Zone change
Sensitive Area Overlay removal, 600 South Canyon Road and 695 South Main Street
Denied
A property owner asked Tooele to remove the Sensitive Area Overlay, a set of hillside rules on slope, grading, drainage and lot layout, from three parcels covering 2.02 acres south of Main Street and north of Wigwam Park. Staff said the main benefit would be lot yield: the eastern parcel could hold about four lots without the overlay and two with it. The Planning Commission recommended removal 7-0. At the Sept. 16, 2026 hearing no residents spoke, and council members asked about grading already done on the site, flooding of lower homes, a FEMA drainage area and the odd 'peninsula' the change would leave. Staff said no engineering had confirmed slope stability. The council voted 4-0 to deny; the minutes record a motion to deny without a stated reason, so the concerns raised in discussion should not be read as the council's formal findings.