Provo council approves transportation plan and beer license rules, continues hillside zone
April 14, 2020, 5:30 p.m. · Electronic meeting
The Provo Municipal Council approved an amended Transportation Master Plan 7-0 and two beer ordinances, including a 4-3 vote creating a Class F license for restaurants with ancillary breweries. A 0.34-acre rezoning at 164 S 400 W was resolved through a substitute motion approving a development agreement without a rental prohibition, 5-2. The Critical Hillside Overlay items and a $4.9 million airport land appropriation were continued.
From the agenda and city or news reports of the results; minutes not yet posted. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Zoning
Zone change at 164 S 400 W (Franklin Neighborhood), resolved by development agreement
Approved · 5-2
The item was an ordinance to rezone about 0.34 acres from Residential Conservation (RC) to Low Density Residential (LDR). A motion to substitute an ordinance approving a development agreement, with the rental prohibition removed from the draft agreement, was approved 5-2. Council Members David Harding and David Sewell voted no.
- Case: PLRZ20200041
- Current zone → proposed: RC → LDR
- Acres: 0.34
Item 2 · City code
Critical Hillside Overlay (CH) Zone text, continued
Continued
The ordinance to establish a Critical Hillside Overlay Zone in Provo City Code was continued by Council rule to the April 21 meeting.
- Case: PLOTA20200077
Item 3 · Zoning
Applying the Critical Hillside Overlay to East Bench properties, continued
Continued
The ordinance applying the overlay to multiple East Bench properties was continued by Council rule to the April 21 meeting.
- Case: PLRZ20200078
Item 4 · General plan
Transportation Master Plan amendment to the General Plan
Approved · 7-0
The council first approved 7-0 a motion to amend the ordinance to refer to an Exhibit A and attach the amended master plan as discussed. It then approved the ordinance 7-0.
- Case: PLGPA20200038
Item 5 · City code
Beer license rules updated to match state regulations
Approved · 7-0
The council approved 7-0 an ordinance amending city code on beer licenses and regulations to streamline it and align it with state rules.
Item 6 · City code
Class F beer license for restaurants with ancillary breweries
Approved · 4-3
The council approved an ordinance creating a Class F beer license for restaurants with ancillary breweries. Council Members George Handley, Bill Fillmore and David Sewell voted no.
Item 7 · Budget
$4.9 million Airport Fund appropriation for land near the airport, continued
Continued
A resolution appropriating $4,900,526 in the Airport Fund to acquire land near the airport, with an interfund loan from the Energy Fund as the funding source, was continued.
- Land deal$4.90 million
- File: 20-067