Agenda Item Title:
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Lujan Special Exception for Restoration in the
Sensitive Area Overlay with 30% or greater slopes
10870 S Lostwood Drive
[The Dell, Community #29]
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Presenter:
Melissa Anderson, Zoning Administrator
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Description/Background:
The applicant and property owner, Brandon Lujan, is requesting a Special Exception for the property located at 10870 S Lostwood Drive. The request is for a restoration plan to grade and landscape the hillside with 30% or greater slope in the Sensitive Area Overlay (SAO). See Exhibit “B” for the applicant’s grading and landscape restoration plans. The subject property is a half-acre legal lot in the Pepperwood Canyon #1 Subdivision (see Lot 48 in Exhibit “A”). The lot is in the PUD 1.62 zone, and within the SAO zone with 30% or greater slopes. This site is surrounded by single-family homes to the north, south, east and west.
In 1975 the area was annexed into Sandy City, and in 1980 this subdivision was platted and recorded. Conditions of approval are memorialized on the plat and #5 states that grading and home placement plans shall be in conformance with the Hillside Ordinance and that the “hillsides remain substantially undisturbed, with any proposed grading or vegetation removal by residents to be approved by the City.” A single-family home for Lot 48 was designed and approved by the city, adhering to setbacks from the protected steep slope areas.
In September of 2024, the city was alerted to an unauthorized alteration into the protected slope area of this lot. Investigations confirmed areas of disturbance within the protected hillside area with 30% or greater slopes and a stop work order was issued. In March of 2025, an administrative citation was issued for the violation to require mitigation. The applicant has since worked with the city to prepare grading and landscape plans to restore the hillside to its original condition. See Exhibit "B" for the applicant's restoration plans. ...
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