Planning panel clears rezone, subdivision and site plan for multi-tenant retail with two drive‑throughs at 172 S. Pleasant Grove Blvd.

Pleasant Grove planning commissioners recommended approval of a city-initiated rezone of approximately 0.02 acres at 172 South Pleasant Grove Boulevard from Grove Commercial Sales subdistrict to Commercial Sales 2 (CS2), and they approved a one‑lot preliminary subdivision plat and a commercial site plan for a one‑story multi‑tenant retail building on the same 0.70‑acre property.

Jacob Hawkins, city planner, told the commission the request would eliminate split zoning on the parcel and that the property sits in the State Street Commercial designation of the general plan. Hawkins said the Grove Commercial Sales subdistrict and the CS2 zone have similar permitted uses; the principal differences are site-design and building-design requirements, with the Grove subdistrict carrying more prescriptive design standards. He explained that CS2 allows reduced rear and side setbacks when adjacent to commercial or industrial zones and that the site’s maximum building height in CS2 is up to 60 feet, though the proposed building is about 25 feet tall.

The subdivision and site plan submitted by Acres Development Group LLC would combine existing lots into one 0.70‑acre parcel with a single multi‑tenant building divided into two units, each with a dedicated drive‑through lane. The applicant, Tom Longacre of Acres Development Group, said the two drive‑through lanes are required for the project to be financially viable and described a similar crisscross configuration used at projects in St. George and Brigham City. Longacre said the concept includes posted lanes, arrows and a do‑not‑block area to manage circulation and stacking.

Planner Hawkins described site details: required front setbacks will be maintained with landscaping, the applicant provided 27 parking spaces (meeting a 1:100 parking ratio used in lieu of a chair count), and the building elevations call for metal panels, fiber‑cement siding and glass. Access to the property will connect to a side road rather than Pleasant Grove Boulevard; an emergency access connection to the private drive will be provided and gated for regular traffic, with geogrid reinforcement for occasional emergency use. Staff said the site plan must be amended to show clear emergency access and to finalize tree counts — the plan currently shows 16 trees where 11 are required.

Commissioners asked about circulation given the two drive‑throughs and the crisscross arrangement; Longacre and staff said stacking and lane marking would be part of the tenant and construction plans. Commissioners also discussed access points and fire‑department clearances; the motion approving the subdivision plat included a condition that the emergency access easement be noted on the plat, installed per the site plan and maintained by the property owner, and that all final planning, engineering and fire requirements be met.

Motions recorded in the hearing: • Rezone to CS2: motion by Commissioner Patton, second by Commissioner Trickler; motion carried and forwarded to City Council as recommended by staff. • Preliminary subdivision plat (Pleasant Grove Town Center Plat C): motion by Commissioner Fugal, second by Commissioner Butler; motion carried with conditions that the emergency‑access easement be recorded and that final agency requirements be met. • Commercial site plan: motion by Commissioner Martineau, second by Commissioner Patton; motion carried with conditions mirroring the plat conditions and final plan/agency approvals.

Staff noted that specific tenant identities were not finalized; the applicant described typical tenant sizes (1,600–2,000 square feet, occasionally up to 4,000) and said lease negotiations determine final tenants. The commission’s approvals recommend the project move to the City Council and allow the applicant to proceed to final engineering, building permit and tenant selection steps.