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The amendment, presented by Hannah Salzel from the council office and David Pyle, a council intern, would make the city an affiliate of the national Bee City USA initiative, a nonprofit program run by Xerces that aims to promote habitat for pollinators through native-plant landscaping, reduced pesticide use and public education.

Commissioners were told most of the steps that Bee City requires are already being done by Parks and Recreation and the citizen sustainability committee. “We already have an integrated pest management plan. We already host educational events,” David Pyle said during the presentation, adding that most of the work would be reporting and coordination rather than new operational tasks.

Why it matters: Native pollinators support roughly 80% of flowering plants in the region, Pyle said, and local advocates argued the affiliation would increase outreach and a citywide focus on pollinator-friendly landscaping. Staff emphasized that the amendment would be an addition to policy documents rather than a substantive new operations program.

Key details and fiscal note: The Bee City USA program requires a $500 annual membership fee. Presenters said the council office intends to make that payment donation-based and to work with the Provo Foundation to set up a donation portal; Parks and Recreation told the commission it supports taking on the reporting duties. Commissioners asked about the cost; the council intern said the plan was for donations to make the fiscal impact to the city zero.

Action taken: A commissioner moved to recommend approval of the ordinance amendment; another commissioner seconded. Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council adopt the amendment.

What’s next: The recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for final action. If the council approves the ordinance amendment, staff and the Parks and Recreation Department will complete the Bee City affiliation reporting required by the program.

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Staff presentation: Aaron Ardmore summarized the request: the applicant seeks to subdivide an existing single-family lot to create one additional single-family building lot. The existing R1-8 zone requires minimum 8,000-square-foot lots; the LDR zone would allow a 4,000-square-foot lot. Ardmore said the proposal is consistent with the general plan's infill goals but that staff had identified a code-enforcement issue—an unpermitted accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on the property—which under city code meant staff could not advance the rezone and subdivision until the enforcement issue was resolved.

Public comment and neighborhood input: The commission heard multiple public comments from nearby residents who opposed the rezone and subdivision. Neighbors said the Tree Streets neighborhood is characterized by larger lots and mature trees and that subdividing lots would change neighborhood character. Several speakers raised parking impacts and cited existing problems with student tenants, multiple vehicles, and yard maintenance. The Wasatch neighborhood district representative said she had received more opposition than support and relayed concerns about precedent and infrastructure.

Applicant remarks: Applicant Jeff Rand told commissioners the new lot would be almost exactly the 4,000-square-foot minimum for LDR and argued the infill would create new single-family housing, improve street frontage and could reduce on-street parking pressure by adding a driveway and a new garage.

Action taken: Commissioners unanimously continued items 5 and 6 to allow the code-enforcement issue to be resolved and to give staff and the applicant time to address neighborhood concerns. Staff noted the neighborhood may pursue alternatives such as an ADU compliant with code (owner-occupancy requirements) if additional housing is desired in place of a rezone and subdivision.

What’s next: The items will be continued until the enforcement issue is resolved and the applicant provides any additional materials requested by staff; staff will include the commission's public comments in the report to City Council if the applicant later pursues a rezone and subdivision.","Commissioners continued a requested rezone from R1-8 to LDR and a two-lot subdivision concept plan for 1001 East Cedar Avenue after staff discovered an apparent code-enforcement issue (an unapproved accessory dwelling). Neighbors opposed the change citing parking, neighborhood character and precedent for subdividing large lots.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6606898,"Commission recommends denial unless conditions for Peggy Case event-center zone change; concept plan continued for conditional-use review",2887,1749000,4636000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2956973-4dd4fad3f111b889993c363f887a02d4&start=1749&end=4636","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2956973-4dd4fad3f111b889993c363f887a02d4/thumbnail_1749000.jpg","/articles/6606898/Utah/Commission-recommends-denial-unless-conditions-for-Peggy-Case-event-center-zone-change-concept-plan-continued-for-conditional-use-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606898-979b8e2608d7a3a1232f07ceaedbd93e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770506575&Signature=VQd4WXhiPPcGBIxOmZWnMR~CvbJf8TFuME3cloXjs9D~g0SkpngzUB~qBfbP~IlnWQo7CNjDYWuc~LXI97GTYD-EgH90UQPcR~CruR0izcqq2aAeX2WUA2nALKJ8wMDqOYGwDPAxBwX3wkQKYXSNMmrQHDcjkSDdGDoQ1nvkSWROrctjNrl6epFkU4ETPEs3wdbEh89rfIEB~2pAkwvOh1mPhsQdOxN3SuOY2pLpvpSYcphvwyOfkGcTXLSs4O9pFDiR8j4lnHOT5F0v0ts3JlgSnF~SbAkTPUSgAuNsLXrS26ttCNjRTBJaET7Fna3S9Yn5r1IFcut7KIBd0pL-WA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Provo Planning Commission voted unanimously to forward a negative recommendation to the municipal council on a proposed zone map amendment that would change 2087 West Center Street from R1-8 (one-family residential) to CG (general commercial) to establish an event center in an accessory building and a short-term rental in the front house.

Commissioners said they supported the concept of a neighborhood-serving event space but were not comfortable approving an open-ended change to a general commercial zone without specific protections for adjacent single-family properties. The motion that passed asks the City Council to deny the rezone request unless the applicant meets a set of conditions the commission specified. Those conditions include limitations on the number of guests, limits on hours of operation and sound levels, a written commitment prohibiting alcohol on the premises, and a requirement that the use be limited to existing structures and to the event/short-term-rental uses presented to the commission.

