OGDEN -- The city council Tuesday night tabled the adoption of a plan guiding development along the 21st Street corridor to further study building height recommendations.
The council will again consider making the corridor plan part of the city's overall General Plan on Jan. 24.
The request to table the plan was made by businessman Thaine Fischer, who along with partners owns 11 acres west of Wall Avenue between 20th Street and 21st Street. He said the height recommendations in the plan need more study.
The corridor plan includes the area west of Wall Avenue to the city limits and from 22nd Street to the Ogden River. It recommends that building heights within the area range from a maximum of 35 feet to 65 feet to avoid obscuring the view of the mountains.
The plan establishes guidelines for future land use, corridor enhancements and roads within the 21st Street area. Efforts to develop the plan began earlier this year.
The plan recommends that mixed-use transit-oriented development take place between 21st and 22nd streets east of the Interstate 15 overpass and west of Wall Avenue.
The development would complement the Intermodal Hub and FrontRunner rail station at 23rd Street and Wall Avenue, said Rick Grover, a planner for the city.
The use of automobiles would be limited in the transit-oriented development area. Access would be mainly by walking, bicycling or mass transit.
The plan also proposes residential, retail and entertainment venues along the Ogden River west of Wall Avenue. The area could be enhanced with trails along the south side of the river, according to the plan.
The plan also states that property west of Goode Ski Pond off 21st Street could have enhanced recreational uses.
It is recommended in the plan that trails, fishing and wildlife habitats around the pond be preserved. Debris and transient camps northeast of the pond should also be cleaned up, the plan says.
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