Planning commission backs zoning change to allow retail commercial manufacturing at Suntana property

The Springville City Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council adopt an amendment to the Springville City Code to add a new retail commercial manufacturing (RCM) use to the city's regional retail commercial (RRC) zone and recommended approval of a development agreement tied to the Suntana property, where a Sunpro/Clyde Companies project is proposed.

The recommended code changes would add RCM as an allowed use in the RRC zone, add a definition in Title 11, Chapter 3, Article 402, amend the Land Use Matrix in Title 11, Chapter 4, Article 301, and add supplementary regulations in Title 11, Chapter 6, Article 7. Commissioners voted by voice to send the code amendment and the development agreement recommendation to the City Council.

Why it matters: city staff said the proposed RCM use would generate local sales tax by selling tangible products (lumber packages, prehung doors and millwork) to building contractors with the point of sale in Springville. The development agreement contains timing and performance provisions intended to ensure the use materializes on the property and a landscaping plan that staff and the prospective owner have tentatively agreed upon.

John, a Springville Community Development staff member who presented the item, said the ordinance as drafted would limit the RCM use to lots entirely located at least 350 feet south of the south right-of-way boundary line of 1600 South to…