Planning commission recommends general-plan amendment and rezoning for Fife property at 1350 South Main

The Springville Planning Commission on Oct. 15 voted to recommend two changes requested by property owners Peter and Jillian Fife: an amendment to the General Plan land‑use map to designate Parcel 26026046 as low‑density residential and a subsequent rezoning of that same parcel to R‑1‑15 to allow a single‑family home and agricultural uses on the remainder of the lot.

Commission staff identified the parcel as a bifurcated holding now used for agriculture and partly classified industrial under the current General Plan. Planning staff advised the commission that a General Plan amendment is required before any rezoning because the plan’s land‑use designation is not the same as zoning. Staff described the parcel as the last partially industrial parcel southbound before an area that is mostly residential.

Applicant Peter Fife addressed the commission, describing the couple’s…