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Erda · City Council

Erda council denies parcel disconnection petition and approves most Oquirrh Point plan amendments Sept. 10

September 10, 2026, 7:00 p.m. · Erda City Office/Fire Station Auditorium

Erda's approved minutes for the Sept. 10, 2026 City Council meeting record two decisions covered here, both passed 4-0: Ordinance 26-11, denying a petition to disconnect one parcel from the city, and Resolution 26-11, approving amendments to the Oquirrh Point Community Structure Plan except the sign amendment. This is a selected-outcomes record, not a full account of the meeting; other agenda items are not summarized.

From the approved minutes. Updated October 23, 2026.

Decisions at a glance

Agenda, item by item

  1. Item 8 · Other

    Ordinance 26-11: denying petition to disconnect parcel 01-441-0-0001

    Denied · 4-0 · Parcel 01-441-0-0001

    The council passed Ordinance 26-11, which denies a petition to disconnect parcel 01-441-0-0001 from Erda. The vote was 4-0.

    • The ordinance denies the disconnection petition; it does not approve disconnection.
    • Council Member Kyle Mathews moved and Council Member Scott Droubay seconded.
    • Council Member Sheldon Birch arrived later in the meeting and did not take part in the vote.

    Mathews moved; Droubay seconded. Vote: Roll call: Droubay, Clyde Christensen, Mathews and Lawrence Kimpel voted yes.

  2. Item 9 · General plan

    Resolution 26-11: amendments to the Oquirrh Point Community Structure Plan

    Approved with conditions · 4-0 · Oquirrh Point

    The council approved Resolution 26-11 without the sign amendment, 4-0. Staff were told to return with examples of different sign sizes.

    • Approved amendments: the minimum lot size for detached single-family homes drops from 3,000 to 2,975 square feet, and driveway standards change for 35-foot-wide lots, including a corner-lot driveway setback reduced from 40 feet to 20 feet.
    • Not approved at this meeting: the proposed larger entry monument and signage. The motion approved the resolution "minus the sign amendment for now."
    • The Planning Commission had unanimously recommended approval of all three amendments.
    • Mathews moved and Droubay seconded.

    Mathews moved; Droubay seconded. Vote: Roll call: Droubay, Christensen, Mathews and Kimpel voted yes.

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