Providence planning commission recommends R16 rezoning for Timberbrook Homes parcel

The Providence Planning Commission on June 11 voted to recommend that the City Council rezone Parcel 02096‑0048 (near 314 West 100 South) from AGR (agricultural) to R‑16 (single‑family residential with a 6,000‑square‑foot minimum lot size).

Scarlett, a city planner, said the commission is a recommending body and reminded the public that the City Council makes the final decision. “They’re requesting to change this zone from agriculture to R 16, and R 16 stands for residential, a single family, so 1 single family unit on the lot, and a minimum lot size of 6,000 square feet,” Scarlett said. She described the requirement that the commission consider the general plan and the Providence City moderate income housing plan and noted the staff report lists related Providence City code and Utah statute references.

The staff report said the proposal is near a mixed‑use node and supports a general‑plan initiative to encourage housing options for a range of ages and incomes. The report also flagged irrigation facilities within 100 feet of the property and noted that water dedication and other impact fees will be addressed at subdivision or building stages. Scarlett noted that some conditions and detailed infrastructure reviews (including review by the contracted fire reviewer, Aaron Walker of Logan City Fire) will follow the zoning decision.

Developer Dallin Tolman of Timberbrook Homes told commissioners the company focuses on smaller, locally built single‑family homes aimed at “an affordable” price point. Tolman said the product mix would be mostly single‑story three‑ and four‑bed homes and added, “Most of our homes … almost all of our houses sell for under 450,000.” He also said the lots in his current plan “are still over 10,000 feet” on average, explaining the developer sought R‑16 because of the parcel depth and frontage requirements that would make other zones produce much larger, less affordable lots.

Public commenters praised and questioned aspects of the proposal. Benjamin Chandler asked whether new houses would be within walking distance of Zollinger Park and the new elementary school; Scarlett replied, “I think that they would be able to walk across the street and access Zollinger Park and the elementary school.” Residents who live on streets that would connect to the new subdivision expressed concern about traffic and school‑drop‑off patterns; Crystal Howe said she was “a little concerned about the traffic” because the proposed road would connect a neighborhood street to a school route. Reese Peterson urged larger lots, saying he would “like to see the lots a little bigger.” A neighboring resident, Bryce Berry, said he supported the redevelopment.

Commissioners discussed lot frontage and street character. Staff and the developer said frontage in the plan would be in the roughly 60–65‑foot range while lot depths would make many lots much larger than the 6,000‑square‑foot R‑16 minimum. Commissioners also confirmed that R‑16 does not allow livestock and that accessory dwelling units are allowed in the zone. Scarlett noted water rights, stormwater and culinary water impacts are generally addressed when subdivisions proceed and when houses are permitted.

After deliberation, a commissioner moved that the planning commission recommend approval of the rezoning “with the findings of fact, conclusions, and conditions that have been brought up.” The motion carried; the action is a recommendation to the City Council, which will make the final zoning decision.

The commission closed the public hearing on the rezoning after receiving written and in‑person comments and then proceeded to the recommendation vote.