[0:36] We'll get started. It's a large crowd this evening.

[0:41] Uh but welcome to our uh planning commission meeting for March 4th.

[0:46] We'll I will give us our opening prayer and then we'll have the pledge of

[0:49] allegiance by commissioner year.

[0:58] Dear heavenly father, we're grateful to be here this evening. We're thankful for

[1:01] the opportunity we have to serve and to help in our community. We're grateful

[1:05] for Washington City and for all those who

[1:09] serve and work diligently to um help it to be a pleasant place to live

[1:17] and to enjoy. We pray at this time as we begin our meeting and go throughout our

[1:22] the items on the agenda that we can um do so um pleasantly and work together

[1:30] to come to sol solutions. Um we're grateful for all thou has given us and

[1:37] we thank thee in this we pray and do so in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

[1:50] To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it

[1:55] stands one nation with liberty and justice for all.

[2:06] » Just want to excuse um our chairman uh Commissioner Bulock tonight. uh you had

[2:15] some other things going on and so I get to fill in.

[2:19] Um first we would I'll just look for a

[2:24] motion to approve tonight's agenda. Actually, yeah, today's agenda first.

[2:30] This commissioner, I will make a motion that we approve the agenda for March

[2:35] 4th, 2026 as it's currently uh

[2:41] listed here. Commissioner Davis seconds. >> Great. Um,

[2:48] motion by Commissioner Yur, second by Commissioner Davis.

[2:54] » Do you do the all in favor on that? >> All in all in favor?

[2:58] » I >> I

[3:01] look for a motion to uh approve the minutes from our previous meeting.

[3:05] » Commissioner Davis, I move that we approve the minutes from February 18th,

[3:10] 2026. year. Second

[3:13] » have first by Commissioner Davis, second by Commissioner Yur. All in favor?

[3:18] » I >> I

[3:20] do. We have any declarations of absence abstences

[3:25] » or abstensions and conflicts? >> None.

[3:30] » I don't have any either. Um

[3:35] all right we will move ahead starting with

[3:46] where is the item number on this

[3:52] » I just want a >> I went to the right there I'll have to

[3:56] go to the agenda um okay item 4

[4:02] A, this is a public hearing for the consideration or recommendation to the

[4:06] city council for a zone change Z-26-01 to change the zoning from C2 to downtown

[4:14] mixed use located at 127 East Telegraph Street. The applicant is MRW Design and

[4:21] Associates. And turn the time over to Elden for

[4:25] next commissioners. The location here is on the map. You can see it's highlighted

[4:31] 127 East Telegraph.

[4:36] And the proposal includes a twostory building with a total square footage of

[4:42] 4,848 square ft. Both floors will be used as

[4:47] professional office space. Proposal includes 19 parking spaces

[4:52] which meets the minimum requirement for the proposed use.

[4:56] I'll pull up the site plan. And you can see those parking stalls.

[5:10] As shown on the plan, the front of the building is set back 5 ft from the

[5:15] property line. This is an allowed setback in the downtown mixeduse zone as

[5:20] it promotes walkability and improves the aesthetics of the site by accommodating

[5:25] parking behind and to the side of the building rather than in front. The

[5:30] exterior building consists of stucco rock and metal

[5:35] creating a modern feel that utilizes clean lines, geometric shapes, and a mix

[5:41] of contrasting material. Go back to that building elevation

[5:45] there.

[5:49] And the proposal includes a placeholder for a mural to be located on the west

[5:53] side of the building.

[5:57] Pull up the site plan. Here you can see the oneway

[6:01] ingress and egress to the site

[6:08] which ingress will be made from westbound westbound traffic from

[6:12] telegraph and egress will be made onto 100 east. The property owner has

[6:18] obtained an access agreement with the property owner to the west which is the

[6:22] barber shop owner there to accommodate this oneway traffic. The surrounding

[6:27] zoning is C2 to the north and east, residential to the south, and AP to the

[6:34] west. Staff recommends the planning commission approval of Z-26-01

[6:41] for the proposed zone change. This will go on to city council and that's based

[6:46] on the findings and conditions stated in staff report. I'm happy to answer any

[6:51] questions you may have at this time.

[7:00] This is Commissioner Yur, I have a question for you, Elden. How does this

[7:04] fit in with where the city is going with our kind of like our down our vision for

[7:11] our downtown renovation

[7:15] » location-wise or timing or >> No, that to have this kind of an office

[7:19] building right here. Yeah, very compatible. uh right in line

[7:25] and and the purpose, you know, he doesn't the applicant didn't need to

[7:31] change the zone for use. You know, AP isn't allowed use in the C2. It was more

[7:36] of to pull the building a foot set back. >> Correct.

