Planning Commission backs rezone, concept plan for flex office/warehouse at 1780 S. State St.

The Provo City Planning Commission on March 26 recommended approval of a rezone to Planned Industrial Commercial (PIC) and the accompanying concept plan for a proposed five-tenant flex office/warehouse development at 1780 South State Street in the Spring Creek neighborhood.

Staff and the applicant framed the project as an attempt to activate a long-vacant parcel while accommodating a mix of retail, commercial and light industrial uses. Mary Bonders, the planning staff presenter, said the PIC zone is intended to “combine non-polluting light industrial uses with the more typical commercial retail, office and service uses” and that the site’s future land use map shows the property as commercial.

Staff's presentation noted neighborhood concerns raised at a February meeting about traffic near Treeside Charter School, safety during drop-off and pick-up, construction…