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Planning commission approves 9-unit office-warehouse project on Lakeview Parkway with modified perimeter landscaping
Summary
The commission approved a project plan for a 9-unit office-warehouse at 663 East Lakeview Parkway, allowing a reduced 2-foot rear perimeter parking landscaping strip to account for an existing 10-foot planted buffer on the adjoining storage facility; approval carried conditions including a recorded final subdivision plat.
The Provo Planning Commission unanimously approved a project plan for Desert Edge Builders to construct a nine-unit office-warehouse building at 663 East Lakeview Parkway.
Staff presented the proposal and said the development meets the zone standards for the PIC (Plant Industrial Commercial) zone: 99 parking stalls, including four ADA stalls; two short-term and four long-term bicycle parking spaces; and 15.5% site landscaping. Staff noted the only deficiency relative to code was the rear perimeter parking-lot landscaping: code requires a seven-foot strip, but the applicant proposed a two-foot strip because a previously installed 10-foot landscaped buffer with mature trees exists on the adjacent self-storage property.
Staff recommendation and conditions: Planning staff recommended approval with conditions. The primary condition recorded in the staff report—and adopted by the commission—alters the rear perimeter parking-lot landscaping requirement to allow the two-foot landscape strip in lieu of seven feet because the adjacent property's 10-foot planted buffer (installed in 2018) provides substantial screening. The commission also required that a final subdivision plat be approved and recorded as part of the project approval conditions.
Applicant remarks: Greg Perry, the project owner and developer, told commissioners that the project is designed to improve corridor appearance and that the requirement to add seven feet of landscaping would force a reduction in building size and likely make the project economically unfeasible. He also said geotechnical conditions on the site (a former landfill) require helical piers for foundations and increase construction costs.
Vote and outcome: A motion to approve the project plan with the condition to allow a two-foot rear perimeter landscaping strip and to require a final subdivision plat passed unanimously.
What’s next: The applicant must satisfy the condition that a final subdivision plat be approved and recorded before further permits proceed. Staff noted CRC (city review committee) approval has been obtained.
