Lehi council approves eight-lot Colledge Farms plan 3-2 and tables Hammond heavy commercial rezoning
August 26, 2025, 4:54 p.m. · Council Chamber, Lehi City Hall, 153 N. 100 East
The Lehi City Council approved the Colledge Farms Plat F concept plan with eight lots instead of the requested nine on a 3-2 vote, tabled the Hammond rezoning on 600 West State Street for a development agreement, and adopted the Skye View reinvestment area plan 4-1. It also ended the winter overnight parking ban, added retaining wall rules and approved a Pony Express Parkway cost-share with American Fork.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 2.1 · General plan
Perry Companies concept: move 600 units from West Canyon to the Perry planning district
Discussed
Matt Swain of Perry Companies proposed relocating 600 residential units from West Canyon to lower land near SR-92, mixed with commercial, which he said would reduce canyon development and traffic and could leave the canyon as open space. Council members raised traffic concerns and asked for traffic studies, utility capacity analysis and a look at the long-term effects.
Item 2.2 · Development
Gardner Group concept: add density to the Lehi Block development agreement
Discussed
Gardner Group partners asked about amending the Lehi Block agreement, now approved for 250 homes and 5,000 square feet of retail, to add 350 homes and expand retail to 25,000 square feet, saying 250 to 350 more units are needed for viability. Council members worried about transportation and sewer capacity and noted developers have often delivered homes but little retail. The site sits between two future transit stations. No decision was sought.
Item 2.3 · Taxes and fees
Discontinuing the green waste program
Discussed
City Treasurer Alyson Alger said Waste Management no longer operates a green waste facility. Residents had paid for nine months, but the city has been billed year-round. Beginning in December residents will be charged for all 12 months, an additional $27 a year, and may opt to have the green waste can removed. Letters go out in early October.
- Fee$27
Other
Closed session on litigation and real property
Approved · 5-0
The council voted to close for pending or reasonably imminent litigation and purchase of real property.
Item 5 · Other
Canvass of the Aug. 12, 2025 municipal primary (Resolution 2025-61)
Approved · 5-0
The council, as board of canvassers, certified the official canvass report.
Item 6 · Budget
Authorizing water bonds (Resolution 2025-60)
Approved · 5-0
Finance Director Dean Lundell said the bond would expand and improve a pressurized irrigation facility. The amount is not stated.
- BondAmount not given
Item 7 · Roads and utilities
Pony Express Parkway (1900 South) interlocal agreement with American Fork (Resolution 2025-59)
Approved · 5-0
Assistant City Engineer Brad Kenison said the extension runs from Center Street to about 700 West in American Fork, with the cost split 50/50 between the cities; Lehi had already approved an agreement with Utah County for design and construction.
- ContractAmount not given to American Fork City
Item 8 · Roads and utilities
UDOT master agreement for utilities in the 2100 North project (Resolution 2025-58)
Approved · 5-0
Kenison said the key change is a technical modification to Exhibit E on settlement criteria for utility crossings under the freeway. UDOT is receiving bids, with a contractor expected in late October or early November.
Item 9 · City code
Eliminating the winter overnight parking ban (Ordinance 52-2025)
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Traffic Engineer Luke Seegmiller said the current ban on overnight parking from Nov. 1 to March 30 covers 150 nights though plows run 15 to 30 days a year, and enforcing it burdens police. The change removes the overnight rule, bans parking during snowstorms and for 48 hours after, and adds a ban when an inch or more of snow or ice is on the road.
Item 10 · Zoning
Hammond zone change, 600 W. State Street (Ordinance 45-2025)
Tabled · 4-1
Justin Hammond proposed rezoning 0.83 acres from Mixed Use to Heavy Commercial for an office warehouse. Council Members Stallings and Newall were concerned about proximity to homes and the broad range of heavy commercial uses; Newall preferred the warehouse to earlier drive-through plans. A resident cautioned against incompatible zone changes. Council Member Hancock and Mayor Johnson suggested a development agreement locking in the office warehouse use with buffering. The council tabled the ordinance and directed staff to craft an agreement allowing office warehouse with no outside storage and buffering for neighbors, possibly leaving the zone as Mixed Use with the added use. Council Member Condie asked whether the applicant was being asked to negotiate for lesser rights. The minutes' narrative says 3-2 but the roll call shows 4-1.