[7:39] » Yeah. To utilize that walkability from a downtown area.

[7:44] » Okay. And does it does it kind of mirror the aesthetic of

[7:49] the similar office building that was just built across the street? I think

[7:52] it's on 200 Eastn Telegraph. >> It will. Yes. Very modern. Um kind of a

[7:58] contemporary look. >> Okay.

[8:04] » This is Commissioner Mitchell. I'm just curious about the mural

[8:10] and is it really going to be the Bob Ross?

[8:14] Yeah.

[8:17] From my understanding, it it's not going to have Bob Ross on there. Um,

[8:22] » you're just getting our hopes up. Okay. >> Just, you know, the mountains are great,

[8:26] the trees are great. Final product. I'm I'm not sure what we'll end up with, but

[8:30] he has told me it'll look good. >> Okay.

[8:33] » Doesn't look good, but >> maybe we could put your face on there,

[8:38] Elden. Bob Ross. >> And is putting murals on buildings, is

[8:44] that kind of part of the vision of what we're doing with the downtown? Is that

[8:47] the vibe a little bit? Or was this just his idea?

[8:51] » This this was his idea. Um just brings color and

[8:57] um just some uniqueness. Mhm.

[9:02] » So, is there >> I was going to ask the applicant to to

[9:07] speak on what the mural may look like. >> Yeah, that would be curious

[9:10] » in the audience here though. >> And what would be the

[9:16] coordination coordination there or are we worried about that? I mean, I

[9:21] would think there would need to be some coordination as big as it is and where

[9:26] it's located.

[9:32] Yeah, it could be long term. Um, you know, I don't think we'll see this

[9:38] mural forever. You know, as things redevelop and go vertical, uh, at one

[9:44] point, I think this western site would would not be visible at some point, but

[9:49] for the time being, you you definitely would would see this.

[9:58] I I kind of think the same thing. A little bit of collaboration with someone

[10:03] from city on just kind of like approving the mural. It's going to be huge. I love

[10:09] it. It's going to be huge and visible. St. George has been doing a lot of

[10:11] murals like this. I think it's really cool. I love the vibe. But I do think

[10:14] it'd be nice to have a little bit of input. Not maybe that's something we can

[10:18] kind of like pass along with our recommendation to city council to just

[10:21] kind of I don't I don't know what the

[10:24] appropriate mechanism for that would be. >> Yeah.

[10:28] » Yeah. >> Yeah. Exactly.

[10:29] » Like we we >> and it's right there. I mean it's right

[10:33] at our major cross streets. So I think that it matters that we get it get it

[10:38] right. Although there's a million right ways to do it but there's also a million

[10:40] wrong ways to do it.

[10:44] Elden, who typically provides oversight for that?

[10:50] » Well, this approved by city council. Um, so that that's where it would fall. You

[10:57] know, we don't um as staff get in to um you know, in straight zoning, the

[11:05] aesthetics, the looks, the feels. Um so, you know, this would fall back to

[11:12] the approval of city council. what they want to do there with this.

[11:17] » Okay. I mean, fundamentally, and I believe you need to have a hearing.

[11:20] » Yeah. >> I'll I'll hold my comments.

[11:23] » Okay.

[11:28] Are there other comments or questions before we open it for the public?

[11:35] Right. There, this is a public hearing, so I open it up to the public. If uh you

[11:39] here are here for this item, invite you to come up and

[11:45] at this time.

[11:49] Okay. It doesn't look like we have anybody

[11:52] here for this item. So, Commissioner Davis, did you have other comments?

[11:57] Yeah, sure. I mean, my only comment was I think fundamentally when you look at

[12:00] the at the proposal, I I don't have any issues with it. I think it's, you know,

[12:05] it's it fits from what I can tell with the with the plans and, you know, when

[12:10] we get into the the art side of it, we can certainly provide, you know, our

[12:14] thoughts and maybe a little direction and then I would anticipate that there

[12:17] should be a decent amount of control, you know, when it comes to that. And it

[12:22] it may not last forever as you said because things will continue to develop.

[12:27] It'll be hidden at some point, but

[12:32] » that's my position. So, I don't see any issues with it.

[12:36] » I think that yeah, as it does change to I would think that there would need to

[12:42] be some kind of coordinating, you know, as

[12:45] it does change, if it does change, you know, if they do plan to change the the

[12:50] mural.

