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Planning Commission recommends approval for Battle Creek Business Park hotel, two‑lot subdivision
Summary
Pleasant Grove Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a two‑lot subdivision and a commercial site plan for a four‑story hotel at 1879 West State Street, projects by Shawn Johnson (SJ Company).
The Pleasant Grove Planning Commission recommended approval of a two‑lot preliminary subdivision plat and a commercial site plan for a four‑story hotel proposed by Shawn Johnson of SJ Company at 1879 West State Street.
Staff planner Jacob Hawkins told commissioners the property sits in the Grove Commercial Sales Subdistrict and that approximately 2.3 acres of the 5.7‑acre parcel will contain the hotel while the remaining roughly 3.7 acres are intended for future commercial use. Hawkins said access will come from State Street and connect to the rear road near Walmart and CC Bank. He said the hotel plan provides 124 on‑site parking spaces, meeting the zoning requirement of one space per hotel unit.
Hawkins described landscaping and design elements: about 19,000 square feet of open space (roughly 18.5 percent of the lot), 37 trees (including 11 evergreens), and building materials primarily of brick veneer and fiber cement siding. He said the building would rise about 54 feet at its highest point and that the Design Review Board approved the design after requesting a crosswalk from State Street, which the applicant added to the site plan.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing. Commissioners asked staff to clarify access easements and which lots would remain vacant; Hawkins confirmed Lot 7 (the rear lot) will remain vacant and that the same owner holds the lots. After discussion, Commissioner Butler moved to recommend approval of the two‑lot preliminary subdivision plat; Commissioner Phillips seconded. The motion carried. Commissioner Drickler moved to forward a positive recommendation on the commercial site plan and Commissioner Nelson seconded; that motion also carried.
The commission included standard conditions that final planning, engineering and fire department requirements be met before final approvals. The commission also noted the future commercial lot(s) to the north and said any subsequent site plans for those parcels will be reviewed separately.
The commission continued agenda item 3 indefinitely earlier in the meeting; that item was not discussed during this hearing.
