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Commission approves 19‑suite industrial park with privacy‑fence condition after neighborhood concerns
Summary
The commission gave preliminary approval June 2 for a 19‑suite multi‑tenant industrial park at 360 North 100 West, requiring a six‑foot masonry privacy fence for an adjacent neighbor and other conditions; commissioners discussed parking, snow storage, and traffic safety near a neighborhood bus stop.
The Kamas City Planning Commission on June 2 approved a preliminary site plan for a multi‑tenant industrial park at 360 North 100 West, imposing a condition that the developer install a six‑foot masonry privacy fence along the southwest neighbor’s property and addressing traffic‑control concerns.
Planner Jill Scott reported the continued item covers approximately 2.21 acres and two buildings totaling 19 suites (staff corrected an earlier discrepancy between 19 and 20). Scott said the landscaping and lighting plans have been submitted and meet city standards, and the fire district approved turning radiuses; staff recommended approval subject to final engineering review.
City engineering staff confirmed the Beaver Shingle Creek Irrigation Company has abandoned a ditch that once fed a siphon on the eastern side of the parcel, which removed the need to re‑route irrigation through the project. Scott also said fire hydrant locations and required fire flow have been addressed.
Neighbors and commissioners raised concerns about the fence bordering a nearby residence, snow‑storage locations that reduce usable parking, and traffic safety at an adjacent bus stop. Staff said the project meets parking requirements (90 stalls provided where 69 are required) and provided landscaping numbers: total landscaping noted as 14,779 square feet and the parking-area landscaping required at 1,642 square feet with 1,865 square feet provided.
Rod, a nearby resident, said he was worried about children at the bus stop and on‑street parking if snow removal pushed vehicles onto the road. “I would like to say, you know, make sure that there's going to be stop signs going in and out of that place, so people just can't fly out of there,” Rod said.
Developer Ryan Smith, president of George Urban Adviserss, told the commission the developer targets local service businesses — contractors, plumbers and electricians — and said those uses typically generate low traffic. “Not one of them is a dance studio. It's not who we target as tenants,” he said.
The commission moved to approve the preliminary site plan with a condition requiring the privacy fence on both adjacent sides of the southwest neighbor’s property and confirmation of appropriate traffic controls; the motion passed on a recorded vote of three yes, one no (Tammy voted no).
