Council approves OpenShot Corner development agreement, conditions require cross-access execution

The Draper City Council voted unanimously to approve Ordinance 17-16, the OpenShot Corner development agreement, on condition that staff-recommended language about temporary and cross access be included and that the mayor not execute the agreement until the cross-access agreement is signed. Planning staff described the project as a 1.44-acre commercial conversion that would change zoning and land-use to CR and would require dedication of right-of-way and other site improvements.

Todd Draper, the presenting planner, outlined developer requests that included reductions in perimeter landscaping (from the city's usual 20% down to 10% overall and a possible 0% for parking-area landscaping) and a reduction of perimeter width from 10 feet to 5 feet. Draper said staff recommended restoring specific cross-access and temporary access language to ensure the city's standards are met. The applicant, Charlie Openshaw, told the council the cross-access agreement with the neighboring property was ready to execute: "So I think we intend to execute that after this meeting actually."

Council members pressed for binding assurances on traffic mitigation and landscaping trade-offs given the right-of-way dedications that the applicant has offered. The motion, made by a councilmember and seconded, included the staff language for sections 2.5 and 2.9.2 and the restraint that the mayor would not sign the development agreement until proof of the executed cross-access agreement was provided. The motion passed 3–0.