City Council - August 8, 2023

Meeting Summary

The August 8 City Council meeting was a heavy land-use night, with two significant west-side development proposals decided. After a public hearing, the Council denied Ordinance #43-2023, the Dry Creek Village Zone Change on 16 acres located near 1450 South 1100 West, which would have rezoned the property from TH-5 (transitional holding) to Mixed Use and brought a 142-unit residential first phase. Ordinance #42-2023, the Fox General Plan Amendment to convert 2.73 acres at 501 and 535 North 500 West from Medium Density Residential to Light Industrial, was tabled at this meeting and ultimately denied two weeks later on August 22. Together the two actions reflected a Council reluctant to expand industrial or higher-density residential entitlements in the affected neighborhoods. Council also moved forward on Lehi's new west-side fire station. Resolution #2023-50 approved a second amendment to the city's agreement with SIRQ Construction for pre-construction and construction-management/general-contractor services on Fire Station 84, the city's fourth station and the first west of the Jordan River, planned for 1500 North and 3600 West. The station is designed to house 18 new firefighters, with five or six on duty each day, and the city held a groundbreaking later in the month. Other approved items included Resolution #2023-49, authorizing an agreement with Suncroc for construction of the Oak Hollow tank and pond drains and associated structures and access roads; preliminary subdivision approval of Cedar Hollow Plat M, a 7-lot residential development at 1475 East 1800 North in the RA-1 zone; and Ordinance #44-2023, an Area Plan Amendment to the Thanksgiving Point Area Plan. Specific vote tallies, the volume of public comment on the Dry Creek Village denial, and exact dollar amounts for the SIRQ amendment and the Oak Hollow contract are not captured in publicly indexed coverage of the meeting; the official agenda packet and meeting video linked above remain the authoritative record.