Watch list
Topics followed across every body and meeting. Any agenda item that touches one is listed here, newest first.
Data centers and Volition
Spanish Fork's Title 15 data center amendment passed 3-2 on 21 SEP 2026. Volition's site plan, development agreement and overlay hearings come next. Utah County is drafting its own data center ordinance.
County data center ordinance
County Commission's proposed amendments to Chapters 2, 8, 10 and 12 adding data centers as a permitted use in the M&G-1 and I-1 zones, a Data Center Overlay zone and development standards.
Staff report: data center overlay
Staff will start the overlay zone and noise study directed on 21 SEP and bring a timeline in two meetings. Repealing the Title 15 amendment would end the referendum, so that waits.
Title 15 data center amendment (Volition)
Ordinance defining data centers with onsite power and setting rules for them, adopted with seven conditions, including starting an overlay zone and reviewing the noise ordinance (Chapter 9.32).
Approved 3-2 (Cardon, Tooke opposed; Oyler moved, Marshall seconded)
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 5:57:55
Discussion: data center overlay zone and rules
Council and staff discussed moving the rules into an overlay district, a one-data-center cap, air quality modeling, noise limits, and water caps (about 300,000 gallons a year).
Minutes, 18 AUG 2026: Title 15 data center hearing
After a public hearing with extensive comment, the Council tabled the data center amendment to 01 SEP 2026 so staff could revise the language.
Tabled 5-0 (Oyler moved, Tooke seconded)
County land use text amendment for data centers
Would add data centers as a permitted use in the M&G-1 and I-1 zones, add a Data Center Overlay (DCO) zone, and add development standards and requirements for data centers.
County data center ordinance hearing
Public hearing on a Land Use Ordinance text amendment adding data centers as a permitted use in the M&G-1 and I-1 zones, a Data Center Overlay (DCO) zone, and development standards.
Title 15 land use code
Every Title 15 amendment changes what can be built in Spanish Fork. A referendum on the data center amendment was filed in late September 2026.
Title 15: Planning Commission procedures
Updates Title 15 on procedures and training for the Planning Commission, based on recently adopted state code.
Title 15: indoor volleyball facilities
Amends the municipal code to allow indoor volleyball facilities as a permitted use in the I-1 Light Industrial zone.
Title 15 amendment: Planning Commission
Hearing on updating Title 15 on the procedures and training for the Planning Commission, based on recently adopted state code.
Recommended for approval to City Council, no opposing vote heard
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 1:45:36
Title 15: Planning Commission procedures
Amendment to Title 15 on Planning Commission procedures and training, based on recently adopted state code.
Title 15: indoor volleyball facilities
Amendment to the Municipal Code to allow indoor volleyball facilities as a permitted use in the I-1 Light Industrial Zone.
Staff report: data center overlay
Staff will start the overlay zone and noise study directed on 21 SEP and bring a timeline in two meetings. Repealing the Title 15 amendment would end the referendum, so that waits.
Voter participation areas map
Ordinance moving the four voter participation areas to follow current precincts. The clerk said the areas set the signature thresholds for the Title 15 referendum.
Approved, no opposing vote heard
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 5:40:46
Title 15 update: Planning Commission
Updates to Title 15 regarding the Planning Commission.
Title 15 data center amendment (Volition)
Ordinance defining data centers with onsite power and setting rules for them, adopted with seven conditions, including starting an overlay zone and reviewing the noise ordinance (Chapter 9.32).
Approved 3-2 (Cardon, Tooke opposed; Oyler moved, Marshall seconded)
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 5:57:55
Discussion: data center overlay zone and rules
Council and staff discussed moving the rules into an overlay district, a one-data-center cap, air quality modeling, noise limits, and water caps (about 300,000 gallons a year).
Minutes, 18 AUG 2026: Title 15 data center hearing
After a public hearing with extensive comment, the Council tabled the data center amendment to 01 SEP 2026 so staff could revise the language.
Tabled 5-0 (Oyler moved, Tooke seconded)
Title 15: indoor volleyball facilities
Proposed amendment to the municipal code to allow indoor volleyball facilities as a permitted use in the I-1 Light Industrial zone, for property at 2761 North 170 East.
Utah County data center ordinance
The County Commission asked its Planning Commission to add data centers as a permitted use with an overlay zone. First hearing 15 SEP 2026.
County data center ordinance
County Commission's proposed amendments to Chapters 2, 8, 10 and 12 adding data centers as a permitted use in the M&G-1 and I-1 zones, a Data Center Overlay zone and development standards.
County land use text amendment for data centers
Would add data centers as a permitted use in the M&G-1 and I-1 zones, add a Data Center Overlay (DCO) zone, and add development standards and requirements for data centers.
County data center ordinance hearing
Public hearing on a Land Use Ordinance text amendment adding data centers as a permitted use in the M&G-1 and I-1 zones, a Data Center Overlay (DCO) zone, and development standards.
Broadband and telecom
Technology infrastructure where a systems engineer's input applies directly.
Zayo Group telecom franchise agreement
Consent item: a new standard franchise letting Zayo Group place wires, cables and telecom facilities in city rights-of-way in return for the municipal telecommunications license tax.
Consent items approved, no opposing vote heard
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 1:13:10
Standards for county fiber installation
Agreement with Horrocks Engineers to provide standard specifications and drawings for county fiber installation at hourly rates set in UCA 2026-205.
Government technology and AI
New systems and technology policy in city or county government, where a systems engineer's public comment is most useful. Routine renewals do not count.
Nothing in the last 30 days.
Developments in the pipeline
Named Spanish Fork projects already on the radar. New ones are caught by the land-use tag.
Oak Village zone change and preliminary plat
Hearing on rezoning 100 South Spanish Fork Parkway for 110 single-family lots, with a development agreement condition. Residents raised traffic and parking; staff will study First South.
Zone change and preliminary plat each approved, no opposing vote heard
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 2:53:24
Leland Meadows zone change and preliminary plat
Hearing on rezoning 1200 West 1400 South to R-1-6 and R-1-15 with the Master Planned Development Overlay, and a 206-lot plat. Residents raised wet ground, Mill Road traffic and fencing next to farms.
Zone change and amended preliminary plat each approved, no opposing vote heard
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 5:12:26
Leland Meadows plat conditions added
The plat carries 11 conditions. New ones: sturdier fencing along farm and feed lot boundaries, and the developer paying half the Mill Road and Arrowhead Trail turn-lane cost, up to about $100,000.
Amended plat motion approved, no opposing vote heard
From the meeting video, unofficial until minutes are adopted. Watch at 5:19:56
Leland Meadows zone change and plat
Public hearing on rezoning from R-R to R-1-6 and R-1-15 with the Master Planned Development Overlay, for 206 residential lots and garden homes near 1200 West 1400 South.
Oak Village zone change and plat
Public hearing on rezoning from R-R and R-1-12 to R-1-9 and R-1-12 with the Master Planned Development Overlay, for 110 lots near 100 South Spanish Fork Parkway.
Hidden Groves General Plan map change
Request to change the General Plan Land Use Map designation from Agricultural to Medium Density Residential for parcels at 119 East South Field Road.
Park Estates Plat C (2026) re-final plat
Re-approval of a final plat for 11 single-family lots at 2740 East 360 South.