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Commission recommends adding nonalcoholic bottling use to BMP zone
Summary
Pleasant Grove Planning Commission voted to forward a code amendment to permit use 2185 — bottling and canning nonalcoholic soft drinks and concentrates — in the Business Manufacturing Park zone citywide; applicant said production would occur inside an enclosed building with no outdoor storage.
Pleasant Grove Planning Commission on Aug. 14 voted to forward a recommendation to city council to amend city code section 10‑12A‑2‑C to add use number 2185 — bottling and canning soft drinks and nonalcoholic beverages (including powders and concentrates) — as a permitted use in the Business Manufacturing Park (BMP) zone.
Planning staff explained the use and its fit with the BMP zone. Jacob Hawkins said the BMP zone is intended as a buffer between growth and manufacturing areas and allows targeted light manufacturing that is enclosed, produces a modest volume of truck traffic and imposes negligible impacts on the surrounding environment. Hawkins summarized the applicant's description of operations: deliveries of base materials and packaging (the applicant anticipates about two truckloads a day for aluminum cans), on‑site production in enclosed tanks, canning within the building, and outbound shipments (the applicant anticipates about four truckloads a day for finished products). He said engineering staff would review utility needs, including water demand, during building‑permit review.
Applicant Jacob Busby, who said he works at Keystone Copac Manufacturing and is a process engineer there, told the commission the company would locate production inside an enclosed 45,000‑square‑foot portion of the building and that food‑safety practices prevent outdoor storage of product. Busby said the business currently manufactures powdered nutritional products and seeks to produce a ready‑to‑drink beverage.
Commissioners asked about utility demand and outside storage. Hawkins said water and other utilities are handled through engineering review during permitting; he added that the BMP zone already regulates outside storage and the city could add a condition if the commission wanted to prohibit outdoor storage explicitly. The applicant said he expects to ship produced product to a third‑party logistics provider for storage rather than storing pallets long‑term on site.
Commissioner Phillips moved to forward a recommendation of approval to city council to add use 2185 to the BMP permitted uses and adopt staff exhibits and findings; Commissioner Trickler seconded. Commissioners voted in favor and the motion carried. The amendment, if adopted by council, would apply citywide to BMP zones; tenant finish‑out, utility impacts and any required inspections would be addressed during building‑permit and business‑license review.
