Commission recommends ordinance and rezoning changes to allow indoor storage and drive-throughs, approves concept plan for 3433 N. 100 E.

The Provo City Planning Commission on March 26 unanimously recommended an ordinance text amendment and a rezone to allow a mixed-use proposal at 3433 North 100 East in the Riverside neighborhood, and approved the concept plan for the project.

The applicant, developer Doug Nielsen, requested an amendment to Provo City Code (sections cited in the staff report) so the Specialty Support Commercial (SSC) zone would explicitly permit indoor temperature‑controlled self-storage facilities and drive‑through restaurants and would remove a strict floor‑area‑ratio lot-coverage requirement that was adopted in 1995. Planning staff recommended retaining a lot-coverage limit and proposed a 30% lot‑coverage standard that aligns with the city’s SC-1 zone; the commission modified that recommendation and adopted a 34% lot‑coverage condition in their motion to forward the ordinance change to the…