Freeway Commercial Zone
The Freeway Commercial Zone (FC1) is established to provide a district in which the primary use of the land is for commercial and service uses to serve regional population needs and to provide a place of employment in pleasant surroundings along the Interstate 15 corridor. This commercial zone should have a minimum site area of five acres. Required yards and areas surrounding buildings shall be attractively landscaped and maintained in harmony with the characteristics of the surrounding residential areas. The uses characteristic of this zone will be a variety of retail and business uses with satellite shops and facilities serving a wide range of goods and services.
(1) Those uses or categories of uses as listed herein, and no others, are permitted in the FC1 zone.
(2) All uses contained herein are listed by number as designated in the Standard Land Use Code published and maintained by the Planning Commission. Specific uses are identified by a four-digit number in which all digits are whole numbers. Classes or groupings of such uses permitted in the zone are identified by a four-digit number in which the last one or two digits are zeros.
(3) All such categories listed herein and all specific uses contained within them in the Standard Land Use Code will be permitted in the FC1 zone, subject to the limitations set forth herein.
(4) Permitted Principal Uses. The following principal uses and structures, and no others, are permitted in the FC1 zone.
Use No. | Use Classification |
|---|---|
Motels | |
Communications (except 4715) | |
Electric transmission right-of-way (Identifies areas where the surface is devoted exclusively to the right-of-way of the activity) | |
Gas pipeline right-of-way (Identifies areas where the surface is devoted exclusively to the right-of-way of the activity) | |
Gas pressure control stations | |
Water pipeline right-of-way (Identifies areas where the surface is devoted exclusively to the right-of-way of the activity. | |
Irrigation distribution channels | |
Water pressure control stations and pumping plants | |
Sewage pipeline right-of-way (Identifies areas where surface is devoted exclusively to right-of-way activity) | |
Sewage pumping stations | |
Combination utilities right-of-way (Identifies areas where surface is devoted exclusively to right-of-way activity) | |
Storm drain or right-of-way (Predominantly covered pipes or boxes) | |
Travel Agencies | |
Paint, glass and wallpaper | |
Electrical supplies | |
Hardware | |
5255 | Building maintenance |
Swimming pool supplies | |
Department stores (includes major and junior chain department stores) | |
Discount department stores | |
Variety stores | |
Retail trade - general merchandise | |
Food stores (groceries, meats and fish, fruits and vegetables, candy, nuts, dairy, bakeries, etc.) | |
Miscellaneous retail food establishment | |
Motor vehicles, automobiles - new car sales and used car sales which will be permitted only as an accessory use to new car sales | |
Motor vehicles, trucks and buses - new vehicle sales and used vehicles sales permitted only as an accessory use to new truck and bus sales | |
Automobile accessories (except tire recapping and vulcanizing) | |
Gasoline service stations | |
Marine craft and accessories (Including inboards, outboards, sailing craft, jet skis, etc.) | |
New and used house trailers, R.V.s, campers, and mobile homes (Includes parts, accessories, supplies, etc.) | |
Motorcycles, motor scooter parts, accessories, supplies | |
Apparel and accessories | |
Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment (no combined ware-housing) | |
Eating places (restaurants) | |
Drug and proprietary stores | |
Books, stationery, art and hobby supplies | |
Sporting goods, bicycles, and toys | |
Garden supplies (entirely within a building only) | |
Jewelry | |
Miscellaneous retail stores (includes florists, newspapers and magazines, photo supplies, pet stores, and other similar retail stores, excluding tobacco products) | |
Banks, insurance and real estate (office only) | |
Personal services - including laundry, photography, beauty and barber services, clothing repair, etc. (except 6240 and 6299 wedding chapels and recreation centers only) | |
Athletic clubs, body building studios, Spas, aerobic centers, (no gymnasiums) | |
Duplicating, mailing, stenographic and office services | |
Employment services | |
Watch, clock, jewelry repair, etc. | |
Locksmiths and key shops | |
Gunsmiths | |
Physicians offices and services | |
Dental offices and services | |
Legal services | |
Engineering, architectural, and planning services | |
Professional services | |
Protective functions and related activities | |
Postal services | |
Day Care Services (subject to the Day Care Services standards of Section 14.34.250, Provo City Code) | |
Beauty Schools | |
Dance studios and schools | |
Libraries | |
Motion Picture Theaters (indoor - subject to the Dance Halls standards of Section 14.34.250, Provo City Code) | |
Video Rental Shops | |
Parks |
(5) Permitted Accessory Uses. Accessory uses are permitted in the FC1 zone provided they are incidental to, and do not substantially alter, the character of the permitted principal use or structure. Such permitted accessory uses and structures include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Accessory buildings such as garages, carports, equipment storage and supply storage buildings which are customarily used in conjunction with and incidental to a principal use or structure permitted in the FC1 zone; and
(b) Storage of materials used for construction of a building, including a contractor’s temporary office, provided that such use be located on the building site or immediately adjacent thereto, and provided further that such use shall be permitted only during the construction period and 30 days thereafter.
