An expected doubling of the population in coming years with rapid growth largely concentrated in southern Salt Lake and northern Utah counties means less farmland, fewer sprawling homesteads and more high-density housing — much more.
A new planned development in southwestern Salt Lake County — described as akin to the Daybreak subdivision — won approval Tuesday despite the seemingly united opposition of local municipal leaders and residents.
The Olympia project proposes 8,765 units in a 938-acre parcel — making it the densest housing in the area, said mayors and city council members from neighboring cities.
“The sheer number of units in the development is nothing short of overwhelming,” wrote the mayors of Herriman, Riverton, West Jordan and Copperton Township, who jointly called for the County Council to deny developers’ request for a zone change from agricultural to planned community, a mixture of homes and commercial.