Guest Post by Kimbal Wheatley, GEM Committee Chair
The GEM committee (Growth with Excellence Mandate) decided to defend the Valley against the Conditional Use Permit for a gigantic condo project adjacent to an existing Nordic Valley neighborhood. And make no mistake about it, this building is huge...it is has the square footage of a Walmart super center and is taller than any building from the Valley all the way to I-15. It is double the size of any building permitted in our land use code.
We carefully researched the law and find that our Planning Commission has full authority and obligation to make approval/denial decisions about conditional use permits consistent with our General Plan and Land Use Code (ordinances). GEM has put together a legal framework we hope will empower the Planning Commission to make a decision to deny the condo project in its current form.
Click here to view the legal framework.
Kimbal, we wish you good luck but on every issue like this in the past with the exception of the PM Town fiasco, the growth people and the politicians win out. There seems to be no will to deny these kinds of changes.
ReplyDeleteThe owner of Nordic Valley is a close relative of one of the county commissioners. Just sayin'.....
ReplyDeleteSomebody started a petition to try and gain community support for their development. Anybody thinking about this should really look into the background of a particular owner.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Angel. When you say a particular owner, would he be a Europesn owner, a local Ogden boy, or someone else?
ReplyDeleteLocal Ogden Boy.
ReplyDeleteLatest rumbling in the hood is French peeps ....aka the bucks behind this.... ousted the development staff....doubt we'll see much more of this anytime soon.
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