(6) Conditional Uses. The following uses and structures are permitted in the FC1 zone only after a Conditional Use Permit has been issued, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof and the standards of Section 14.34.250, Provo City Code.
Use No. | Use Classification |
|---|---|
Communications, low power radio communication towers and antennas | |
Electricity regulating substations | |
Natural or manufactured gas storage; distribution points | |
4829 | Other gas utilities, NEC |
Water storage as part of a utility system (covered including water storage standpipes) | |
Debris basin (A dam and basin for intercepting debris) | |
Spreading grounds (Area for percolating water into underground | |
Liquor, package | |
Antiques (no outside display) | |
Personal services (wedding chapel and reception centers only) | |
Dwelling and building services (not dwelling units) | |
Equipment rental (indoor only) | |
Vehicle rental (passenger auto-mobiles only) | |
Miscellaneous business services | |
6416-7 | Auto washing and polishing |
Police protection and related activities, branch (office only) | |
Fraternal associations and lodges | |
Miniature golf |
The following minimum yard requirements shall apply in the FC1 zone:
(1) Front Yard. Ten feet along all public streets, which shall not be used for parking and shall be appropriately landscaped;
(2) Side Yard. No setback, other than the minimum required by the International Building Code, depending on the occupancy rating and construction of any proposed building, shall be required;
(3) Side Yard - Corner Lots. Ten feet along public streets, which shall not be used for parking and shall be appropriately landscaped;
(4) Side Yard - Driveway. See Section 14.37.100, Provo City Code;
(5) Side Yard - Accessory Building. An accessory building may be located on a side property line if, and only if, all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The accessory building is located more than ten feet from any main residential building on an adjacent property;
(b) The accessory building has no openings on the side which is contiguous to the property line, and the wall of said building adjacent to the property line has a two-hour fire retardant rating; and
(c) The accessory building has facilities for the discharge of all drainage onto the lot or parcel on which it is erected;
(6) Rear Yard. No setback, other than the minimum required by the International Building Code, depending on the occupancy rating and the construction of any proposed building, shall be required; and
(7) Rear Yard - Accessory Buildings. No requirement.
(1) The following structures may be erected on or project into any required yard, except they may not obstruct a required driveway:
(a) Fences and walls in conformance with the Provo City Code and other City codes and ordinances;
(b) Landscape elements, including trees, shrubs, and other plants; and
(c) Necessary appurtenances for utility services.
(2) The structures listed below may project into a minimum front or rear yard not more than four (4) feet, and into a minimum side yard not more than two (2) feet, except that they may not obstruct a required building.
(a) Cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills, buttresses, or other similar architectural features;
(b) Fireplace structures and bays, provided they are not wider than eight (8) feet and are generally parallel to the wall of which they are a part;
(c) Stairways, balconies, door stoops, fire escapes, awnings, and planter boxes or masonry planters not exceeding twenty-four (24) inches in height; and
(d) Carports and loading docks in a side yard or rear yard, provided that such a structure is not more than one (1) story in height and is entirely open on at least three (3) sides, except for necessary supporting columns and customary architectural features.
(1) Each lot or parcel in the FC1 zone shall have on the same lot or parcel automobile parking sufficient to meet the requirements as set forth in Chapter 14.37, Provo City Code.
(2) All parking spaces shall be built as described in Section 14.37.090, Provo City Code, and shall be provided with adequate drainage which shall not run across a public sidewalk.
(3) Parking spaces shall not be provided within a required front yard or side yard adjacent to a public street.
(4) Loading spaces shall be provided as required by the Planning Commission.
