NORTH SALT LAKE — After presenting strategies for dealing with settling soil, a fault line and heavy vehicle traffic, the Compass Development Group received city approval on plans for a 94-acre walkable community.

“As with any development, there are problems,” said Steven Lowe, principal of the Salt Lake City-based company. “We have tried to face those problems head-on.”

North Salt Lake City Council members approved the development agreement for Eaglewood Village early Wednesday morning, said Ben Lowe, principal for Compass Development. Discussion of the issue began Tuesday evening and stretched past midnight, he said.

Ground will be broken this summer on the mix of commercial buildings, office space and residential units, Lowe said. The development is taking place east of Highway 89 and south of Eagle Ridge Drive in North Salt Lake, on the former site of gravel and granite pits.

Geotechnical engineering consultants were used to develop a plan for stabilizing the soil, Steven Lowe said. Drainage systems will be installed to help some soil areas settle before construction, while deep foundations will make homes more secure.

“We’re trying to go well beyond what is normally done,” Steven Lowe said.

Structures will be set back from the fault line running through the development to minimize damage if shifting occurs, said James Nordquist, of Applied Geotechnical Engineering Consultants, Inc. A 5-acre public park will be built on that area instead, he said.

“At least if (the park bowery) falls down it won’t be someone’s living space,” said North Salt Lake Mayor Shanna Schaefermeyer.

To ease traffic coming into the new development, the builders will expand a northbound section of Highway 89, Ben Lowe said. The project’s total cost is not yet known, he said, but he estimated it at around $150 million. North Salt Lake has agreed to contribute $810,000 to install storm drains and give an additional $715,000 for general public improvements, he said.

Eaglewood Village will house 570 residential units, Ben Lowe said, including town homes, three-story “row homes,” condominiums and living spaces above retail units. More than 340,000 square feet of office space will be available, with an additional 120,000 square feet for retailers, including a grocery store. The development will include lighted trails, limestone accents, arched entryways, parks and clubhouses, said Sean Onyon, vice president of VCBO Architecture.

“The intent of this project is that basically, somebody would never have to leave,” he said. “They could work, shop and live right there.”

The first phase of homes and business space may be available for purchase by next summer, Ben Lowe said. Construction will begin on already-stable areas first, he said, so an alternative plan can be created for other less-stable areas if the land does not settle as expected.