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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in St. George public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Comprehensive plan adoption
The city's new comprehensive plan is almost done. Commissioners will review it in a September workshop, and they're the body that has to adopt it — expected in November — setting the city's growth, housing, and street priorities for years.
Gas station regulations in the Unified Development Code
The council denied a change that would have let gas stations go into more mixed-use districts and removed the four-pump cap. Critics warned gas station sites are permanent and the city already has enough of them.
Perkins Road residential-to-commercial transition
A contractor wants to rezone 2.33 acres at Perkins and Piku Lane from residential to business for a two-story office. Neighbors fear flooding from mostly concrete coverage, sewage capacity, traffic, and a commercial building overwhelming their residential street — and they want binding agreements like they've negotiated with past developers.
Rezoning of LRK, LLC tracts for planned VA clinic
Two parcels near Pecou Lane and Reiger Road were rezoned so a Veterans Administration clinic can be built there. The landowner had sued to block the citywide zoning map change, but agreed to this specific rezoning. It's a win for veterans services in St. George.