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Provo delays vote on 2026 development standards after heated debate over 24‑foot street option
Summary
The council debated removing the 24-foot street option from the development standards. After extensive public comment and council questioning about emergency access, parking, and infill needs, members approved a substitute motion (4–3) asking staff to draft exception language allowing 24-foot roads for limited infill/redevelopment cases.
The Provo City Council paused final action on updates to the citys 2026 development standards after a lengthy debate over whether to retain a 24-foot roadway option for infill and human-scale streets.
David Day, assistant city engineer, explained the proposed standards and noted that the administrations redlines would remove the narrowest cross-section in the road standard chart. Council members asked whether removing the 24-foot option would preclude exceptions for infill, cul-de-sacs and hillside projects. Day and other staff said…
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