037-0030-0000 from Single-Family Residential (R-1-11) to Multiple-Residential (M-R-2).

City Manager Ryan Robinson told commissioners the action that night was only to set the hearing and that staff would provide a fuller memo at the next meeting. Robinson estimated the rezoning affects about one and a half acres and said the applicant proposes changing the base zone only; cluster subdivision layouts would remain unchanged.

Tyler Melling, representing Velocity Development, said the developer seeks M-R-2 so they can build attached 'twin' homes that share a wall and provide one-level living. Melling said the change would restore roughly half of the multifamily acreage that was removed about 2½ years ago and explained that lot constraints — including a major utility corridor and required setbacks — prevent building single-level, rambling single-family homes on those sites. He described the proposed twin-unit lots as roughly 7,000 square feet (about one-sixth of an acre) and said the layout is intended as a transition to the quarter-acre lots across Enoch Boulevard.

Commissioner Delaine Finlay asked about the unit lot sizes; Melling confirmed the 7,000-square-foot figure and that the developer expects to maintain the same total unit count while switching to attached units. Robinson reiterated that detailed materials and public-notice information would be available before the March 24 hearing.

Commissioner Bryce Poulson moved to set the public hearing; Chairman Leonard Correa seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

The March 24 hearing will allow neighbors to comment and for staff to present detailed maps, standards and potential traffic or utility impacts before the Commission takes any final action.