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Southwest Area Future Land Use Map
This map was developed by a steering committee focused on creating a master plan for four of the six Provo neighborhoods west of the I-15 freeway. Please take a look at the map and click to expand and zoom.
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Land Use Key
The Future Land Use Map describes land uses over a long period of time, up to 30 or 40 years into the future. NO PROPERTY WOULD BE REZONED AS PART OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. Zone changes consistent with the Future Land Use Map would take place over time as property owners asked for zone changes or as property owners put their land up for sale.
RES Four units per acre, based on the NET acreage. This will yield lots that are 10,000 to 12,000 square feet. The NET calculation means that the roads are taken out of the property, or acreage, and what is remaining cannot exceed four units per acre.
LDR Low Density Residential will allow for up to 15 units per acre. The dwelling units cannot be stacked, like apartments or condominiums. Side-by-side townhomes are the highest density housing type that would be permitted. Three types of housing would be required in these areas with less housing density at the borders adjacent to RES properties.
MDR Medium Density Residential allows up to 30 units per acre and these units can be stacked. MDR areas would need four different housing types to appeal to different demographics and to prevent too much of one type of housing. Appropriate buffering would be required on borders where not contiguous to roadways.
Regional Sports Park The LDS Church property of approximately 100 acres is being purchased by the City for a regional sports facility. It is anticipated that 20+ soccer fields could be located here. It is also anticipated that neighborhood park amenities would be included within the Regional Park property.
Village Center This area is located at the intersection of Center Street and Geneva Road. A mixed use area that would include commercial amenities, housing and possibly even professional office uses would create a focal point for West Provo. This includes land already owned by Smith’s grocery store.
Airport compatible Industrial/Commercial These areas would not allow for additional housing but would be used for industrial and commercial uses that may be ancillary to the airport or they could be independent industrial/commercial uses. These properties are currently zoned for agricultural uses and they would remain zoned that way until a property owner asks for a zone change on their property.
A1.10 These areas are currently zoned Agricultural with a 10 acre minimum lot size for housing. These areas would be kept as A1.10 because they are within the Airport Protection Area. The land shown in a cross-hatched pattern is within the Airport Protection Area.
Dashed Green Lines These indicate future trails along major roadways.
RA - Residential Agriculture Residential and Agricultural uses are permitted in this zone and the minimum lot size for a home is 20,000 square feet (basically one-half acre).
Light Blue diagonal Lines This indicates the 100 year flood plain, according to FEMA. Housing within the 100 year flood plain would have to have flood insurance or the developer/builder would have to raise the elevation of the land to be above the flood plain.
Neighborhood Mixed Use Allowed These development nodes are located at intersections of major roads. The Plan would allow for commercial, residential and office uses on a neighborhood scale but it is anticipated that the Plan would not require mixed use. Neighborhood-scale commercial uses can be found in the current SC1 Zone. It is not anticipated that each of these nodes would develop as mixed use as it is not likely that the west side could support that much neighborhood commercial.
Commercial (By the I-15) This would be intended for regional commercial uses, big box stores, auto dealerships and similar uses. The current SC3 Zone is used for regional commercial uses.
Please tell us what you think of the Southwest Area future land use map. What do you like/support? What would you change? What do you have questions about?
What is a disruptive statement?
A statement
containing personal attacks, profanity, commercial advertising or content which is entirely off-topic, and/or
from a user who has falsified their registration information with the intent to post multiple statements in one topic or to misrepresent their city of residence.
Why does Open Town Hall monitor for disruptive statements?
OpenGov is a non-partisan company dedicated to building public trust in government and broadening civic engagement. Many people will not participate if the forum has disruptive statements.
Does Open Town Hall find many disruptive statements?
No. Disruptive statements are quite rare - less than one in a thousand statements are disruptive.
What does Open Town Hall do if they find a disruptive statement?
Open Town Hall
moves the statement to a different web page,
describes the problem in an email to the author, and
invites the author to change the statement.
Does Open Town Hall ever edit or delete statements?
Never. Only the statement's author can edit or delete a statement.
If I disagree with someone, can I post my opinion?
Yes. Open Town Hall encourages open dialog which, by necessity, includes disagreements.
How do I know if my statement is a 'disagreement' or a 'personal attack'?
Personal attacks are disparaging remarks which impute motives to a person's action. Statements of fact, or of your own opinion are generally not personal attacks.
Here are some examples of statements which are, and are not, personal attacks.
Personal Attack
Not A Personal Attack
He lied.
He said he did X, but in fact he did Y.
She misrepresented the truth.
I don't trust her.
He is greedy.
He is making plenty of money.
It is merely a power play on her part.
She will announce her candidacy soon.
Please tell us what you think of the Southwest Area future land use map. What do you like/support? What would you change? What do you have questions about?
The current map seems to be drawn for developers and not Provo's residents, for short-term gain and not long-term quality of life in our city.
Not enough agriculture. Preserve existing farms in perpetuity with easements. Preserve open space all along the river with a substantial buffer. The lower part of the river trail is among the most popular because of its rural feel. Users don't want to look into backyards all the way to the lake. Just yesterday, I saw scores of people on this section of the river enjoying the river and the views. They sky foregrounded by open fields was spectacular. A a handful of families were in their best dress taking family photos, a common site here. All that will end if you fill the view with vinyl siding and vinyl fences.
Not enough high density housing, too much of the same old sprawl. You've got 2 freeway interchanges in this part of town and nodes along the so-called Lakeview Parkway. There should be a lot more high quality, high density housing to meet the needs of not only low income but middle and high income residents. We are not going to meet our long-term housing needs in the broad swaths of yellow on the map, and much of that area is so low that developers will have to cover good soils in hard pack just to get to the level of the raised roads that have been and will have to be built. Keep the majority in agriculture and focus on a few places at interchanges and build something high density, functional, yes, even beautiful, rather than more of the same poorly designed and frankly ugly culdesacs and segmented neighborhoods. In Provo, of all cities, we ought to be doing some extraordinary things rather rubber stamping the same old ideas that will only kill more open spaces, and create more congestion, more traffic lights, more noise, and more air pollution.