[12:53] But I think that could be something that we just put in the

[12:57] as a recommendation.

[13:03] Um, if there are no other comments, I just

[13:07] look for a motion.

[13:11] » Oh, I guess that is okay. I didn't ever officially close the public hearing, so

[13:14] yeah, go ahead and come up. >> Yeah.

[13:20] Um, so go ahead and state your name. >> I'm Dustin Davis and we live on the

[13:25] property right to the north of that. And I guess my question or concern would be,

[13:30] I guess, what what is the back of the building going to look like because we

[13:35] have kind of a concern about, you know, privacy for our direct backyard, our

[13:39] kids playing back there, you know. Um, what would that what would that look

[13:44] like? Yeah, it will be windows on the top floor appearing down

[13:51] in or there will be Yeah, there are windows.

[13:56] You see it?

[14:00] » Okay. >> So, there would be the the windows up at

[14:03] the second Yeah. second level. And then as far as the coloring, I'm

[14:08] sure the coloring will match the rendition that's in the as the front.

[14:13] Yeah. Right. I mean, I'm not concerned about

[14:17] as much as aesthetics or or coloring as much as I am, you know, privacy for

[14:23] » for my family's sake. >> Um, back there. Um, do we know is there

[14:29] any maybe is there any uh um trees or shrubbery going up to possibly block

[14:36] that view or >> on the on the back side?

[14:40] » Yeah, >> he he's not showing any there. Uh it's

[14:43] currently all asphalt. I think the intent is to leave that all asphalt is

[14:46] that that's where the uh egress >> the egress is going right through there,

[14:51] right? >> Yeah.

[14:53] » It's quite a ways away from the property line though.

[14:56] » Mhm. >> You've got parking lot and and the the

[15:00] driveway back there. >> Okay. I did notice that.

[15:03] » So it's not very close to the property line.

[15:07] » Okay. And it looks like he needs all of that

[15:11] all that space to be asphalt for the ingress and egress there. What what I've

[15:17] seen in situations like this is where the the affected property owner starts

[15:22] growing some trees >> along along the back of your property

[15:25] line. >> Right.

[15:26] » Yeah. >> Okay.

[15:28] » Okay. Well, thank you for listening. >> Yeah. Thank you.

[15:31] » It looks like it's just for just so you know, it looks like there's 43 feet from

[15:35] the building to the property line. >> Yeah. Yeah, I did notice it was quite a

[15:39] ways away. I mean, it's mostly almost up to the sidewalk and so

[15:45] Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. Um I don't think I officially

[15:51] closed, so we'll close the public hearing

[15:54] this time. Um I did notice in the notes the concerns

[15:59] about the power.

[16:04] Is that something that should be addressed?

[16:12] those in the construction drawings, building permit application times

[16:18] or timing of those applications.

[16:25] » Okay, I'll make a motion as Commissioner Davis. I will make a motion for the

[16:31] approval and forward on to the city council of item Z-26-01

[16:37] the request to reszone approximately30 acres located at 127 East Telegraph from

[16:43] the current C2 zoning to the proposed downtown mixed use zoning designation

[16:49] uh subject to the findings and conditions in staff report with the one

[16:53] addition of a note to to uh encourage city council and the appropriate

[17:00] bodies to uh to ensure that they're directly involved and provide good

[17:05] oversight to the exterior decor and treatment of that from a from an

[17:09] art/mural standpoint.

[17:14] » Anderson second. >> We have a first by Commissioner Davis, a

[17:18] second by Commissioner Anderson. Individual voting Anderson I.

[17:23] » Davis I. >> You're I.

[17:26] » And I am a I as well.

[17:32] Okay.

[17:36] All right. Item 4B is a public hearing for consideration and recommendation to

[17:41] the city council for a zone change Z-26-02

[17:48] to update the existing PCD zoning site plan at alias located at

[17:56] Washington Fields Road and Groves Parkway. And the applicant is Aliia

[18:02] Development Corporation and Civil Science. and turn

[18:06] the time over to Elden. >> So, this is the approved site plan for

[18:11] the ALA PCD as you mentioned, making a few or proposing a few minor changes

[18:18] here. The first one is adding this evaporation pond. I'll zoom in here to

[18:25] the north end of the development. That evaporation pond is 1 acre in size.

