Herriman planners take up the parks master plan, sign rules and a Rockwell Landing plat Nov. 18

HERRIMAN — The Planning Commission meets Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at 5355 West Herriman Main Street, after a 6 p.m. work meeting 12.

**The parks plan reaches a hearing**

The heaviest item is the Parks, Recreation, Trails and Open Space Master Plan Update, which the commission is asked to recommend that the City Council adopt as an element of the General Plan 12. The draft, dated October 2026, is the city's own inventory and standard-setting document, and its numbers carry the meeting 3.

The draft counts 51 parks, 303.1 park acres used for its level-of-service calculation, and 2,666.2 acres of open space 3. That equals a current level of service of 4.5 park acres per 1,000 residents. The plan recommends applying a future park level of service of 3.7 acres per 1,000 residents through 2050 — a lower standard than the city measures today — and says new parks should go where areas currently lack them 3.

The population figures behind it: 67,970 residents in 2025, an 81 percent increase since 2010, with the city projected to double by 2050 3. Residents surveyed for the plan gave an overall quality-of-life rating of 77 percent, ranked trails as the top priority, named shade and tree cover as the leading park improvement needed, and reported that a shortage of athletic fields is limiting youth sports participation and season length 3.

**What it would cost**

The draft puts total probable costs at $139,684,200, comprising $119,700,000 for park needs, $19,509,200 for the proposed trail network, $150,000 for an amphitheater feasibility study, $75,000 for a wayfinding and signage master plan and $250,000 to install it 3. The trail network adds 76.1 miles, for total trail mileage at buildout of 135.7 3.

Parks consume about 18 percent of General Fund expenses, according to the draft, and the park budget is projected to rise from $4.2 million in 2026 to between $5.9 million and $6.6 million by 2032, an average increase of about $280,000 a year 3. If park spending is held to 23 percent of total tax revenues, the plan projects a funding gap of roughly $718,000 to $1.3 million a year by 2032, and states that covering the gap through property taxes could add roughly $9 to $16 a year to the cost of a $500,000 home 3.

The draft also identifies a need for approximately $238 million in capital improvements. It expects about $6.6 million in park impact fees over the next ten years rather than the $22.4 million that current rates could generate, because much of the growth is in PID areas where impact fees are not charged 3.

**The rest of the agenda**

Two other items are up for public hearing. The commission will consider the Rockwell Landing Phase 3 plat at 15824 S Rockwell Park Lane in the M-1 Manufacturing Zone, 1.09 acres, with Braiden Rindlisbacher listed as applicant 12. Beside it sits a conditional use pylon sign at the same address, in the manufacturing zone and the Major Corridor Sign overlay 12.

The commission will also take a recommendation on a city-initiated amendment to Chapter 10-27 Signs and other chapters of Title 10, file Z2026-160, to update the city's sign standards 12. It will review a conditional use permit for a McDonald's restaurant on about 1.6 acres at approximately 14724 Academy Parkway in the C-2 Commercial Zone 2.

**One item noticed but not agendized**

The city's public hearing notice for the meeting lists three items, and one of them does not appear on the agenda compiled for the meeting: a Herriman City application to amend Chapters 10-24 and 10-36 to address internal-ADU minimum lot standards and correct conflicting code items, file Z2026-157 1. The agenda carries the Rockwell plat, the pylon sign and the McDonald's permit as administrative items, and the parks plan and sign amendment as legislative items. Z2026-157 is not among them 2.

Legislative recommendations go to the City Council at its next available meeting. The next Planning Commission meeting is Dec. 2, and the next council meeting is Dec. 9 2.