By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
A re-zoning request was tabled by Nephi City
Council.
Since there was opposition at a public hearing held
earlier on Tuesday to take comment on the proposal, Nephi
City Council members decided, during city council meeting,
not to re-zone Donna Andersen's property before further
considering the question.
The purpose of the public hearing was to accept public
comment on a request from Donna Andersen to change the
zoning on property she owns between 400 East Street and
Interstate-15, from approximately 900 South to 1150 South,
said Chad Brough, mayor.
"We had some opposition at the public hearing so I
suggest we table the request for now," he said.
The property in question is currently zoned R-1-H
which requires a one acre minimum lot size.
Four residents attended the hearing.
Andersen is requesting the property be zoned to R-1
which requires a one-quarter acre minimum lot size.
Fran Petersen, a property owner in nearby Sunridge
Estates, said she opposed the zone change request for
several reasons. In addition to stating those reasons at the
public hearing, she submitted a letter to the council.
"We bought property in Sunridge Ranches because of the
one-acre minimum lot size," said Petersen. "We don't want
that whole area to be turned into crowded small
subdivisions."
She said that having smaller lots surrounding Sunridge
Ranches might tend to stereotype development in Nephi. If
there were a wide variety of lot sizes available, it would,
in her opinion, be better.
So much growth in happening in the south east section
of Nephi that the rapid development is driving up the cost
of land and buildings in the community, she said.
Lot prices are not proportional, and those buying
smaller lots are not getting their money's worth, said
Petersen.
"We hope that you won't change the zoning so that
people can have more choice in lot sizes," she said. "We
don't want to be surrounded by smaller lots."
However, Chad Poulsen, representing the Andersen
family, said this his client does have a variety of lot
sizes in the proposal. Some of those lots are one-quarter
acre but some are one-half acre.
"This project will not be extremely small lots," said
Poulsen.
Petersen said she did not oppose some lots being small
but did not want all of them to be small.
At the hearing, Jim McWilliams, county planning
commission chairman, said he would like his property,
surrounded by the Andersen property, to be zoned R-1 also.
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