Staff presentation and request to continue concept plan: Aaron Ardmore, planning staff, described the zoning and the conditional-use process. He told commissioners the CG zone allows a wide range of commercial uses by right and that staff was concerned about the breadth of permitted uses if the map amendment were approved without limits. Ardmore recommended that the concept-plan application be continued and that detailed standards such as parking, occupancy and lot-level controls be addressed through a conditional-use permit process rather than via an immediate concept-plan approval.

Applicant presentation: Peggy Case, the property owner, told commissioners she has hosted family events at the property and wants to legalize the arrangement to permit small weddings, classes and similar gatherings. Case said she typically limits events to about 60 cars, requires cleanup by 9:30 p.m. and would not allow alcohol. She told the commission she had canvassed nearby neighbors and asked staff to consider the site as a buffer between existing commercial uses on Center Street and nearby single-family homes.

Public comment and concerns: Multiple neighbors spoke in opposition, citing potential changes to neighborhood character, parking pressure and precedent for subdividing lots into smaller commercial parcels. The commission also received a written letter from a nearby resident and an oral comment from a Family Dollar manager asking that event parking not spill into the store's lot.

Action taken: The commission voted unanimously to forward a negative recommendation to the City Council on the zone map amendment unless the applicant provides the specified limits. Separately, the commission unanimously voted to continue the concept-plan item and instructed staff to work with the applicant to pursue the conditional-use permit process where specific operational conditions (parking counts, hours, occupancy and noise limits) can be codified and enforced.

What’s next: The negative recommendation and the list of conditions will be included in the staff report to City Council. The applicant may work with staff to proffer a development agreement and to prepare a conditional-use permit application. If the council approves a zone change with restrictions via a development agreement or the applicant secures a conditional-use permit that contains the agreed limits, the council could then authorize the proposed event use under the stated constraints.

","The commission voted to forward a negative recommendation to the City Council on a requested rezone to General Commercial for an event center at 2087 West Center Street unless a set of conditions is met; the commission unanimously continued the concept-plan item so staff can work with the applicant on a conditional-use permit.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6606903,"Planning commission approves 9-unit office-warehouse project on Lakeview Parkway with modified perimeter landscaping",708,1025000,1733000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2956973-4dd4fad3f111b889993c363f887a02d4&start=1025&end=1733","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2956973-4dd4fad3f111b889993c363f887a02d4/thumbnail_1025000.jpg","/articles/6606903/Utah/Planning-commission-approves-9-unit-office-warehouse-project-on-Lakeview-Parkway-with-modified-perimeter-landscaping","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6606903-8540911051cb3ef9155424487ba36c83/orig.mp4?Expires=1770506575&Signature=b3vAV9ynwKQXlU0bygncMY-M6~2quGgcTVDEpaperYB01srOPHnQ4gu2ZFNnZ6KMw9LGICWxzT3e3Gr5kc566iWQgYg~TSy6LrYV6pjhQ1HbFYgqEUrAfbAKTTMdw2zZElbrJLJg7whaYSe7HJ0QJN30agOQ4TvIQ6zNx~zfyuqmuWAH7Y7VDrepy44IIAHxIFhMvOOL5JfqMtHoO2N39TLn0PER~5WL7abF0RZCbgWkaEZ2qbykfb5VbzO2WwQ13-mgLjMJBXmNVxxEuMzBH4kbOtnT4HPH-DmZjp5~vCF8ZdmiLt2sarZ8vL4ob27t7rDyjM8Vgxwa4YZFvpnV7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Provo Planning Commission unanimously approved a project plan for Desert Edge Builders to construct a nine-unit office-warehouse building at 663 East Lakeview Parkway.

Staff presented the proposal and said the development meets the zone standards for the PIC (Plant Industrial Commercial) zone: 99 parking stalls, including four ADA stalls; two short-term and four long-term bicycle parking spaces; and 15.5% site landscaping. Staff noted the only deficiency relative to code was the rear perimeter parking-lot landscaping: code requires a seven-foot strip, but the applicant proposed a two-foot strip because a previously installed 10-foot landscaped buffer with mature trees exists on the adjacent self-storage property.

Staff recommendation and conditions: Planning staff recommended approval with conditions. The primary condition recorded in the staff report—and adopted by the commission—alters the rear perimeter parking-lot landscaping requirement to allow the two-foot landscape strip in lieu of seven feet because the adjacent property's 10-foot planted buffer (installed in 2018) provides substantial screening. The commission also required that a final subdivision plat be approved and recorded as part of the project approval conditions.

Applicant remarks: Greg Perry, the project owner and developer, told commissioners that the project is designed to improve corridor appearance and that the requirement to add seven feet of landscaping would force a reduction in building size and likely make the project economically unfeasible. He also said geotechnical conditions on the site (a former landfill) require helical piers for foundations and increase construction costs.

Vote and outcome: A motion to approve the project plan with the condition to allow a two-foot rear perimeter landscaping strip and to require a final subdivision plat passed unanimously.

What’s next: The applicant must satisfy the condition that a final subdivision plat be approved and recorded before further permits proceed. Staff noted CRC (city review committee) approval has been obtained.","The commission approved a project plan for a 9-unit office-warehouse at 663 East Lakeview Parkway, allowing a reduced 2-foot rear perimeter parking landscaping strip to account for an existing 10-foot planted buffer on the adjoining storage facility; approval carried conditions including a recorded final subdivision plat.","actionData","errors"]

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