Providence council approves Timberbrook rezone after developer agrees to recorded deed restriction

Providence, Utah — The Providence City Council on Wednesday approved Ordinance 05-2025, rezoning a parcel at 314 West 100 South from agricultural to R-16, after the applicant agreed to a recorded deed restriction that sets a 9,250-square-foot minimum lot size.

The vote came after extended public comment from neighbors who said the change would conflict with the city’s 2020 master zoning map and raise traffic and safety concerns near Meadow Ridge Park. The planning commission had recommended denial at its most recent meeting; the commission had recommended approval the first time the developer brought the application to the body.

Developer Dallin Tolman of Timberbrook Homes told the council his company remains committed to building larger lots that fit the area’s character and offered a purchase-contract addendum, described in the meeting as addendum No. 3, that would require a voluntary deed restriction recorded at closing. The addendum, read into the record, states that any subdivision or…