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Alpine City Council meets Tuesday evening for a public hearing on sales tax revenue bonds and a likely vote on new rules permitting detached backyard dwelling units ahead of a state Oct. 1 deadline.
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Perry Commercial's request to rezone 5 acres at Timpanogos Highway and Mountain View Road from high-density residential to highway commercial returns to the Lehi Planning Commission on Aug. 27 after being tabled two weeks earlier.
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A multi-story stained-glass structure called the King and Diane Husein Sphere of Light will be built at Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point, featuring more than 10,000 square feet of handcrafted glass panels created by Lehi's Holdman Studios, with a target completion before the 2034 Winter Olympics.
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Utah County commissioners meet Wednesday, Aug. 19, to vote on an opioid settlement fund budget amendment and finalize the purchase of a condominium building from PEG PRV200 Freedom Office LLC, though dollar amounts for both items remain undisclosed.
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Traverse Mountain residents argue Perry Commercial exhausted all allocated dwelling units on a 5-acre parcel and cite Lehi code sections prohibiting "planning by exception," as the city's public comment portal remains open before a City Council vote on the rezone.
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Alpine's Planning Commission holds its final public hearing Tuesday on a state-mandated detached ADU ordinance that would allow backyard apartments up to 1,200 square feet on lots of 11,000 square feet or more, with specific owner-occupancy, parking and design rules residents should know before the City Council votes ahead of a Thursday, Oct. 1 deadline.
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The Lehi Planning Commission will hold public hearings Thursday, Aug. 27, on four items: a commercial office suites concept on State Street, an AT&T cell antenna atop Primary Children's Hospital, a 4.4-acre residential annexation, and a zone change from transitional holding to agriculture.
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Perry Commercial's request to reclassify 5 acres near the Outlets at Traverse Mountain from residential to highway commercial drew public opposition at the Aug. 13 Lehi Planning Commission hearing, the first time residents could formally weigh in on the proposal.
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Lake Powell hit an all-time record-low elevation on Aug. 16, adding urgency to Lehi's Phase II watering restrictions and Alpine's pending $9 million water infrastructure bond as the Bureau of Reclamation prepares to announce allocation cuts before year-end.
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Lehi City Council revisited two transportation funding resolutions that have been pending since January without a vote, took up a 4.4-acre annexation petition and again deferred action on a sign code rewrite at its Aug. 11 meeting.
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The Lehi Planning Commission's Aug. 13 meeting included code amendments that would update residential renewable energy caps and create new parking standards for therapy-focused daycares, plus a zone change at 3455 N. Center Pointe Drive and a glass-requirement exception for a Water Department building.
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The Lehi City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to deny Symphony Homes' nine-lot Fox Trail Subdivision and unanimously tabled Gardner-Plumb Group's request to transfer 124 residential units to the southern portion of its development area near Redwood Road.
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