Article: Zoning change downed in Bluffdale

BLUFFDALE -- The Bluffdale City Council on Tuesday narrowly voted against what could be seen as a last-ditch attempt to appease two land developers attempting to pull 4,000 acres of undeveloped land from this rural city.

On a contentious 3-2 vote, the council denied a zoning change that would have applied the city's mixed-use (MU) zone to parts of Area 4, a 4,000-acre chunk of land on Bluffdale's southwest corner that makes up about 40 percent of the city's land area.

Councilwoman Laurie Maxfield moved that the change be denied, blaming the newly elected mayor and council members -- and a vocal residents' group -- for the city's previous inability to come to a deal with the developers. She ...

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