Lehi residents upset over proposal to construct commercial building directly behind homes


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LEHI — Development is nothing new in Lehi.

But for residents near 1100 West and Pioneer Crossing, it is something they are being forced to face.

Tucked away behind nearly 20 homes is an untouched 10-acre plot of land. But that might change.

"[The city] wants to put a 30-foot building in a residential housing area, which is just nuts,” said Lehi resident Shane Buck.

Buck has been in the neighborhood for 10 years and said he just found out about the city’s proposal to develop the land. The plan calls for a 120,000-square foot commercial building with around 200 parking stalls and space for future tenants. The project area is near 10.5 acres.

Buck is concerned it will bring a lot of unwanted traffic to his small street.

“They can't have that coming through a residential neighborhood,” he said. “That's too much of a danger for the kids.”

Map of proposed commercial building (City of Lehi)
Map of proposed commercial building (City of Lehi)

Lehi’s Community Development Director Kim Struthers said the issue is that there is no access allowed off Pioneer Crossing.

“It does create a challenge where the only access that they are allowed to have is either off of 1100 West and there's not a lot of depth in the property,” Struthers said.

The only access to the land, which is now zoned as commercial, would be along the same road as residents.

The proposal is still being heard by the city's planning committee, one of many proposals the growing city is looking into.

“There is still a lot of land and a lot of development that will be occurring, so we've got a lot of room to grow still,” Struthers said.

If the proposal is approved, the public would have an opportunity to voice their opinion once the developer comes back with an official site plan. The city would also require a landscape buffer of 12 feet between the homes and the commercial property.

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