[18:31] So with that they are then reallocating 1/2 or 1 acre of open space to pods 8

[18:40] and 17. You can see where those are circled

[18:44] to maintain the open space requirement. staff. With that, staff recommends the

[18:52] planning commission recommend approval of this zone change. And this also goes

[18:56] on to city council based on the findings stated in staff report. I'm happy to

[19:01] answer any questions you may have.

[19:07] » Can you tell us about the history of this? Why why are we

[19:11] what happened earlier that's making us deal with this now?

[19:14] » Yeah, great question. So, this recreation lagoon here received a uh

[19:21] approval for a conditional use permit. The discharge water for that use is

[19:27] going to be located in this evaporation pond

[19:31] which stem this zone change here is is to officially

[19:36] state this area for the evaporation pond >> as commercial rather than open space.

[19:42] » Correct. Yeah. it it won't be um you know your typical commercial business

[19:47] use. However, this discharge pond is related to the commercial use. So, we

[19:51] wanted to define that and be exact with that.

[19:56] And it's this shift makes it so that we still get that acre of open space per

[20:01] the original plans even though we're shifting that to commercial cat. That's

[20:04] what I thought. I just want to make sure I understood.

[20:14] Are there any other questions or comments before we open it to the

[20:17] public? All right, this is a public hearing, so

[20:20] we open it up to anyone who would have any comments on this item. Come forward

[20:26] now.

[20:31] All right, it doesn't look like we have any comments. So, we close the public

[20:35] hearing

[20:38] and if there are no other further comments,

[20:43] um, just look for a motion.

[20:49] I can make that. Hang on.

[20:54] Um, this is Commissioner Yur. I move that we approve Z-26-2,

[21:02] the request to amend a portion of the Aliia PCD making changes to the

[21:05] commercial and open space designations on the site plan zoning map subject to

[21:11] the recommendations in um that are already attached.

[21:18] » Commissioner Dave second. All right, we have a first uh or a motion by

[21:24] Commissioner Yur, a second by Commissioner Davis. Uh individual voting

[21:28] commissioner Anderson >> I.

[21:30] » Commissioner Davis >> I.

[21:32] » Commissioner Yur >> I.

[21:34] » And I am I as well.

[21:41] Item 4 C is a public hearing for consideration

[21:47] or recommendation to the city council for a zone change

[21:51] Z-26-03 to change the existing zone from A20

[21:57] to commercial C2 located at approximately

[22:03] 4090 South Washington Fields Road. The applicant is Craig Hopinson.

[22:10] I turn the time over to Elden for explanation.

[22:15] » The general plan land use designation for this area is CCOM, which supports

[22:20] the proposed zone change application. We pull that general plan up. See that

[22:26] it's labeled as CCOM.

[22:33] The surrounding zoning to this parcel is C1 to the north.

[22:42] with the performance fitness moving forward with their recent approval of

[22:46] their conditional use permit. Dirt is is in the works out there. R18 and C2 to

[22:53] the east, agricultural 20 to the south, which is the existing Sandia farm

[22:58] greenhouse, and PUDR to the west. The C2 request is for the

[23:05] purpose of developing the 9.49 49 acres into a commercial development intended

[23:10] to convene con conveniently provide day-to-day commodities to the area

[23:15] residents. If this zone change is approved, the next step for the

[23:20] development would require the applicant to obtain conditional use permit

[23:25] approval which will show site specific details for the commercial development

[23:31] and that'll go to the planning commission and city council for

[23:34] approval. Staff has no concerns with the proposed

[23:38] zone change as outlined and recommends approval of Z-26-03

[23:45] onto city council based on the findings noted in the staff

[23:50] report. And I'm happy to answer any questions you may have at this time.

[24:06] we have any questions or comments. All right, I'll open this up to the

[24:11] public. Anyone who is here for this item,

[24:17] you're welcome to come at this time.

[24:23] Doesn't like we we don't have any comment, so we'll close the public

[24:26] hearing.

[24:29] And if there are no other comments, look for a motion.

[24:38] Commissioner Anderson, I'll move to recommend approval of Z-26-3

[24:46] request to reszone approximately 9.49 acres located at

[24:51] 4090 South Washington Fields Road from the current A20 to a proposed C2 zoning

[24:57] designations with the findings outlined by staff.

[25:03] Commissioner Yur second. All >> right, we have a motion by Commissioner

[25:08] Anderson, a second by Commissioner Yur. Individual voting Anderson

[25:13] » I. >> Davis.

[25:14] » Hi, >> you're

[25:15] » I. >> And I am I as well.

