The City of Saratoga Springs is an
exciting new pro-development community
located on the northwest shores of Utah Lake
in the center of Utah’s Wasatch Front
Metropolitan Area. The City. From its very beginning,
the City experienced rapid growth and today
there is more development interest in the
City than at any other time in its short
history.
The City’s population is estimated at
around 18,000 residents - a suburban
population that works along the Wasatch
Front, but desires a quiet suburban area in
which to live. The City is issuing a number
of permits for residential dwelling units
monthly and is among the top ten highest
growth cities in Utah . As a region, the
northern Utah County area has also
experienced rapid development and growth in
recent years. In 2002 alone, the cities of
Eagle Mountain ,
Lehi and Saratoga Springs
together issued over 1,300 permits for
residential dwelling units. All three cities
continue to issue many development approvals
and permits. Also, the physical
infrastructure to continue rapid residential
growth is in place in these cities. The
estimated combined population of these
cities is 91,730 residents, mostly located
west of the I-15 corridor.
Saratoga Springs is only partially
developed and it is expected that the
build-out population of the City will be
over 100,000 residents. Only about 25% of
the land area within the City has been
developed or is planned to be developed.
There are still several large parcels that
remain as well as numerous smaller tracts
that will one day be developed. In its
General Land Use Plan, the City has sites
planned for low, medium and high density
residential, neighborhood and regional
parks, schools, commercial and office uses
and large research and development
properties. The Real Estate prices in
Saratoga Springs have been in decline since
2007.