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Article: Zoning change downed in Bluffdale
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2005
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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 ...