(1) Signs. See Chapter 14.38, Provo City Code.
(2) Uses Within Buildings. All uses established in the FC1 zone shall be conducted entirely within a fully-enclosed building except those uses deemed by the Planning Commission to be customarily and appropriately conducted in the open. Such uses may include, but would not be limited to, service stations, ice skating, miniature golf, etc.
(3) Landscaping. See Chapter 15.20, Provo City Code.
(4) Trash Storage. See Section 14.34.080, Provo City Code.
(5) Walls and Fences.
(a) No wall, fence, or opaque hedge or screening material higher than thirty-six (36) inches shall be maintained within a required front yard in an FC1 zone.
(b) A decorative masonry wall, at least six (6) feet in height, shall be erected along all property lines which lie adjacent to a residential zone. In the case where there is mutual agreement between the property owners of the commercial zone and the adjacent residential zone, the masonry wall requirement may be modified to allow other suitable materials. A signed agreement must be submitted to the Planning Commission or its designee, indicating this agreement. In the case where there is not mutual agreement, the masonry wall will be required.
(6) Transitional Development Standards. Where a lot in any business, commercial, manufacturing, industrial zone borders a residential zone, the standards set forth in Section 14.34.300, Provo City Code.
(7) Building Orientation. Buildings located in the FC zone with frontage along both a public street and Interstate 15 shall have designed entryways along all street or highway frontages that include windows, doors, and other design elements. Loading docks are prohibited on the sides of structures that front a public street or Interstate 15.
(1) Manufacturing uses that were legally established as of December 31, 2010, may continue indefinitely as per Section 14.36 of the Provo City Code. Properties that had not established legal nonconforming rights in the M-1 zone prior to the FC-1 Freeway Commercial rezoning may utilize the permitted and conditional use list from the M-1 zone for a period of up to ten (10) years, but not beyond December 31, 2021, under the following conditions:
(a) A valid business license must be maintained for the land use;
(b) Adherence to all off-street parking, landscaping and fencing requirements that would be applied to the M-1 zone is mandatory; and
(c) Outside storage shall not be permitted, whether or not the outside storage is ancillary to the land use.
Freeway Commercial Zone
The Freeway Commercial Zone (FC1) is established to provide a district in which the primary use of the land is for commercial and service uses to serve regional population needs and to provide a place of employment in pleasant surroundings along the Interstate 15 corridor. This commercial zone should have a minimum site area of five acres. Required yards and areas surrounding buildings shall be attractively landscaped and maintained in harmony with the characteristics of the surrounding residential areas. The uses characteristic of this zone will be a variety of retail and business uses with satellite shops and facilities serving a wide range of goods and services.
(1) Those uses or categories of uses as listed herein, and no others, are permitted in the FC1 zone.
(2) All uses contained herein are listed by number as designated in the Standard Land Use Code published and maintained by the Planning Commission. Specific uses are identified by a four-digit number in which all digits are whole numbers. Classes or groupings of such uses permitted in the zone are identified by a four-digit number in which the last one or two digits are zeros.
(3) All such categories listed herein and all specific uses contained within them in the Standard Land Use Code will be permitted in the FC1 zone, subject to the limitations set forth herein.
(4) Permitted Principal Uses. The following principal uses and structures, and no others, are permitted in the FC1 zone.
