Ogden council rejects Lynn plan amendment and 2nd Street rezone, approves Country Hills Drive rezone
August 17, 2021, 6:00 p.m. · City Council Chambers, 2549 Washington Boulevard, Ogden
The council voted 5-2 not to adopt a Lynn Community Plan amendment for multifamily zoning near 2nd Street and Wall Avenue, and the related rezone was then not adopted 7-0. It adopted a rezone of 1117 Country Hills Drive to R-4 and dissolved certain redevelopment project areas. The Redevelopment Agency approved an incentive agreement with Lotus Partners for about 4.45 acres along the Ogden River.
From the agenda and city or news reports of the results; minutes not yet posted. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 6.a.iii · General plan
Lynn Community Plan amendment, 140-152 West 2nd Street and 139 North Wall Avenue
Denied
On a Planning Commission report, the council took up Ordinance 2021-41 to amend the Lynn Community Plan to allow a Multiple-Family/Conditional Overlay (R-3/CO) zone between Aspen Acres neighborhood, 2nd Street and Wall Avenue. Public input was received. The ordinance was not adopted; the results report records a 5-2 vote without saying which side each member took.
Item 6.a.iv · Zoning
Rezone at 140-152 West 2nd Street and 139 North Wall Avenue to R-3/CO
Denied
The council considered Ordinance 2021-42 to reclassify the property as Multiple-Family/Conditional Overlay (R-3/CO). The ordinance was not adopted; the results report records a 7-0 vote.
Item 6.b · Zoning
Rezone at 1117 Country Hills Drive to R-4
Approved · 7-0
The council adopted Ordinance 2021-43 reclassifying 1117 Country Hills Drive as Multiple-Family Residential (R-4).
- Proposed zone: Multiple-Family Residential (R-4)
Item 7.a · Development
Dissolution of certain redevelopment project areas
Approved · 7-0
The council adopted Ordinance 2021-44 terminating and dissolving certain redevelopment project areas. The Redevelopment Agency board adopted a companion Resolution 2021-12, 7-0.
Item RDA 4.a · Development
Lotus Partners participation and incentive agreement (Redevelopment Agency)
Approved · 7-0
The Redevelopment Agency board approved Resolution 2021-13 authorizing its executive director to sign a participation and incentive agreement with Lotus Partners, LLC for redevelopment of about 4.45 acres along the Ogden River between Grant and Wall avenues and Park Boulevard and 18th Street, in the Ogden River Redevelopment Project Area. Public input was received. The results report gives no incentive amount.
- ContractAmount not given to Lotus Partners, LLC
- Acres: about 4.45
Other
2021 municipal primary election canvass
Approved · 7-0
Sitting as the Board of Canvassers, the council certified the August 10, 2021 municipal primary election results.
Item 5 · Appointment
Board and commission appointments
Approved · 7-0
On common consent the council approved appointments to the Christmas Village Committee, the Natural Resources and Sustainability Stewardship Committee, the Ogden Housing Authority Board and the Ogden Diversity Commission.
What residents said
Multifamily zoning near Aspen Acres