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Commissioners weigh ‘professional services’ label, PD zoning and business‑park placement
Summary
At the Sept. 17 Orem Planning Commission work session, commissioners questioned the "professional services" label and debated whether PD zoning should be constrained; staff was asked to align general‑plan categories with existing PO and BP zones.
Orem — Orem planning staff and commissioners spent a substantial portion of their Sept. 17 work session on commercial land‑use language, focusing on how to name and use categories such as professional services, neighborhood commercial and business park. Commissioners also discussed the role of PD (planned development) zoning and whether the general plan should discourage PD as a catch‑all option.
The chair read aloud the current general‑plan description of professional services during discussion: "The professional service classification is established as a low impact professional office use for buffering between collector or arterial roads and residential…
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