Agenda Item Title:
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Enbridge Gas Public Utility Station (Conditional Use Permit)
9725 S. State St.
[Community # 5]
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Presenter:
Douglas L. Wheelwright, Development Services Manager
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Description/Background:
The applicant, Angela Barber, representing Questar Gas dba Enbridge Gas Utah (with permission of the land owner Canyons School District), is requesting Planning Commission review of a commercial site plan review (SPR) and approval of a conditional use permit (CUP) for a public utility station located at 9725 S. State St. “Public Utility Stations” are a conditional use in the Central Business District (CBD). The proposed public utility station request is for an above ground automatic gas line shut-off valve installation on a major gas transmission line, currently buried along the east side of State St. The applicant is leasing the southwest corner of a newly constructed parking lot at Jordan High School. Please see attached Exhibit A application materials and Exhibit B applicant’s letter requesting the conditional use permit.
See the attached staff report and exhibits in the related site plan review file SPR02033035-006911.
Recommended Action and/or Suggested Motion:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve a conditional use permit to allow the propose public utility station for Enbridge Gas Co., located at 9725 S. State St., based upon the following finding and subject to the following conditions:
Findings:
1. Reasonably anticipated negative impacts associated with the proposed development will be adequately mitigated with site improvements.
2. That overall public safety will be improved with the installation of the shut-off valve facility on a major natural gas transmission line.
Conditions:
1. That the site plan approval conditions and the proposed site improvements be further refined through the final site plan review process with city staff and installed as part of the SPR process finalization.