How do you get a single family home rezoned into a duplex???

[Kristi Harmon]

Has anyone been able to get a single family property rezoned into a duplex in Provo or Orem area? If you have, what was your process, who did you talk to, what documents did you file, how much did it cost and how long did it take you?

I have a single family property (6 beds/2.5 baths) that already has a mother-in-law basement apartment and I would like to turn it into a duplex, so i can rent the house out to 2 different families. 

[Jeremiah Maughan]

In Provo you need a PRO zone passed, which basically rezones a portion of the space. However the city typically requires one acre minimum.  Both cities have effectively shut down duplex conversions.  They do allow accessory apartments though, but that means owner occupied is required to rent out the accessory apartment.  Both cities have the guidelines for adding an accessory apartment.  If a house is already used as a duplex, sometimes you can do some legal research and have it recognized as a duplex, but it would have to be a continuous, ongoing use for decades.