HurricaneProjects and policy tracker
Development, roads, public projects and policy proposals before Hurricane’s Planning Commission and City Council, with every hearing and vote. 4 are still being decided.
At a glance
Hurricane tracks 6 projects through its Planning Commission and City Council.
By where they stand: in review (2), recommended (2), and approved (2).
By type: zone change (2), public project (2), road project (1), and subdivision (1).
Road project
In review
100 South, 300 West to Main Street
Hurricane plans to rebuild 100 South from 300 West to Main Street. Six contractors bid, from $2,159,723.64 to $3,380,303.35, and staff recommended the low bidder, Advanced Construction and Design, LLC. Staff's schedule has work starting Oct. 30 and reaching substantial completion on March 24, 2027. The council took up the award on Oct. 15, but no minutes are posted, and the city's one confirmed action from that meeting, an ordinance on claims against the city, is unrelated, so the award is still unconfirmed. The start date should be treated as staff's proposal until the city confirms a notice to proceed.
Zone change
Recommended
297 S Rlington Pkwy · 0.97 acres · 4 units
A property owner has asked Hurricane to rezone 0.97 acres at 297 S Rlington Parkway (the city's documents consistently spell it Rlington) from single-family R1-10 to multifamily RM-1 so a four-unit building can go up. The parcel was set aside as open space in the 1990s when the Painted Hills-Rlington Heights subdivision was approved, was held by the neighborhood's HOA, and became privately owned after the HOA dissolved in the mid-2000s; it has always been fenced off. Planning staff say four units match the density R1-10 already allows and would use the one existing driveway on Rlington Parkway, whereas single-family lots would need more access points, and the lot borders an RM-2 zone. They also acknowledge the city's general plan calls for single-family housing there and that multifamily zoning does not follow it. Three residents wrote to object, citing open space, traffic safety and the zoning type. The Planning Commission voted unanimously on Oct. 8 to recommend approval, and staff recommended it too, subject to a plat amendment to remove the open-space designation. The council took it up Oct. 15. The city's Oct. 19 notice of adopted ordinances lists only an unrelated claims ordinance, so a rezone ordinance had not been posted as adopted by then.
Status supported by the dated project source, Mon, Oct 19. See the project updates.
Zone change
In review
Behind 492 Old Hwy 91 · 7.68 acres
A company that wants to build a concrete batch plant asked Hurricane to rezone about 7.68 acres of vacant land behind 492 Old Highway 91, Lot 6 of the Crocker Enterprises industrial subdivision, from light industrial (M-1) to heavy industrial (M-2). The Planning Commission recommended approval unanimously on Aug. 13 after a hearing with no objections, but the City Council denied the request on Aug. 20, finding heavy industry did not fit the surrounding uses. On Oct. 15 the applicant returned with new information for reconsideration. Staff wrote that the general plan labels the area Light Industrial/Business, which M-2 does not match, but that two similar plants already operate along Old Highway 91, no homes are nearby, and neighboring land is mostly undeveloped. They said a batch plant's effects are greater than a typical light-industrial use, though the lot is large enough to limit them, and their recommendation was pending the applicant's new information. The applicant now runs an operation just outside city limits near Quail Creek Industrial Park. The Oct. 15 outcome is not in a posted record; the city's Oct. 19 notice of adopted ordinances lists only an unrelated claims ordinance.
Status supported by the dated project source, Mon, Oct 19. See the project updates.
Subdivision
Recommended
720 E. Highway 59
Kachina Ridge is a mixed-use development on Highway 59 next to the Hurricane Cliffs. The Planning Commission agenda calls it a 56-lot project and the staff report counts 57 lots, 48 of them townhomes and nine for multifamily, short-term rental and commercial uses. A 2020 development agreement, recorded in 2021, limits the site to 566 residential units and requires a UDOT-approved interchange on Highway 59. On Oct. 22 the Planning Commission voted 5-0, per the meeting video, to approve the preliminary plat with a condition for a cliff-side barrier, and 5-0 to recommend approval of the sensitive lands plan. The City Council holds a public hearing on the sensitive lands application at its Nov. 5 meeting. Staff say construction drawings and development depend on interchange and water tank plans being approved, and city engineering meets UDOT in December.
Status supported by the dated project source, Sun, Nov 1. See the project updates.
Public project
Approved
Hurricane, near the current city offices at 147 N. 870 West (final sites per city plans)
Hurricane plans a new city hall and a new police station, which the city calls its City Campus. On Oct. 1 the council, sitting as the Municipal Building Authority, voted unanimously to authorize lease revenue bonds of not more than $27 million for the project, and the council then approved the lease and ground-lease documents. The amount is a cap: City Manager Kaden DeMille said he expects the project to cost less, that the city has about $17 million saved plus proceeds from selling the current police station, and that he expects to put about half down. He said the city will not raise taxes for it. He gave costs of $494 a square foot for city hall and $451 for the police station, with a 9% contractor contingency and an additional 8% city contingency. The Planning Commission approved the preliminary site plan, and groundwork on the police station could begin around November. Two public hearings on the financing are planned for the first November meeting. The current city hall would be remodeled for the court.
Status supported by the dated project source, Thu, Oct 1. See the project updates.
Public project
Approved
Sky Mountain Substation; Substation #1 near the Romney property; transmission line along SR-7
Hurricane's council authorized the sale of up to $24 million in electric revenue bonds (Series 2027) on Oct. 1 to finish the Sky Mountain Substation, build Substation #1 near the Romney property and run a transmission line along SR-7 to reach it. City Manager Kaden DeMille put current estimates at about $21 million including contingencies, said the city has already bought some components, and called $24 million a conservative cap. He said impact fees are expected to pay the bond payments. The vote to authorize the bonds was unanimous.
Status supported by the dated project source, Thu, Oct 1. See the project updates.