Midvale Station Areas Plan
The Midvale Station Areas Plan is intended to provide focused direction for improvements to urban design, land use, economic development, and walking and biking facilities within a half-mile from the Midvale Center and Fort Union TRAX stations. The plan builds on the 2022 Midvale State Street Study and other local and regional plans, providing recommended improvements to address needs specific to each station area. In accordance with House Bill 462 (10-9a-403.1), the Station Areas Plan addressed how it seeks to promote the following objectives: Increasing transportation choices and connections; Increasing the availability and affordability of housing, including moderate income housing; Promoting sustainable environmental conditions; and Enhancing access to opportunities.
The plan focused on the actions which Midvale City can take, in association with other public sector partners, to support private sector stakeholders, induce them to act in alignment with the plan, and collectively achieve the vision for transformation in the areas of anticipated change. Each station area was analyzed separately but designed synergistically to ensure recommendations were context-sensitive and leverage each station area assets. A five-year implementation plan, included recommendations for targeted zoning revisions, uses and urban design strategies, improved connections throughout the Station Areas, moderate income housing strategies, and steps to pursue the HTRZ and other funding opportunities.
SERVICES: Station Area Planning, Land Use Planning, Active Transportation, Urban Design, Scenario Planning, Graphics/3D Renderings, Project Management
Design Challenge
ANTICIPATING GROWTH: ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING NEEDS
The team determined recommendations for specific opportunity sites which required frequent coordination and tailored approaches to provide context-sensitive land use, including intuitive and inviting placemaking and access to the Station Areas. One of the primary challenges from neighbors and City Council was that any podium-style, mixed-use development would encroach and endanger the adjacent single-family neighborhoods. The concepts shown in the plan depict how this might be achieved while respecting surrounding single-family residential neighborhoods, or areas of stability, while integrating meaningful amenities, access, and open space usable by all community members. Strategic zoning revisions and potential development agreements enable desired housing for key locations on the sites.
Information
BY THE NUMBERS
Midvale, UT | Half-Mile Buffer | Approx. 495 acres per station | 2023
Earth Centered
Promoting sustainable environmental conditions across the Station Areas in Midvale City begin first and foremost with the redevelopment of grayfield sites, or urban land which has been previously developed. Redevelopment within an urban context can provide a new walkable community development within existing transit and active transportation access, resulting in reduce air pollution from vehicle trips.