Council confirms community-commercial overlay for parts of 500 South, keeps hospital zone residential limits

Bountiful City Council members and planning staff met Feb. 11 to continue reviewing proposed place types on the draft comprehensive general plan future land‑use map and to confirm boundaries for the community‑commercial place type and a related overlay.

Planner Francisco Astorga told the council these place types are “not future zoning categories” but generalized guidance to shape future rezoning and code changes. He said the zoning map and the land‑use code remain the legal tools used to implement the general plan.

Why it matters: The community‑commercial place type and overlay are intended to provide flexibility along major corridors while preserving neighborhood character in adjacent blocks. Council direction tonight will shape what the planning commission and the public review next.

The council and staff focused on the 500 South corridor extending east from…