Council rejects 1.07-acre Riverbottoms rezone 6-1; approves Lakewood rezone with development agreement
November 10, 2020, 5:30 p.m. · Electronic meeting (youtube.com/provocitycouncil)
The Council voted down a rezone of about 1.07 acres at 50 East 3900 North, with only Council Member Shannon Ellsworth in favor. It approved D. R. Horton's Lakewood rezone and a Franklin Neighborhood rezone, each after substituting a version with a development agreement, and approved HBME as city auditor and an urban deer contract, each 7-0.
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 · Presentation
Recognition of a Provo resident who helped police
Continued
Continued.
Item 2 · Appointment
HBME appointed as city auditors for fiscal 2021 through 2023
Approved · 7-0
Resolution appointing HBME as Provo's auditors.
Item 3 · Contract
Urban Deer Control Program contract and $7,625 appropriation
Approved · 7-0
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign a contract for the Urban Deer Control Program and appropriating $7,625 from the General Fund.
- Contract$7,625
Item 4 · Zoning
D. R. Horton zone change, about 18 acres at 1920 South 500 West, A1.20 to Low Density Residential (Lakewood)
Approved with conditions · 7-0
A motion to replace the ordinance in the implied motion with a version including a development agreement was approved (the Summary gives no count), after which the ordinance was approved 7-0.
- Applicant: D. R. Horton, Inc.
- Current zone to proposed: A1.20 to LDR
- Conditions: development agreement
- Case: PLRZ20190182
Item 5 · City code
Lot coverage in the Del Coronado PRO zone (Maeser)
Approved · 7-0
Ordinance increasing permissible lot coverage in the Del Coronado PRO zone.
- Case: PLOTA20200318
Item 6 · Zoning
Zone change for about 1.7 acres at 1320 South 1080 East, R1.10 to LDR (Spring Creek)
Approved · 7-0
Approved 7-0.
- Case: PLRZ20200319
Item 7 · Zoning
Zone change for about 1.07 acres at 50 East 3900 North, R1.10 to LDR (Riverbottoms)
Denied · 1-6
The implied motion to adopt the ordinance failed 1-6. Council Member Shannon Ellsworth voted in favor; Council Members David Sewell, David Harding, George Handley, Bill Fillmore, Travis Hoban and David Shipley voted no.
- Current zone to proposed: Residential (R1.10) to Low Density Residential (LDR)
- Acres: about 1.07
- Case: PLRZ20190265
Item 8 · Zoning
Zone change for 0.25 acres at 189 South 500 West, RC to LDR (Franklin)
Approved with conditions · 7-0
A motion to replace the ordinance in the implied motion with a version including a development agreement was approved (no count given), after which the ordinance was approved 7-0. The earlier request had been to Very Low Density Residential; this version is to LDR.
- Current zone to proposed: Residential Conservation (RC) to Low Density Residential (LDR)
- Conditions: development agreement
- Case: PLRZ20200124
Item 9 · City code
Engineering Design Standards update for 2021
Approved · 7-0
Ordinance amending the Engineering Design Standards, citywide.
- Case: PLOTA20201348
Item 10 · City code
Permitted uses in SC1, SC2 and SC3 shopping center zones
Continued
Continued.
- Case: PLOTA20190429
Item 11 · Zoning
Zone changes for various city parks from Public Facilities to OSPR
Continued
Continued.
- Case: PLRZ20200304
Item 12 · City code
Open Space, Preservation and Recreation (OSPR) zone, new Chapter 14.33
Continued
Continued.
- Case: PLOTA20200140
Item 13 · General plan
General Plan amendment to sections 1.2.9 and 1.2.10 (key land use policies, annexation policy plan)
Continued
Continued.
- Case: PLGPA20200357
Item 14 · Zoning
Zone change for about 5.33 acres at 1724 S State Street to SC2 (Spring Creek)
Continued
Continued.
- Case: PLRZ20190426