Use No. | Use Classification |
|---|---|
Motels | |
Communications (except 4715) | |
Electric transmission right-of-way (Identifies areas where the surface is devoted exclusively to the right-of-way of the activity) | |
Gas pipeline right-of-way (Identifies areas where the surface is devoted exclusively to the right-of-way of the activity) | |
Gas pressure control stations | |
Water pipeline right-of-way (Identifies areas where the surface is devoted exclusively to the right-of-way of the activity. | |
Irrigation distribution channels | |
Water pressure control stations and pumping plants | |
Sewage pipeline right-of-way (Identifies areas where surface is devoted exclusively to right-of-way activity) | |
Sewage pumping stations | |
Combination utilities right-of-way (Identifies areas where surface is devoted exclusively to right-of-way activity) | |
Storm drain or right-of-way (Predominantly covered pipes or boxes) | |
Travel Agencies | |
Paint, glass and wallpaper | |
Electrical supplies | |
Hardware | |
5255 | Building maintenance |
Swimming pool supplies | |
Department stores (includes major and junior chain department stores) | |
Discount department stores | |
Variety stores | |
Retail trade - general merchandise | |
Food stores (groceries, meats and fish, fruits and vegetables, candy, nuts, dairy, bakeries, etc.) | |
Miscellaneous retail food establishment | |
Motor vehicles, automobiles - new car sales and used car sales which will be permitted only as an accessory use to new car sales | |
Motor vehicles, trucks and buses - new vehicle sales and used vehicles sales permitted only as an accessory use to new truck and bus sales | |
Automobile accessories (except tire recapping and vulcanizing) | |
Gasoline service stations | |
Marine craft and accessories (Including inboards, outboards, sailing craft, jet skis, etc.) | |
New and used house trailers, R.V.s, campers, and mobile homes (Includes parts, accessories, supplies, etc.) | |
Motorcycles, motor scooter parts, accessories, supplies | |
Apparel and accessories | |
Furniture, home furnishings, and equipment (no combined ware-housing) | |
Eating places (restaurants) | |
Drug and proprietary stores | |
Books, stationery, art and hobby supplies | |
Sporting goods, bicycles, and toys | |
Garden supplies (entirely within a building only) | |
Jewelry | |
Miscellaneous retail stores (includes florists, newspapers and magazines, photo supplies, pet stores, and other similar retail stores, excluding tobacco products) | |
Banks, insurance and real estate (office only) | |
Personal services - including laundry, photography, beauty and barber services, clothing repair, etc. (except 6240 and 6299 wedding chapels and recreation centers only) | |
Athletic clubs, body building studios, Spas, aerobic centers, (no gymnasiums) | |
Duplicating, mailing, stenographic and office services | |
Employment services | |
Watch, clock, jewelry repair, etc. | |
Locksmiths and key shops | |
Gunsmiths | |
Physicians offices and services | |
Dental offices and services | |
Legal services | |
Engineering, architectural, and planning services | |
Professional services | |
Protective functions and related activities | |
Postal services | |
Day Care Services (subject to the Day Care Services standards of Section 14.34.250, Provo City Code) | |
Beauty Schools | |
Dance studios and schools | |
Libraries | |
Motion Picture Theaters (indoor - subject to the Dance Halls standards of Section 14.34.250, Provo City Code) | |
Video Rental Shops | |
Parks |
(5) Permitted Accessory Uses. Accessory uses are permitted in the FC1 zone provided they are incidental to, and do not substantially alter, the character of the permitted principal use or structure. Such permitted accessory uses and structures include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Accessory buildings such as garages, carports, equipment storage and supply storage buildings which are customarily used in conjunction with and incidental to a principal use or structure permitted in the FC1 zone; and
(b) Storage of materials used for construction of a building, including a contractor’s temporary office, provided that such use be located on the building site or immediately adjacent thereto, and provided further that such use shall be permitted only during the construction period and 30 days thereafter.
(6) Conditional Uses. The following uses and structures are permitted in the FC1 zone only after a Conditional Use Permit has been issued, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof and the standards of Section 14.34.250, Provo City Code.
Use No. | Use Classification |
|---|---|
Communications, low power radio communication towers and antennas | |
Electricity regulating substations | |
Natural or manufactured gas storage; distribution points | |
4829 | Other gas utilities, NEC |
Water storage as part of a utility system (covered including water storage standpipes) | |
Debris basin (A dam and basin for intercepting debris) | |
Spreading grounds (Area for percolating water into underground | |
Liquor, package | |
Antiques (no outside display) | |
Personal services (wedding chapel and reception centers only) | |
Dwelling and building services (not dwelling units) | |
Equipment rental (indoor only) | |
Vehicle rental (passenger auto-mobiles only) | |
Miscellaneous business services | |
6416-7 | Auto washing and polishing |
Police protection and related activities, branch (office only) | |
Fraternal associations and lodges | |
Miniature golf |
The following minimum yard requirements shall apply in the FC1 zone:
(1) Front Yard. Ten feet along all public streets, which shall not be used for parking and shall be appropriately landscaped;
(2) Side Yard. No setback, other than the minimum required by the International Building Code, depending on the occupancy rating and construction of any proposed building, shall be required;
(3) Side Yard - Corner Lots. Ten feet along public streets, which shall not be used for parking and shall be appropriately landscaped;
(4) Side Yard - Driveway. See Section 14.37.100, Provo City Code;
(5) Side Yard - Accessory Building. An accessory building may be located on a side property line if, and only if, all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The accessory building is located more than ten feet from any main residential building on an adjacent property;
(b) The accessory building has no openings on the side which is contiguous to the property line, and the wall of said building adjacent to the property line has a two-hour fire retardant rating; and
(c) The accessory building has facilities for the discharge of all drainage onto the lot or parcel on which it is erected;
(6) Rear Yard. No setback, other than the minimum required by the International Building Code, depending on the occupancy rating and the construction of any proposed building, shall be required; and
(7) Rear Yard - Accessory Buildings. No requirement.
