Planning commission backs TOD zoning for church site at 375 S. 570 West, tighter storm water rules
March 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m. · American Fork City Hall, 31 N. Church St.
The American Fork Planning Commission recommended rezoning 4.94 acres at about 375 S. 570 W. from agricultural to Transit Oriented Development so a church can be built there, and recommended storm water design rules that, at Commissioner Bruce Frandsen's request, would require signatures from water-right holders affected by development.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| 375 S. 570 W. zone change (4.94 acres), church site | Recommended for approval · 5-0 |
| Storm water system design and management standards code amendment (Section 13.94.040) | Recommended for approval · 5-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item 3a · Zoning
375 S. 570 W. zone change (4.94 acres), church site
Recommended for approval · 5-0
Rezone from RA-1 Residential Agricultural to Transit Oriented Development, in the TOD overlay's East Neighborhood Edge District, which favors single-family homes and small townhomes; the applicant plans a church, an allowed use, on the full 4.94 acres. Commissioner Bruce Frandsen said the applicant agreed to pipe a ditch running toward the lake and obtained signatures from each water-right holder along it. The motion removed the staff condition requiring right-of-way dedication with the zone change.
- Acres: 4.94
- Zone: RA-1 → TOD (East Neighborhood Edge District)
- Use: church
- Ditch to be piped with neighbors' signed consent
- Condition removed: right-of-way dedication at rezone
Item 3b · City code
Storm water system design and management standards code amendment (Section 13.94.040)
Recommended for approval · 5-0
Adds requirements for individual lot detention and retention systems, clarifies owners' duty to keep runoff off neighboring property, and clarifies geotechnical report requirements for infiltration designs. The recommendation adds Commissioner Frandsen's request that landowners with water rights sign to show they were notified and agree.
- Initiated by city engineering
- Added: signatures from affected water-right holders
What residents said
Width of 500 West
A resident named Logan asked whether 500 West would be widened for the project; City Engineer Ben Hunter said the developer must widen the road along its frontage to city standards. Rex Miner, who lives just west, asked whether 500 West would be widened to 300 South; Hunter said the stretch to the north will be widened when that land develops. No one spoke on the storm water amendment.