Fox general plan amendment (501 & 535 N. 500 West)
Brent Fox requested changing 2.73 acres from medium density residential to light industrial for equipment storage. The council tabled the request on Aug. 8, 2023 to explore a development agreement and, on Aug. 22, denied the amendment; a development agreement was tabled the same night.
Denied
- Type
- Area or general plan
- Location
- 501 and 535 North 500 West
- Size
- 2.73 acres
- Applicant
- Brent Fox
- City Council: Fox general plan amendment, 2.73 acres (Ordinance 42-2023), un-tabled and denied
- City Council: Fox development agreement for light industrial use (Resolution 2023-54)
- City Council: Fox general plan amendment, 2.73 acres, medium density residential to light industrial (Ordin…
In brief
Fox general plan amendment (501 & 535 N. 500 West) appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of August 8, 2023 to the City Council meeting of August 22, 2023.
On record, it was tabled 2 times and denied once.
The most recent decision was tabled (4-1) at the City Council meeting of August 22, 2023, with Council Member Mike Southwick voting no.
Follow the money and project delivery
Fox general plan amendment (501 & 535 N. 500 West)
- Council action
Denied according to the dated project source. Record → · Aug. 22, 2023
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
August 22, 2023 · City Council
Fox general plan amendment, 2.73 acres (Ordinance 42-2023), un-tabled and denied
Denied · 5-0
The council un-tabled the item at the applicant's request to hear it first. Brent Fox said he would prefer approval of the general plan amendment over the development agreement. Council Member Condie then moved to deny the amendment, and all five members voted yes.
- Applicant: Brent Fox
- Current designation → requested: Medium density residential → light industrial
August 22, 2023 · City Council
Fox development agreement for light industrial use (Resolution 2023-54)
Tabled · 4-1
Brent Fox approved of the agreement but asked to install a six- or eight-foot concrete fence instead of the landscaping and buffering required in Section 12, saying the site would be a lay-down yard for construction equipment. Resident Casey Glade asked the city to grant the wall. Council Member Condie was hesitant to support an exception raised at the meeting without staff analysis, and Council Member Koivisto thanked staff for keeping city and private applications on the same legal footing. A motion by Council Member Southwick to approve with a 12-foot buffer, no landscaping and a 6-foot concrete fence failed 2-3 (Albrecht, Condie and Koivisto voted no). Council Member Condie then moved to table and direct staff and the applicant to work out a landscaping plan addressing sound and visibility, possibly a hybrid approach with mulch or fewer shrubs; that passed 4-1 with Southwick voting no.
- Applicant: Brent Fox
- Issue: buffer and landscaping requirements for a lay-down yard
- Earlier motion to approve with a concrete fence failed 2-3
August 8, 2023 · City Council
Fox general plan amendment, 2.73 acres, medium density residential to light industrial (Ordinance 42-2023)
Tabled · 4-1
Applicant Brent Fox wants to use the property for equipment storage. Council Member Koivisto, citing the city's investment in the general plan and possible effects on home values, moved to deny; planning director Kim Struthers said light industrial zoning allows more intense uses such as storage units and outdoor storage yards. The denial motion failed 2-3, with Condie, Hancock and Southwick voting no. Council Member Condie then moved to table and direct staff to draft a development agreement keeping the medium-density designation while adding the uses Mr. Fox requested, with the agreement staying in place on a sale only if a similar business continued, and any new buildings needing a separate application. That motion passed 4-1.
- Applicant: Brent Fox
- Acres: 2.73
- Current designation → proposed: Medium density residential → light industrial
- Earlier denial motion (Koivisto/Albrecht) failed 2-3