Even two ex-mayors and the inland port boss worry about putting more warehouses in SLC’s Northpoint area.
If approved, the land in question would allow changes from agricultural and residential zoning to light manufacturing. City planning staffers forwarded the request to the planning commission with a favorable recommendation, saying it aligns with the draft small area plan.
At Wednesday’s meeting, however, OCC Industrial, the proposed warehouse developer, had a chance to make its case. The developers added that the zoning change would be beneficial because it’s consistent with the Northpoint Small Area Plan, supports the creation of high-quality jobs and responds to a scarcity of vacant industrial lots in this area.
“Residents on the west side of Salt Lake City have had a disproportionate concentration of these facilities built in their area,” Hart wrote, “and by doing so harms the environment, the economy and the quality of life for city residents.”are divided on what their neighborhood’s future should be Other residents shared concerns that approving this single rezoning request would have a domino effect in the area, leading to even more warehouses and fewer farms.
The Great Salt Lake loomed large in discussions about Northpoint’s future. It has lost so much water and wetland habitat that. Conservation groups and environmental advocates said Northpoint lies next to some of the lake’s most important wetlands in Farmington Bay, and its open space and fields support habitat for millions of migrating birds.
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