[25:23] Item 4 D. It's a public hearing for consideration or recommendation to the

[25:28] city council for zone change Z 2604 to change the existing R18 zoning to

[25:37] PUDR and PUDR to R18

[25:44] located at approximately Smith Creek Drive and Bear Trap Canyon Drive. The

[25:49] applicant is Philip Palm and Bush and Goel.

[25:54] Turn the time over to Elden for

[25:59] » Thank you, commissioners. This is the location here, Country Way and I believe

[26:04] Smith Creek Drive. It's kind of the last area in the residential

[26:10] placeholders there to uh develop out. You can see this area

[26:16] here where the cursor is bouncing is where we're talking.

[26:23] And then this exhibit explains what we're doing here.

[26:28] Like you said, we have the PUDR zones and the R18 zones. I'll zoom zoom into

[26:35] this north end. Proposing to change this circled area to PUDR

[26:42] and continue that product type, those pad lots through there. Um and then and

[26:49] then that road would would take a lefthand turn and continue north. So it

[26:54] would um match the product type that's been approved to to build out there. And

[27:00] then on this south side here, it's existing PUDR. They want to change

[27:06] that to R18, which the minimum lot size there would be 8,000 square feet, which

[27:12] is similar to that product type on this side. was just kind of cleaning up,

[27:16] reallocating the zones there and um finish this area out as a residential

[27:23] use. Staff has no concerns with the proposed

[27:27] zone change is as outlined and recommends that the planning commission

[27:32] recommend approval onto the city council based on the findings stated in staff

[27:37] report. And I'm happy to answer any questions you may have at this time.

[27:47] I think I think this one's pretty self-explanatory as well. Do we have any

[27:52] questions or comments before public hearing?

[27:57] » Um, all right. We'll open this uh up for the public for public hearing. Uh,

[28:02] anyone uh here to make comment on this item can come forward now.

[28:11] We don't have any comments, so we'll close the public hearing.

[28:16] And if there are no other comments or questions, look for a motion.

[28:21] » Commissioner Davis, I'll make a motion for approval and forwarding to city

[28:25] council of item Z-2604, request to reszone approximately 1.62 62

[28:31] acres located at Smith Creek Drive and Bear Trap Canyon Drive from PUDR and R18

[28:38] to a proposed PUD R and R18 zoning designation subject to findings and

[28:44] conditions and staff report. >> Commissioner Yur, a second.

[28:48] » All right, we have a motion by Commissioner Davis, a second by

[28:51] Commissioner Yur. Individual voting Anderson.

[28:55] » Hi, >> Davis. I

[28:57] » you're >> I

[28:59] » and I am an I as well. That uh concludes our items for

[29:06] tonight's meeting. So we look for a motion.

[29:09] » Commissioner Yur, I move that we adjourn.

[29:12] » If I may, real quick, um typically these items move to the next week city council

[29:19] meeting. I was informed that that meeting has been cancelled due to the

[29:23] lack of having a quorum with it being spring break. So these items will uh

[29:28] proceed to the following meeting which is let me pull up the calendar here

[29:37] the 25th of March and applicants will be notified about

[29:42] that. >> Okay. Thank you Alden. We'll now look

[29:47] for a motion for adjournment. >> Now I move that we adjourn.

[29:50] » Second. >> All right. We have a first by

[29:53] Commissioner Yur, second by Commissioner Davis. All in favor?

[29:56] » I >> I That concludes our planning commission

[30:00] portion of the meeting. We'll have a actually do we need to have a recess

[30:04] where there's no item? >> Okay. Okay. So, we'll have a short

[30:08] recess before we start Man,

[33:02] We welcome you to our uh land use meeting

[33:07] and for March 4th, 2026 and look for a motion to approve our

[33:15] agenda. As Commissioner Davis, I move that we approve tonight's agenda.

[33:20] » Commissioner Yur second. >> Have a motion by Commissioner Davis. Uh

[33:24] second by Commissioner Yur. All in favor?

[33:28] » I. Um now look for a motion to approve the

[33:32] minutes from our previous meeting. >> As Commissioner Yur, I move that we

[33:36] approve the minutes from our land use authority meeting February 18th, 2026.

[33:43] » Davis seconds. Have a motion by Commissioner Yur, a

[33:47] second by Commissioner Davis. All in favor? I.

[33:52] » That uh concludes our meeting for land use tonight. And we look for a motion

[33:58] for adjournment. >> Second.

[34:03] » A motion by Commissioner Davis, second by Commissioner Yur. All in favor? I

03/04/2026 Planning Commission & Land Use Authority Meeting for Washington City, Utah

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