Commission narrowly approves limited design-standard change for campus-zone infill; divides members

The Provo City Planning Commission on Oct. 22 recommended a targeted amendment to residential and mixed-use design standards (Provo City Code 14.34.0.287). The commission’s 4–3 vote forwarded a version that narrows the proposed exception to the Campus Residential (CR) zone only.

Applicant and proposal Owner and general contractor Terry Cirec approached the commission to request two limited changes within the city’s residential/mixed-use design standards. Cirec asked the commission to exempt small infill projects (originally described as projects under 10 units) from two specific requirements: (1) the requirement that the front 30 feet of building frontage be habitable floor area rather than garage or parking access, and (2) a subsection governing parking access configuration (the applicant said the code as written treated his surface parking like a subterranean standard that he did not build). Cirec said…