North Village District height and parking standards
Amendment to Orem City Code 22-24-5 setting a 48-foot core and 35-foot edge height limit and 2.25 parking stalls per unit in the North Village District. The Planning Commission recommended against it; the council approved it July 27, 2021 after a public hearing dominated by traffic concerns.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- North Village District zones, State Street corridor, Orem
- Applicant
- City of Orem
Every hearing and vote
July 27, 2021 · City Council
North Village District height and parking standards (Orem City Code 22-24-5(F) and (H))
Approved · 5-0
Planning Division Manager Jason Bench said the ordinance would set a 48-foot height limit in the district core and 35 feet at the edge, with 2.25 parking stalls per unit, and that the Planning Commission voted against recommending it. Commission Chairman Mickey Cochran said the commission believed the existing standards of 2 stalls per unit and a 60-foot limit already met state and city standards. Mayor Richard Brunst said he would prefer a 60-foot core maximum, argued that limiting height could slow State Street growth, and said high-density housing pushed out of this zone could end up in less suitable areas, but that given the amount of opposition he would vote for the amendments. Council Members Jeff Lambson, Debby Lauret, Brent Sumner, David Spencer, Tom Macdonald and Terry Peterson each said they would vote for lower height limits; Lambson cited the State Street master plan's call for small-scale development in the district, Sumner said no commercial property owner had spoken against it, and Peterson noted the Lindon temple would add traffic. Spencer asked staff afterward to review height and parking standards in each State Street zone.
- Core height limit: 48 feet (previously 60 feet proposed/existing)
- Edge height limit: 35 feet
- Parking: 2.25 stalls per unit (existing 2)
- Planning Commission recommendation: against