Planning commission recommends allowing dry‑cleaning pickup and apparel repair uses in Grove Commercial Sales zone

The Pleasant Grove Planning Commission on June 26 voted to recommend that the City Council amend city code section 10‑14‑24‑1‑c‑2 to add use 62‑50 — a general category that includes apparel repair, alteration and cleaning pickup services and shoe repair services — as a permitted principal use in the Grove Commercial Sales Subdistrict.

Planning department senior staff Jacob Hawkins told commissioners the applicant, Saint John Properties, requested the amendment so a building along North County Boulevard could house a dry‑cleaning and laundry pickup business. Hawkins explained the land‑use code groups uses by numeric categories; 62‑50 is an umbrella category that also includes pressing, garment repair, locker rental and similar low‑impact personal‑service activities.

Staff recommended approval, saying the use is low impact and already permitted in other largely commercial zones and that the Grove area is adjacent to existing and proposed residential development. Hawkins said the Valley Grove mixed‑use overlay and upcoming nearby residential construction increase the need for nearby personal services.

During discussion, commissioners debated whether to add the entire 62‑50 category as requested or to limit the approval to narrower subcodes such as 62‑51 (pressing/alteration) and 62‑52 (laundry/dry‑cleaning pickup). Commissioner discussion noted some subitems (for example, locker clubs or storage uses) are unlikely to be proposed but could be included if the full category is approved. The applicant (represented remotely) told commissioners they would be comfortable with 62‑50 except for a subcategory they did not recognize.

Commissioner Fugel moved that the commission forward a recommendation of approval to City Council to amend the permitted principal uses in the Grove Commercial Sales Subdistrict to add 62‑50 (apparel repair, alteration and cleaning pickup services; shoe repair services), adopting the staff report exhibits, conditions and findings, modified by the condition that all final planning, engineering and fire department requirements are met. Commissioner Martineau seconded. By voice vote, the motion carried.

The recommendation does not itself change any specific site plan; it would only add the use to the allowed uses list for the subdistrict. Any future business would still be required to meet applicable planning, engineering and fire requirements and any site‑specific approvals required by the land‑use code.