Lindon rejects latest plan for 9-lot development

LINDON (Daily Herald) -- The Lindon City Council recently turned down a motion to accept a plan to develop a new subdivision in the city.

The council met last Tuesday and decided the developmental plan wasn't ready to be accepted. The proposal was for a nine-lot subdivision on 1200 East.

"The property has several developmental constraints, one of which is the aqueduct," said Adam Cowie, Lindon planning director."It's owned and operated by the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake and Sandy and they have ... (an) easement 150 feet wide where they won't allow any parallel utilities within that easement."

Construction plans for the proposed subdivision, Canberra Estates, call for the underground utilities to be installed in a position contrary to typical standards. Cowie said the unusual placement of the utilities is the main reason the council didn't approve of the plans.

"I think that was the biggest concern from the City Council," he said. "They listed several thing but I think that is the biggest concern, so they didn't feel comfortable accepting it now."

Cowie said this is already the sixth City Council meeting at which the plan has been presented over a two-year span. Although this has been a long and difficult process, he said the planners will continue to make changes in the plan and will return to present it again to the council.

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