Applicant seeks campus-residential zoning at 71 West 880 North to replace single-family home with five-unit building

The City Council heard a proposal to rezone property at 71 West 880 North from Residential Conservation (RC) to Campus Residential (CR) to allow a new five-unit apartment building near the BYU campus. Dustin Wright, presenting the item, said the current site contains a single-family house that would be demolished to make way for a proposed five-unit apartment: "It's just currently a single family home that would be demolished and, make way for a a 5 unit apartment building there." Wright said the RC zone does not allow new units and that the CR zone matches properties to the south of the site; he said the planning commission forwarded a positive recommendation to council. The applicant was identified as Terry Sarek; Wright said Sarek also owns nearby property including an apartment building at the corner of the lot. Council members asked about interim parking on the lot and whether parking was being rented to students. Wright said the owner had used the space to generate income while deciding longer-term plans and that the parking was intended to remain on the property and not to affect neighboring parcels. "He's not renting to a particular apartment complex. He's just renting to individual students," one staff member said during the discussion. No formal ordinance adoption or final vote appears in the recorded transcript for this item. The council concluded the presentation after clarifying who the applicant was and confirming the planning commission recommendation.