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Planning commission narrows industrial‑zone changes: adds vehicle impound yards but keeps acreage limits; motion passes 4–2
Summary
The commission recommended County Commission adoption of ordinance changes to explicitly permit vehicle impound yards in I1 zones while retaining minimum‑lot requirements for intensive uses; commissioners debated whether impound yards should require a full acre and ultimately approved the staff approach with a smaller minimum for impounds (motion recorded and passed 4–2).
The Utah County Planning Commission recommended that the County Commission adopt amendments to the county land‑use ordinance to explicitly allow vehicle impound yards in industrial (I1) zones, but it also voted to keep minimum‑area requirements for more intensive uses.
County planning staff told the commission that the proposed amendment has two elements: (1) consider removing the existing one‑acre minimum that applies to several intensive industrial uses in I1 areas, and (2) add vehicle impound yards as a discrete permitted use. Staff recommended adding vehicle impound yards to the permitted‑use list but keeping a one‑acre minimum for intensive uses such as automobile wrecking and salvage yards. Bryce Armstrong and Greg Robinson…
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