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Commission recommends Main Street and Gateway Corridor small-area plan to city council after extensive public comment
Summary
After a public hearing and several meetings of edits, the planning commission voted unanimously to recommend the Main Street and Gateway Corridor small-area plan — a visioning document developed with grant support — forwarding their compiled revisions to city council.
The Alpine City Planning Commission on March 31 voted unanimously to recommend the Main Street and Gateway Corridor small-area plan to city council, forwarding a package of commission revisions compiled across several meetings.
Staff said the plan is a visioning document funded with a grant from the Mountainland Association of Governments and is intended as a guide for character areas, corridors and future code or ordinance changes rather than immediate code changes. "This is just a visioning document," the planner told the commission, emphasizing that it is meant to help guide future zoning and design decisions.
The public hearing attracted substantial public comment. Residents raised recurring concerns and suggestions: reducing Main Street setbacks from 20 to 15 feet to make mixed-use development more feasible; prioritizing preservation of open views on the Bangerter property; adding temporary traffic measures at the school drop-off rather than permanent raised medians; and better parking and traffic planning for Main Street. April Cooper, a Main Street property owner, urged allowing commercial uses with housing above and said, "I would love to do a mixed use where... maybe even a barbershop or an ice cream shop, and some housing above." Other commenters advocated design standards for the historic/gateway district (materials such as red brick and wood, limited secondary materials) and for traffic-calming measures such as roundabouts and reduced speed limits.
After discussion, a commissioner moved to recommend approval of the draft plan "incorporating the revisions and direction previously provided by the planning commission, as contained in the motions prepared for us in the staff reports." The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. Staff will forward the commission's recommended edits to city council, which may further refine the plan or consider ordinance changes (for example, setbacks) to implement aspects of the vision.
