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Draper City Planning Commission Meeting - December 11, 2025

Meeting Portal — Thursday, December 11, 2025
BodyDraper, Utah
SessionMeeting Portal
DateThursday, December 11, 2025
StatusFILED
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0:07

Good evening.

0:08

Welcome to our Draper City Planning Commission meeting.

0:10

Today's date is December 11th, 2025.

0:13

So we're dwindling down to the end of the year here.

0:15

So thanks for joining us.

0:16

Thank you to the staff for getting everything ready, putting notices up, getting the reports to us, and uh working with the applicants to get them this far.

0:23

We uh thank the commissioners up here for volunteering their time.

0:27

And then uh we also thank the applicants and then all our good neighbors for attending tonight.

0:31

So let's go ahead and get things started.

0:33

Uh first on our agenda item.

0:35

I don't see any changes to the agenda as it's been posted uh on our print out online, correct?

0:41

Good.

0:41

All right, so we'll just go as proposed.

0:43

So uh first one's an action item.

0:45

It's simply just to approve the planning commission meeting minutes for November 13th, 2025.

0:51

Will someone give us a uh motion and a second for the approval of those minutes.

0:57

I'll make a motion.

0:58

Go ahead, Gary.

0:59

We approve the planning commission meeting minutes for the November 13th, 2025 meeting.

1:06

I'll second that.

1:07

And Laura will second that.

1:08

So thank you, Gary and Laura.

1:10

Let's go ahead and put that one to a vote.

1:11

This is for approval November 13th, 2025 minutes.

1:14

Kendra, how do you oh excuse me?

1:16

Let's start with Gary.

1:17

Yes.

1:18

Laura.

1:19

Yes.

1:19

Kendra?

1:20

Yes.

1:20

And Christine.

1:21

Yes.

1:22

Awesome.

1:22

All right, those are approved.

1:24

So now we'll move on to our public hearings.

1:25

We'll have a couple of these tonight.

1:26

I'll explain how that works when we open it up for public comment.

1:30

So public hearing tonight.

1:31

The first one is the Butler Zoning Map Amendment request.

1:34

It's on the request of Lean Lenae Butler, a zoning map amendment from RA1 to R3.

1:40

It's on approximately 1.04 acres and located at approximately 283 East Tanager Lane.

1:47

This is known as application 2025-0241-MA.

1:51

And Paul Guilman's our staff contact.

1:53

So Paul, go ahead.

1:54

Good to see you again.

1:57

So we'll go ahead and start with our vicinity maps.

2:00

My apologies.

2:03

We're just west of third east and north of Brown's Pond.

2:08

We go in for a closer view.

2:10

So you can see we've got Taninger Lane and Third East there, and you can see Brown's Pond in the southwest corner.

2:16

So we are that corner lot there.

2:19

Looking at the land use, so I would like to note that the current zoning designation of RA1 is not supported by the current land use, which is residential medium density.

2:30

The proposed uh zoning of R3 is uh is conforming with the the residential medium density.

2:39

Our zoning map, we have a pocket of RA1 there.

2:42

To the east, we have R3 and to the south and slightly to the west, we do have RA2.

2:49

Um overview of the request.

2:51

So the main change uh in terms of square footage requirement for the lot size.

2:56

It goes from 40,000 square feet to 13,000 square feet.

3:00

Um so that is the minimum lot size in R3.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Land Use Regulation███████████████████████████████████████39%
Public Engagement██████████████████████22%
Procedural██████████████14%
Ethics And Governance███████████11%
Engineering And Infrastructure██████6%
Business Licensing█████5%
Affordable Housing██2%
Technology and Innovation█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Draper City Planning Commission Meeting - December 11, 2025

The Draper City Planning Commission convened on December 11, 2025, to review six agenda items, including zoning map amendments, conditional use permits, and a site plan for a construction yard, followed by a final training session on planning commission best practices.

Consent Calendar

  • November 13, 2025 Minutes: Approved unanimously (Kendra, Gary, Laura, Christine). A motion was made by Gary and seconded by Laura to approve the minutes.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Butler Zoning Map Amendment:
    • Jacob Goodrich: Expressed full support for the request as the immediate west neighbor.
    • Kathleen Keller: Inquired about the specific access point for the property (whether it would be from 300 East or Tanager Lane).
  • Jim Duncan Fence CUP: No public comments were received.
  • Pinnacle Towers Amendment: No public comments were received.
  • Tamed Beauty Home Occupation CUP: No public comments were received.
  • Granite Construction Yard: No public comments were received.
  • Geologic Hazards Ordinance: No public comments were received.

