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Council approves rezoning on North Canyon Road to allow 19 single-family lots
Summary
Provo City Council unanimously approved May 20 a rezoning that changes 2000 North Canyon Road from R-18 to R-16, enabling creation of 19 single-family building lots; the developer described geotechnical review and canal-company coordination and said homes are likely to sell near $1 million.
The Provo City Council voted unanimously May 20 to rezone property at 2000 North Canyon Road from one-family residential R-18 to one-family residential R-16, a change the applicant said will allow creation of 19 single-family building lots.
Planner Nancy Robinson told the council the rezone would enable the developer to reduce the front elevation of the hillside and extend utilities from adjacent parcels; she said the city’s engineers had reviewed a geotechnical report and found the soils to be stable for the proposed grading. “Provo needs more single family lots, and staff believe that these new lots in this neighborhood would be a benefit to the area,” Robinson said.
Developer Tyson Reynolds explained that the change from R-18 to R-16 responds to the site’s contours: at existing grades, the parcel could support roughly 21 lots, he said, but grading constraints made the R-16 layout preferable. Reynolds said the canal that crosses the property will be addressed in coordination with the canal company; the canal company will determine how piping or rerouting should proceed and will need to approve those plans before final grading.
Reynolds told councilors he expects to build most of the homes and sell them; he provided a price estimate, saying the price point “is gonna be about a million” per home. He also said the subdivision will have an HOA and indicated covenants could limit short-term rentals or require owner occupancy provisions to discourage investor-owned rentals, though specific covenant language was not finalized.
Neighbors who spoke during public comment generally supported the revised plan after seeing a revised grading plan; Matt Wheelwright, chair of District 1, said the updated grading plan reduced anxiety about large retaining walls. Paul Evans noted a local risk that deed transfers and accessory dwelling units can result in long-term rental concentrations, a pattern the neighborhood has seen elsewhere. Councilors asked questions about canal coordination, geotechnical review, and HOA provisions before voting. The ordinance passed by a recorded vote of 6-0. No additional bonding or conditions were attached to the council vote during the meeting.
