SOUTH JORDAN — After doing some fine-tuning with the South Jordan City Council on Tuesday night, officials with Kennecott Land are rolling ahead with the first phase of the ambitious Daybreak subdivision.
Daybreak is Kennecott's venture out of the mining business and into the new territory of land development. The project spans more than 4,200 acres with some 13,300 homes expected to be built over a 15-year period.
The 300-lot first phase will be ready for full home construction by the end of June, Kennecott Land community relations manager Kort Utley said. Kennecott has been building curbs, gutters, sewer lines and other infrastructure while select outside builders will construct the actual homes.
During the South Jordan City Council meeting Tuesday, the council approved slight changes to the first-phase plat so the project boundary would align with the boundary of the next phase. The city also removed multifamily homes from the plat to make it easier for Daybreak to record town home lots as they are sold.
Kennecott Land officials have touted Daybreak as a master-planned community, where residents can live, work and play in the same location. Architectural styles of some homes are expected to hark back to "early Salt Lake City neighborhoods," friendly to pedestrian traffic. Utley said the 300 homes in the first phase will range from 1,300-square-foot town homes to full-size homes larger than 3,000 square feet.
Daybreak eventually is expected to have several acres of retail establishments, office space and industrial areas, while setting aside an estimated 30 percent of the total project for open space, according to Daybreak promotional literature.
Utley said the first phase will not contain any business development but will include a new elementary school, space for a church and several neighborhood parks.