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Council reapproves Blue Mountain Storage final plat and tables development agreement amid ditch and road concerns
Summary
Ammon City Council reapproved the expired Blue Mountain Storage final plat but tabled the related development agreement after developer and neighbor comments about road completion timing and ditch placement; staff and the developer were directed to draft a revised agreement.
The Ammon City Council on April 16 reapproved the Blue Mountain Storage final plat so it can be recorded, but tabled the development agreement while staff and the developer work out road and drainage conditions.
City Planner Cindy Donovan told the council the previously approved final plat had expired without being recorded and needed reapproval to proceed. The council voted unanimously to reapprove the plat.
The meeting then focused on the development agreement. Donovan drew attention to a special condition requiring the road to be completed within 12 months of the document date. Developers and nearby property owners raised concerns about where a drainage ditch was located relative to the planned Ammon Road widening. Resident Todd Brewington said earlier approvals anticipated phased construction and asked that the project be allowed to continue under the previously discussed plan; neighbor Kurt Roland and resident Mike Fresh also described expectations that the buildout would proceed in phases and warned that moving the ditch would be costly.
City Administrator Micah Austin and City Attorney Weston Davis advised the council that a developer’s entitlement depends on whether work was begun and finished within the timeframes of prior approvals. Austin said the city must examine the record and that “there is no such thing as grandfathered, something is either allowed or not,” and Davis explained that partial pre‑existing uses can complicate entitlement but that the council may impose new conditions if the original time limits were not met.
After discussion, Councilmember Jeff Fullmer moved and Councilmember Sid Hamberlin seconded a motion to table the Blue Mountain Storage development agreement until staff and the developer draft a new agreement addressing the road and ditch issues; the motion passed unanimously.
Next steps: staff will work with the property owner/developer to produce a revised development agreement that clarifies the road completion timeline and ditch alignment relative to the planned Ammon Road expansion. The tabled development agreement will return to a future council agenda for action.
