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Community Development Department presenting a determination of impracticability, according to Utah Code, regarding the station area plan requirement for Sandy City's portion of the Kimballs Lane and Draper Town Center station areas.
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Presenter:
Jake Warner, Long Range Planning Manager
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Description/Background:
Utah Code Section 63N-23-104 requires a municipality to adopt a station area plan for all fixed guideway public transit stations located within the municipality’s boundaries and for any portion of the municipality located within a one-half mile radius from a fixed guideway public transit rail station located outside of the municipality’s boundary. According to Subsection (1)(b), the requirements to adopt a station area plan shall be considered satisfied if the municipality has already adopted plans or ordinances that substantially promote each of the objectives or the municipality determines that conditions exist that make satisfying the requirement for a station area plan impracticable.
Sandy City has a total of seven fixed-guideway public transit stations located in Sandy City or within a one-half mile radius of Sandy City's boundary. Sandy City has five approved station area plans, which were included in the City's update of the General Plan. Those plans have been certified by WFRC, as required. Utah Code requires station area plans or a waiver by way of a determination of impracticability for each station by the end of the year (2026). During the General Plan update, the two remaining stations (Kimballs Lane and Draper Town Center) were identified by the project team as potentially being eligible for a determination of impracticability, which would waive the requirement for a station area plan. WFRC requires that a resolution be approved by a municipality in making a determination of impracticability.
The portions of Sandy City within the one-half mile radius of the Kimballs L...
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