Lehi council takes up public safety impact fees, mixed-use rules and a sign code rewrite
July 28, 2026, 4:30 p.m. · Lehi City Council Chambers, Lehi Civic Center, 131 N. 100 E.
The Lehi City Council's July 28 agenda included a public hearing on new police and fire impact fees of about $540 per new home, a hearing on executive officer pay of up to 4% plus market adjustments, and a rewrite of mixed-use zoning that would require at least half of a project to be nonresidential. The council also had a $330,215 playground purchase for Lakeview Park and the continued Cortese subdivision. Later agendas show the sign code rewrite was tabled; other outcomes were not published.
From the agenda; results are added when minutes are posted.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item Pre-2.1 · Public safety
Heavy rescue discussion
Discussed
Fire Department discussion of heavy rescue capability. No staff report in packet.
Item Pre-2.2 · Roads and utilities
Downtown facilities master plan
Discussed
Presentation of a master plan for city facilities downtown.
Item Pre-2.3 · City code
Parking code presentation
Discussed
Staff presentation on revising the city's parking code, a precursor to the Title 7 parking changes adopted later.
Item 2.1 · Presentation
Introduction of Miss Lehi
Discussed
Introduction of Miss Lehi Brooklyn Ward.
Item 4.1 · Parks
Lakeview Park playground purchase (PO 8448)
Pending
Purchase order to Sonntag Recreation for playground equipment at Lakeview Park on Traverse Mountain. Staff said the equipment went out through a request for proposals.
- Purchase$330,215 to Sonntag Recreation
- Vendor: Sonntag Recreation
- Amount: $330,215
- Process: RFP
Item 5.1 · Budget
Executive officers' compensation, FY2027 (public hearing)
Pending
State-required public hearing on pay for the city's statutory executive officers for fiscal 2027. The packet proposes raises of up to 4% for merit plus a targeted market increase of 0-7%.
- BudgetAmount not given
- Merit increase: up to 4%
- Market adjustment: 0-7%
- Figures in packet include $213,217 and a not-to-exceed of $85,000
Item 5.2 · Taxes and fees
Public safety impact fees (Ordinance 33-2026, public hearing)
Pending
Hearing and vote on updated police and fire impact fees charged on new construction, based on a new impact fee facilities plan and analysis. The study says police facilities would reach capacity by 2034 and fire facilities by 2035. Maximum fees would be $539.85 per single-family home, $541.73 per multifamily unit and $0.99 per square foot of nonresidential space.
- Fee$540
- Fee$542
- Fee$1
- Single-family: $539.85 ($246.87 police + $292.98 fire)
- Multifamily: $541.73 per unit ($232.40 police + $309.34 fire)
- Nonresidential: $0.99/sq ft ($0.26 police + $0.73 fire)
- Police impact fee fund balance: $354,861; outstanding police building bond
Item 5.3 · Roads and utilities
Storm Water Management Plan 2026 (Resolution 2026-44)
Pending
Adoption of the city's updated storm water management plan, required under its state storm water permit.
Item 5.4 · City code
Design standards Chapter 2 storm water update (Ordinance 34-2026)
Pending
Amends Section 2.12 of the Design Standards and Public Improvement Specifications to require on-site retention of the 80th-percentile storm. Planning Commission recommended approval.
Item 5.5 · Subdivision
Cortese preliminary subdivision, 1450 W. 1220 North (continued)
Pending
Continued from July 14: Grow Development's eight-lot R-1-22 subdivision with an 8-foot ditch access easement.
- Lots: 8
- Zone: R-1-22
Item 5.6 · City code
Sign code rewrite, Chapter 23 (Ordinance 35-2026)
Tabled
Comprehensive rewrite of the development code's sign chapter. The Aug. 11 agenda says the item was tabled at this meeting.
Item 5.7 · City code
Temporary construction site safety standards (Ordinance 36-2026)
Pending
Design standards Section 3.08 amendment requiring 6-foot temporary fencing around commercial projects and residential projects of 10 or more units.
Item 5.8 · City code
Application requirements, Chapter 11 (Ordinance 37-2026)
Pending
Amends Chapter 11 application requirements and adds an infrastructure site plan application.
Item 5.9 · City code
Mixed-use zone rules, Chapter 38 (Ordinance 38-2026)
Pending
Rewrites mixed-use standards to require at least 50% nonresidential use and to cap residential certificates of occupancy at 60% until the commercial portion is built. Planning Commission recommended approval with direction to reassess clause G.
- Ordinance numbers 36-38 were reused for different items on Sept. 8, which may indicate these were not adopted on July 28; not confirmed