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Council tables State Street rezoning amid resident concerns over height, parking and rentals
Summary
Council voted 4–1 to table a proposed rezoning of roughly 1.66 acres at 58 W 7500 S / 7444 S State St (proposed RM-25) pending a development agreement and approved design elements after neighbors raised concerns about building height, shade, parking and potential conversion to rentals.
The Midvale City Council on Sept. 17 voted 4–1 to table an application to rezone roughly 1.66 acres at 58 W 7500 S and 7444 S State St from Single Family Residential-1 (SF-1) and State Street Commercial (SSC) to Multifamily Residential (RM-25).
Senior planner Elizabeth Arnold summarized the rezone application and cited Midvale's general plan and the Middle State Street Opportunity Area as supporting denser mixed residential uses. Developer John Samoni (Signature Homes) told the council the project would be a for-sale product with access only from State Street and said the site currently hosts a dilapidated massage parlor, overgrown lots and junk cars. Multiple nearby residents raised concerns at the public hearing about building height (one neighbor said the proposed building would sit 11 feet from a property line), privacy, parking availability, traffic, safety around U-turns and the risk that for-sale townhomes could be converted to rentals.
Council members debated whether they could require a development agreement as a condition of rezoning. City Attorney Garrett Wilcox advised the council it may not approve a rezoning contingent on a later development agreement. Council Member Dustin Gettel moved to table Ordinance No. 2024-O-22 pending a development agreement and design elements approved by council; the motion passed 4–1 with Council Member Bryant Brown opposed.
