Provo City

Planning & General Plan


Purpose of Planning:
 

Focused on the future, Planning balances socio-economic forces, natural resources, and public input to promote sound and orderly development in Provo.  Planning ensures that the decisions we make today will result in a viable and healthy future for our city.
Provo City's General Plan
 

The term "general plan" describes a general, comprehensive, long-range statement of goals and related policies to guide future growth and development of a city. The term "general plan" is often used synonymously with "comprehensive plan" and "master plan,

This plan is comprehensive because it seeks to coordinate all the interrelated systems of the city and all properties within the city.  While it is primarily a plan to guide the physical development or non-development of the city, it deals indirectly with social and political issues.

This plan is general in that it does not precisely locate every church, institution, store, school, apartment building, or house in the city.  The general plan acts as a guide, establishing policies and procedures for growth, development, conservation, and location of various land use activities. Policies are based on an analysis of the population being served, the physical conditions of the land, the adequacy of public facilities, and the compatibility of land use.

Provo City's General Plan was originally adopted August 26, 1997. A comprehensive update was completed November 9, 2004 and August 3, 2010 pursuant to Title 15 Provo Municipal Code.
 

You will need Acrobat Reader 4.0 or greater to view the General Plan text & General Plan maps.

 

Chapters

Maps
Table of Contents, List of Tables, Acknowledgements 5.1:  Design Corridors Map
Chapter 1:  Introduction 6.1:  Annexation Policy Map
Chapter 2:  Administration 6.2:  Municipal Boundary Adjustment Map
Chapter 3:  Population 6.3:  Municipal Disconnection Map
Chapter 4:  Housing 6.4:  Neighborhoods Map
Chapter 5:  Urban Design 6.5:  General Plan Map as adopted 8/03/2010
Chapter 6:  Land Use 6.6:  Central Area Council Map
Chapter 7:  Parks, Recreation, and Open Space 6.7:  Northeast Area Council Map
Chapter 8:  Transportation and Circulation 6.8:  Northwest Area Council Map
Chapter 9:  Environment 6.9:  Southeast Area Council Map
Chapter 10:  Municipal Services and Facilities 6.10:  Southwest Area Council Map
Chapter 11:  Rehabilitation, Redev. & Conservation 7.1:  Developed Parks Map
Chapter 12:  Economic Development 8.1:  Major & Local Street Plan Map
Chapter 13:  Implementation 8.2:  Ped. Path, Trails, and Bikeways Map
Appendices: 
A-2: Transportation Master Plan (TMP)
 9.1:  Liquefaction Hazards Map
Entire General Plan text  - this does not include the appendices 9.2:  Geologic Hazards Map
  Current General Plan Map with Amendments

View the 1997 General Plan

Download the 2004 General Plan - text only. This is a large file (5109 KB).
View the Provo Residential Design Standards and Guidelines Applicability Map 
View the Provo City Standard Land Use Code
View the Standard Land Use Code in a numeric listing
View the Standard Land Use Code in an alphabetic listing

Provo Demographics

Appeal information.

See the Forms page for the Planning Application and checklists, as well as other planning information. Or click here to search all Community Development documents.

* If you would like to see a specific form made available here, please contact Karen Saluone at (801) 852-6412 or by email.