Planning Commission - February 27, 2025

Meeting Summary

The Lehi Planning Commission convened for its regular meeting on February 27 and considered seven items, making recommendations to the City Council on zone changes, a large area plan amendment, monument sign approval, and several development code updates. The commission first addressed a pair of residential zone change requests in older parts of Lehi. Travis Heaton requested a change from RA-1 (Residential/Agriculture) to R-1-Flex on 0.73 acres at 285 South 500 West, and Lydon Dangerfield sought the same rezoning on 0.99 acres at 850 North 1200 East through a project called KAZ Design Build. The R-1-Flex designation allows for more flexible single-family development than traditional agricultural-residential lots and is consistent with Lehi's general plan goals for infill residential growth. The commission also reviewed DR Horton's request for conditional use approval of Inverness Community placemaking monument signs at three locations within the Inverness Area Plan — a large master-planned residential development in northwest Lehi. A more significant land use item came from Boyer Holbrook, which requested an amendment to the Holbrook Farms Area Plan to add 7.15 acres near 2100 North Miller Campus Drive, potentially expanding one of the city's most active residential development corridors. On the development code side, the commission considered three amendments. ProSteel Customs asked to change the code to allow auto sales and rental on commercial parcels larger than one acre, which would permit that type of business in areas currently restricted to other commercial uses. Lehi City also brought forward two internal code changes: one to remove a provision in Chapter 12-B that had prohibited property owners from purchasing city-owned land, and another to update buffering and screening standards between commercial and residential zones in Chapter 12. All zone change and ordinance recommendations from the Planning Commission are forwarded to the City Council for final action.