(1) The following structures may be erected on or project into any required yard, except they may not obstruct a required driveway:
(a) Fences and walls in conformance with the Provo City Code and other City codes and ordinances;
(b) Landscape elements, including trees, shrubs, and other plants; and
(c) Necessary appurtenances for utility services.
(2) The structures listed below may project into a minimum front or rear yard not more than four (4) feet, and into a minimum side yard not more than two (2) feet, except that they may not obstruct a required building.
(a) Cornices, eaves, belt courses, sills, buttresses, or other similar architectural features;
(b) Fireplace structures and bays, provided they are not wider than eight (8) feet and are generally parallel to the wall of which they are a part;
(c) Stairways, balconies, door stoops, fire escapes, awnings, and planter boxes or masonry planters not exceeding twenty-four (24) inches in height; and
(d) Carports and loading docks in a side yard or rear yard, provided that such a structure is not more than one (1) story in height and is entirely open on at least three (3) sides, except for necessary supporting columns and customary architectural features.
(1) Each lot or parcel in the FC1 zone shall have on the same lot or parcel automobile parking sufficient to meet the requirements as set forth in Chapter 14.37, Provo City Code.
(2) All parking spaces shall be built as described in Section 14.37.090, Provo City Code, and shall be provided with adequate drainage which shall not run across a public sidewalk.
(3) Parking spaces shall not be provided within a required front yard or side yard adjacent to a public street.
(4) Loading spaces shall be provided as required by the Planning Commission.
(1) Signs. See Chapter 14.38, Provo City Code.
(2) Uses Within Buildings. All uses established in the FC1 zone shall be conducted entirely within a fully-enclosed building except those uses deemed by the Planning Commission to be customarily and appropriately conducted in the open. Such uses may include, but would not be limited to, service stations, ice skating, miniature golf, etc.
(3) Landscaping. See Chapter 15.20, Provo City Code.
(4) Trash Storage. See Section 14.34.080, Provo City Code.
(5) Walls and Fences.
(a) No wall, fence, or opaque hedge or screening material higher than thirty-six (36) inches shall be maintained within a required front yard in an FC1 zone.
(b) A decorative masonry wall, at least six (6) feet in height, shall be erected along all property lines which lie adjacent to a residential zone. In the case where there is mutual agreement between the property owners of the commercial zone and the adjacent residential zone, the masonry wall requirement may be modified to allow other suitable materials. A signed agreement must be submitted to the Planning Commission or its designee, indicating this agreement. In the case where there is not mutual agreement, the masonry wall will be required.
(6) Transitional Development Standards. Where a lot in any business, commercial, manufacturing, industrial zone borders a residential zone, the standards set forth in Section 14.34.300, Provo City Code.
(7) Building Orientation. Buildings located in the FC zone with frontage along both a public street and Interstate 15 shall have designed entryways along all street or highway frontages that include windows, doors, and other design elements. Loading docks are prohibited on the sides of structures that front a public street or Interstate 15.
(1) Manufacturing uses that were legally established as of December 31, 2010, may continue indefinitely as per Section 14.36 of the Provo City Code. Properties that had not established legal nonconforming rights in the M-1 zone prior to the FC-1 Freeway Commercial rezoning may utilize the permitted and conditional use list from the M-1 zone for a period of up to ten (10) years, but not beyond December 31, 2021, under the following conditions:
(a) A valid business license must be maintained for the land use;
(b) Adherence to all off-street parking, landscaping and fencing requirements that would be applied to the M-1 zone is mandatory; and
(c) Outside storage shall not be permitted, whether or not the outside storage is ancillary to the land use.