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Planning Commission approves Watchman subdivision plat amendment with condition to label private street
Summary
The Springdale Planning Commission approved a plat amendment for phase two of the Watchman subdivision on North Fork Drive, allowing adjusted lot lines and an added accessory building pod on lot 8, conditioned on labeling the access road as a private street and noting public utility easements.
The Springdale Planning Commission on June 17 approved an amendment to phase two of the Watchman subdivision that adjusts the lot line between lots 8 and 11 and adds a second building pod on lot 8 to accommodate a main house and an accessory building.
Nyall Connelly, the town staff contact presenting the application, said the amendment would ‘‘adjust the location of the lot line between lots 8 and 11’’ and relocate the building pods to the owner’s preferred positions while keeping all standard land‑use regulations in place. Connelly told commissioners a late engineering review recommended that the road be shown as a private street with a public utility easement and said the applicant had agreed to make that change as a condition of approval.
Jared Bates, the applicant’s engineer with Rosenberg Associates, described the requested changes as a partial plat amendment that alters only the involved lots and leaves the existing road and other lots ‘‘exactly as they were before.’’ Commissioners asked whether the building pods carry regulatory weight; staff and the engineer said building pods indicate preferred locations but do not replace regular setback and slope standards.
Commissioners also discussed slope constraints and noted that the proposed pods generally avoid 30% slopes and that an access road crossing steep slopes had previously been approved by variance. After discussion, Commissioner Paul Zimmerman moved to approve the amendment based on findings that the change preserves existing easements, complies with Utah Municipal Code 10‑2810, and results in lots that meet the town’s minimum lot size, width and setback requirements; Commissioner Terry Kruski seconded the motion.
The motion passed by voice vote with commissioners recorded as voting in favor. The commission conditioned the approval on correcting the plat to show the access road as a private street and to note all public utility easements.
The amendment as approved does not itself authorize new building permits; siting, slope compliance and building permits will be reviewed later through the town’s design‑development review process.