- Applicant: Justin Hammond
- Acres: 0.83
- Current zone → proposed: Mixed Use → Heavy Commercial
Item 11 · Subdivision
Inverness Preliminary Plat D revision: add 12 lots from Plat 6
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Landon of D.R. Horton said 12 lots move from Plat 6 to the upper part of Inverness because the original site is too steep. Kim Struthers confirmed the density stays within the area plan.
- Lots added: 12
Item 12 · Development
Home occupation development agreement (Resolution 2025-62)
Withdrawn
The item, a development agreement for a home occupation use, was pulled at the applicant's request.
Item 13 · Annexation
Intent to annex: JDH Olson annexation (Resolution 2025-63)
Approved with conditions · 5-0
The council approved a resolution of intent to annex about 5.08 acres at about 1500 South 1100 West with R-1-22 zoning. A neighbor worried about traffic, 100-year-old trees and density; three other neighbors supported annexing the county island and the R-1-22 zoning, one describing the site as a dust bowl.
- Acres: 5.08
- Proposed zone: R-1-22
Item 14 · Zoning
Colledge Farms Plat F zone change, 2850 W. 1500 North (Ordinance 46-2025)
Approved with conditions · 5-0
The council rezoned 5.2 acres from TH-5 to R-1-22 with Development Review Committee comments. Heard together with the concept plan below.
- Acres: 5.2
- Current zone → proposed: TH-5 → R-1-22
Item 15 · Subdivision
Colledge Farms PRD Plat F concept plan (9 lots requested)
Approved with conditions · 3-2
Russ Wilson of Symphony Homes said the existing neighborhood has 98 lots averaging over 18,000 square feet and the new phase would add nine lots with a slightly larger average; R-1-22 allows seven. He asked for two extra lots citing road dedication, landscaping and one lot lost when an owner combined two. Staff supported an eighth lot for road dedication. A resident raised precedent concerns about expanding a planned residential development. Council members discussed HOA impacts and using density in lieu rather than impact fees; Mayor Johnson said impact fees fall short of road needs. A motion by Council Member Condie to deny failed 2-3 (Condie and Stallings yes). The council then approved eight lots, the eighth as density in lieu, 3-2, with Condie and Stallings opposed; Stallings preferred seven lots at the 22,000 square foot standard.
- Lots approved: 8 (including 1 as density in lieu)
- Lots requested: 9
Item 16 · City code
Retaining wall requirements (Ordinance 51-2025)
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Gary Ellis of Lehi Engineering said the city has no development code for retaining walls and the building division relied on engineers' stamps. The chapter 12 amendment sets design standards, safety factors and submittal requirements.
Item 17 · City code
Detached accessory dwelling unit rules (Ordinance 47-2025)
Approved · 5-0
The amendment lowers the minimum lot size from 15,000 to 14,520 square feet and limits detached ADUs on slopes over 20%. Engineering staff favored flexibility on steep slopes with proper engineering; Council Member Albrecht cited safety concerns and Council Member Stallings asked about geotechnical requirements.
Item 18 · Taxes and fees
Skye View Community Reinvestment Project Area Plan (Ordinance 53-2025)
Approved · 4-1
The council adopted the plan approved by the Redevelopment Agency. Council Member Stallings voted no.
Item 19 · Contract
Interlocal agreement with the RDA for Skye View (Resolution 2025-57)
Approved · 4-1
The council approved the interlocal agreement with the Redevelopment Agency for the Skye View project area.
Item 20 · Taxes and fees
Dissolving the Thanksgiving Park Economic Development Project Area (Ordinance 54-2025)
Approved · 5-0
The council terminated the project area.
Item 21 · Taxes and fees
Dissolving the SR-92 Digital Drive Community Reinvestment Project Area (Ordinance 55-2025)
Approved · 5-0
The council terminated the project area.
What residents said
Heavy commercial near homesTraffic and trees near Olson annexationPrecedent of expanding a planned residential development
No citizen input at the start. Comments were taken on the Hammond rezoning (a speaker cautioned against zone changes incompatible with the area), the JDH Olson annexation (one neighbor concerned about traffic and mature trees; three supportive) and Colledge Farms (a resident concerned about precedent).