Home Depot at University Place
A 0.31-acre lot was rezoned from R-8 to PD-34 in December 2025 for a Home Depot; PD-34 wall rules were amended in February 2026 and on May 12, 2026 the council vacated a 0.016-acre sliver of 1000 South so the project plat can be recorded.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Zone change
- Location
- 575 East 1000 South, next to University Place
- Size
- 0.31 acres
- Applicant
- University Place / Woodbury and Home Depot
Every hearing and vote
December 9, 2025 · City Council
Rezone 0.31 acre at 575 East 1000 South from R-8 to PD-34 (Home Depot at University Place)
Approved · 5-1
Home Depot and University Place mall representatives asked to rezone a 0.31-acre lot holding one house so it can be folded into a Home Depot site next to Costco. The Planning Commission voted 3-2 with no formal recommendation. PD-34 requires a 20-foot setback, 8-foot landscape buffer and 8-foot masonry wall; the developer offered a 12-foot wall near the loading dock, a building about 24 feet tall set 43 feet from the nearest property line, and a 10-to-24-foot buffer. Residents next to the site asked for the 12-foot wall, raised truck idling, backup beepers, diesel exhaust and traffic, questioned the need for another home improvement store, and asked for more transparency and to move the loading dock; others objected to losing homes to commercial growth. Home Depot said it uses no refrigerated trucks, requires engines off during delivery, uses a standard layout and that a sound study accounted for Costco noise; construction is expected for 12 to 15 months from April, opening in late 2027. The developer offered to move the wall about 7.3 feet east and convey that strip to the two adjoining neighbors. Council Member Millett voted no on principle, saying she opposed converting more R-8 land to commercial use, though she supported the concessions. The City Attorney said the wall shift and conveyance would be secured in the RDA participation agreement.
- Applicant: University Place / Woodbury and Home Depot
- Acres: 0.31
- Current zone to proposed: R-8 to PD-34
- Planning Commission: 3-2, no recommendation
December 9, 2025 · City Council
RDA: Third Amendment to participation agreement with University Shopping Center, L.C.
Approved with conditions · 6-0
Sitting as the Redevelopment Agency, the council approved a third amendment to the participation agreement that replaces the 2024 site exhibits with the new Home Depot layout and makes the 12-foot wall, building setbacks and conveyance of about 7 feet of landscaping to the two adjoining neighbors conditions of tax increment financing. The developer dropped a proposed buy-back option; the land will carry a deed restriction keeping it green space. The mayor may sign once the language is updated.
February 10, 2026 · City Council
PD-34 text amendment on wall heights and landscaping (Home Depot at University Place)
Approved · 6-0
The amendment changes sections 22-11-47(H)(3) and (H)(4) and Appendix BB so the landscape strip on the commercial side of the western wall can be reduced, letting the developer deed land to adjoining homeowners and move the 12-foot masonry wall farther from homes, as required by the RDA participation agreement. Hall said the change is specific to this project and area. Applicant Artie Woodbury said Home Depot aims to start construction in April. No one spoke at the hearing.
May 12, 2026 · City Council
Vacation of 0.016-acre portion of 1000 South right-of-way ending at 590 East
Approved · 6-0
Planning Manager Jared Hall presented the petition of the Woodbury Group to vacate a small piece of the 1000 South right-of-way surrounded by land owned by the Woodbury Group and University Place, needed to finalize the plat for the new Home Depot. Hall said the area is bordered entirely by commercial shopping center land and neighbors keep full access on 1000 South. No one spoke.
- Petitioner: Woodbury Group
- Area: 0.016 acre (staff also referred to 0.16 acre)