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Commission recommends limited approval for metalworking use in General Commercial zone
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended City Council approve adding metalworking machinery and equipment (use 3424) to the General Commercial zone with conditions: a storefront, a cap of 3,500 sq ft for manufacturing area, and a 400-amp per-unit limit as applied in this case.
Pleasant Grove's Planning Commission on Dec. 11 recommended that City Council add "metalworking machinery and equipment" (use 34-24) to permitted uses in the General Commercial (CG) zone, but only with qualifying limitations to limit scale and preserve compatibility with surrounding uses.
Planning staff told the commission the proposed use is light manufacturing (CNC machining, cutting, milling, assembly) and that, without limits, such a use could allow more intense industrial activities that conflict with the CG zone's intended purposes.
Jacob Hawkins explained staff's primary concerns: the CG zone is intended for retail, offices and compatible commercial uses, and the proposed code change as written did not limit the scale of manufacturing. Hawkins said staff's recommendation initially leaned toward denial for those reasons.
Applicant Brian Fruit, the property owner, described a potential tenant that would operate fully enclosed CNC machines to make specialized valves and said the operation would be ''clean'' with little outside activity.
Commissioners discussed alternatives including rezone of a single parcel, a conditional-use permit limited to a parcel, or permitting the use citywide with qualifying provisions. Staff proposed qualifying conditions including a storefront, a maximum amount of manufacturing area, and an amperage limit per unit. After negotiation, commissioners settled on three conditions for the recommendation: a required storefront, a maximum manufacturing area of 3,500 square feet per unit, and a 400-amp 208V service cap applied per unit (the building in question is already equipped with 400 amps).
Commissioner Phillips moved to forward a recommendation of approval to City Council with those conditions; Commissioner Martineau seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The commission recorded findings and directed staff to prepare the ordinance language and conditions to carry to the City Council packet.
