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The following development review process applies to all new development in Jordan Bluffs Subarea 4.

A. Large Scale Master Plan. A large scale master planned development application is required for Subarea 4 as a whole prior to any specific development applications, i.e., subdivision plats, site plans, conditional use permits, building permits. Subdivision plats creating development parcels are exempt from this requirement. The large scale master plan shall address the following development standards:

1. Environmental Constraints. Due to the limitations of the capped portions of the Jordan Bluffs site all wet utilities and landscaped areas shall be installed as regulated by this title, the Institutional Controls, Site Management Plan (2017) and Site Modification Plan (2004). The capped portion of Subarea 4 is identified as “Area C” in Figure 1 of this chapter.

2. Residential Density. The maximum residential density is thirty units per acre averaged over Subarea 4.

3. Recreational Amenities. The applicant shall improve a minimum of fifteen percent averaged over the entire Subarea 4 as functional outdoor and indoor recreational amenity areas for residents of the development. These amenities include such improvements as elevated plazas designed for recreation purposes; outdoor recreation spaces such as pools, playgrounds, informal playing fields; and the square footage of buildings and interior spaces devoted to amenity and recreational use. Improved, common recreational amenities shall be located within close proximity or easily accessible to all residential projects within the Subarea 4.

4. Open Space, Landscaping and Recreational Amenities. The applicant shall improve a minimum of twenty-five percent averaged over the entire Subarea 4 as open space, landscaping and recreational amenity areas. These areas include such improvements as landscaped areas not less than five feet wide, landscaped setbacks, walkways, paths, and recreational amenities as described above. For purposes of clarification, the portion of the fifteen percent recreational amenity standard located outside of buildings shall be included with the minimum twenty-five percent open space standard.

5. Building Height Transition. In “Area A” and “Area B” identified in Figure 1 of this chapter, the maximum height allowed for structures is four stories, not to exceed fifty feet measured to the top of the highest parapet or the midpoint of a sloped roof, subject to the following exception: when a structure is less than sixty feet from a property with a residential use, the maximum height shall be three stories, not to exceed forty feet measured to the top of the highest parapet or the midpoint of a sloped roof.

6. Public Road Improvements. The applicant shall provide the following public road improvements:

a. Bingham Junction Boulevard from 7800 South to the Intersection of the Extension of Ivy Drive as Depicted on the Jordan Bluffs Subarea Plan. Bingham Junction Boulevard shall include a public right-of-way of ninety-two feet to include a center raised planter/left turn lane with two traffic lanes, a bike lane, planter area and sidewalk on each side as shown by the cross section below.

b. Extension of Ivy Drive from Main Street to the Intersection of Bingham Junction Boulevard as Depicted on the Jordan Bluffs Subarea Plan. The extension of Ivy Drive shall include a public right-of-way of seventy feet to include sidewalk, planter area, parking lane, bike lane and traffic lane on each side as shown by the cross section below.

c. Interior Roads. Interior public roads shall be constructed within Subarea 4 to service residential areas. Public roads interior to Subarea 4 shall include public rights-of-way of sixty feet to include sidewalk, planter area, parking lane, and traffic lane on each side as shown by the cross section below.

d. 7800 South Right-of-Way Improvements. Curb, gutter, sidewalk and landscape improvements along the south side of 7800 South between Le Page Street and Bingham Junction Boulevard are required.

e. Main Street Right-of-Way Improvements. Curb, gutter, and sidewalk improvements along the Main Street property frontage are required. These improvements shall match and tie into the right-of-way improvements to the north with the necessary right-of-way property dedicated to Midvale City for these improvements.

f. Pedestrian Connections. Walkways of at least five feet in width shall be incorporated within and between developments, and to Holden Street, Lennox Street and Main Street. Where walkways cross roads or driveways, stamped concrete or asphalt, or other distinguishable material, shall be used to construct crosswalks.

7. Private Roads. Private roads shall include a right-of-way width of thirty-five feet, with twenty feet of pavement installed to city specifications and fire code, two and one-half feet of curb and gutter on each side and either a five-foot sidewalk adjacent to the curb on both sides or a four-foot sidewalk and a five-foot park strip on one side. On-street parking is not allowed on a private road and the road shall be posted as a no parking area. Private roads shall be owned and maintained by an owners’ association with an appropriate mechanism in place to ensure their long-term maintenance.

8. Connections to Existing Neighborhood. The applicant shall provide a pedestrian connection to Lennox Street and Main Street and pedestrian and automobile connections to Holden Street or Wasatch Street. Pedestrian connections shall be a minimum of five-foot-wide improved walkways tying in with a project interior pedestrian system. The automobile connection is not required to be a full extension of the adjoining street through the new development, but shall include a minimum drive width of twenty feet. Other pedestrian and/or automobile connections to the existing neighborhood to the east are encouraged where such connections provide for the orderly flow of traffic both within and outside the development and minimize the concentration of traffic onto any particular city street.

B. Development Agreement. In 2019, the city entered into an amended and restated master development agreement with Gardner Jordan Bluffs, L.C. During the term of the amended and restated master development agreement and subject to any amendment to the amended and restated master development agreement, a development agreement, in a form satisfactory to the city attorney and city council, and consistent with law, shall be required to ensure the property owner complies with the provisions applying to Subarea 4 of the zoning district, the large scale master plan and site plan approvals, and allowing the property owner the right to develop in accordance with the approved plan for a period up to, but not exceeding, fifteen years.

C. Subdivision Plats, Site Plans, Conditional Use Permits and Building Permits. Prior to any development occurring in Subarea 4, the applicant shall obtain all applicable development permits as required in Title 16 and Chapter 17-3. These development permits shall be consistent with the approved large scale master plan, development agreement, this chapter and current building code. (Ord. 2023-14 § 1 (Att. D); Ord. 2017-17 § 1 (Att. A (part)))