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Commission backs Workforce Housing Overlay at 120 Kinesava Drive, recommends deed restrictions
Summary
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the Town Council apply the Workforce Housing Overlay Zone to 120 Kinesava Drive, allowing subdivision and creation of a second deed-restricted home for qualified local workers who must work at least 30 hours per week in Springdale or Zion National Park.
On April 15 the Springdale Planning Commission recommended that the Town Council approve a zone map amendment applying the Workforce Housing Overlay Zone to 120 Kinesava Drive (lot S-KARA-1). Director Niall Connolly explained the overlay allows creation of ownership units deed-restricted to qualified households and reviewed applicable standards; under the overlay both the existing and proposed homes would be deed-restricted and occupants would be required to work at least 30 hours per week in Springdale or Zion National Park.
Applicant Kathy LaFave told commissioners she and her family are willing to subdivide the lot, place deed restrictions on both resulting parcels and enter a development agreement to ensure long-term deed-restriction enforcement. LaFave said the deed restrictions would likely reduce future market value but described the change as a community-focused effort to provide attainable homeownership for local workers. Multiple written public-comment letters submitted in the packet supported the application; one writer, Teresa Silcox, stated, "I wholeheartedly support the Planning Commission's approval of the overlay based on my understandings summarized above." Another correspondent, Trish Jennings of the Bit and Spur restaurant, wrote she applauds "anyone that is trying to help gain more housing for people who work in Springdale to be able to live in Springdale."
Commissioner Paul Zimmerman moved that the Planning Commission recommend approval based on General Plan housing goals and specific Workforce Housing Overlay standards; the motion passed unanimously (Kruschke: Aye; McCulloch: Aye; Zimmerman: Aye). Commissioners and staff noted that a restrictive covenant and a recorded development agreement will be filed with the Washington County Recorder's Office to memorialize deed restrictions and the development agreement required by Code.
Next steps: the recommendation will be forwarded to the Town Council for formal action; if the council concurs, document recording and a development agreement will be required to implement the overlay on the property.