Discussion Items

  • Butler Zoning Map Amendment (App 2025-0241-MA): Staff noted the current RA1 zoning does not align with the residential medium density land use; R3 is proposed to conform. Applicant confirmed access options (300 East or Tanager Lane) are not yet determined but addressed during Q&A. Commission noted the project aligns with the General Plan.
  • Jim Duncan Fence Conditional Use Permit (App 2025-0233-USE): Request for an 8-foot non-perimeter fence encircling a sports court on a unique 0.16-acre lot. Applicant explained the fence is to contain balls for grandchildren and provide shade. Commission noted the minimal impact due to lack of a residential structure on the subject lot.
  • Pinnacle Towers Amendment (App 2025-0328-USE): Request to remove a 25-year review/expiration condition and update height language to align with federal regulations for a lattice tower existing for nearly 25 years.
  • Tamed Beauty Home Occupation CUP (App 2025-0214-USE): Request to operate a personal care salon in a townhome. Conditions include one customer at a time, off-street parking in the driveway, and HOA approval. Applicant committed to mitigating parking congestion by providing a dedicated stall.
  • Granite Construction Yard (App 2025-0103-SP, -0211-VAR, -0212-VAR): Site plan approval and two deviations (building orientation and cross access). Applicant addressed concerns regarding dust (mitigated by sprinklers/emitters), building orientation relative to the scale house, and landscaping requirements (plant coverage at maturity).
  • Geologic Hazards Ordinance Text Amendment (App 2025-0259-TA): City-initiated amendment to consolidate and update geologic hazards statutes, moving Chapter 9-19 to Title 10 and creating a separate engineering standards document.
  • Peterson and Bell Properties: Continued to a future date.
  • Planning Commission Training: Review of "Ten Commandments" and ten pitfalls, including the inadvisability of asking for redesigns on the podium, the significance of the General Plan, managing ex parte contacts, and the substantial evidence standard for appeal defensibility.

Key Outcomes

  • Butler Zoning Map Amendment: Motion carried (4-0) to forward a positive recommendation to the City Council based on staff report findings dated December 1, 2025.
  • Jim Duncan Fence CUP: Motion carried (4-0) to approve the conditional use permit based on findings dated December 1, 2025.
  • Pinnacle Towers Amendment: Motion carried (4-0) to approve the conditional use permit amendment based on findings dated November 12, 2025.
  • Tamed Beauty Home Occupation CUP: Motion carried (4-0) to approve the home occupation conditional use permit based on findings dated December 1, 2025.
  • Granite Construction Yard: Motions carried (4-0) for:
    • Deviation for building orientation (App 2025-0211-VAR).
    • Deviation for cross access (App 2025-0212-VAR).
    • Site plan approval (App 2025-0103-SP).
  • Geologic Hazards Ordinance: Motion carried (4-0) to forward a positive recommendation to the City Council based on findings dated November 24, 2025.
  • Peterson and Bell Properties: Item continued to a future meeting.
  • Meeting Adjourned: Next meeting scheduled for the following week; training completed.

Meeting Transcript

Good evening. Welcome to our Draper City Planning Commission meeting. Today's date is December 11th, 2025. So we're dwindling down to the end of the year here. So thanks for joining us. Thank you to the staff for getting everything ready, putting notices up, getting the reports to us, and uh working with the applicants to get them this far. We uh thank the commissioners up here for volunteering their time. And then uh we also thank the applicants and then all our good neighbors for attending tonight. So let's go ahead and get things started. Uh first on our agenda item. I don't see any changes to the agenda as it's been posted uh on our print out online, correct? Good. All right, so we'll just go as proposed. So uh first one's an action item. It's simply just to approve the planning commission meeting minutes for November 13th, 2025. Will someone give us a uh motion and a second for the approval of those minutes. I'll make a motion. Go ahead, Gary. We approve the planning commission meeting minutes for the November 13th, 2025 meeting. I'll second that. And Laura will second that. So thank you, Gary and Laura. Let's go ahead and put that one to a vote. This is for approval November 13th, 2025 minutes. Kendra, how do you oh excuse me? Let's start with Gary. Yes. Laura. Yes. Kendra? Yes. And Christine. Yes. Awesome. All right, those are approved. So now we'll move on to our public hearings. We'll have a couple of these tonight. I'll explain how that works when we open it up for public comment. So public hearing tonight. The first one is the Butler Zoning Map Amendment request. It's on the request of Lean Lenae Butler, a zoning map amendment from RA1 to R3. It's on approximately 1.04 acres and located at approximately 283 East Tanager Lane. This is known as application 2025-0241-MA. And Paul Guilman's our staff contact. So Paul, go ahead. Good to see you again. So we'll go ahead and start with our vicinity maps. My apologies. We're just west of third east and north of Brown's Pond. We go in for a closer view.

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