Current Petitions

Alley Vacation 2860 Chadwick

The alley between Beverly Street and Chadwick Avenue is only 12' wide. The petitioner wants to have the alley closed. The development was built with these narrow alleys between the streets, and this is the only one left that has not been closed. Here is the request. The applicant submitted ...

1935 South 900 East Three Lot Subdivision

This is a Planned Development request to subdivide the property at approximately 1935 S 900 East into three lots to allow for the development of two new single-family dwellings. The property currently contains an existing single-family residence, which would be preserved and remain on one lot with street frontage along ...

SUGAR HOUSE TOWNHOUSE 2222 S LAKE ST

We have a proposal for a Planned Development at 2222 S Lake Street.  This link will get you to the plans. https://www.slc.gov/planning/2024/09/17/opehouse2024-00944/ These units are larger than we usually see, Families could live here. Please give us your comment about this project below ...

OLD PROPOSAL Rezone of Old Wells Fargo Parcel

This is the original proposal from 2023.  We are no longer taking comments for this one.  Please use the NEW PROPOSAL to provide comments from July 10 , 2024 forward. ============================================= UPDATE on February 10. The planner originally set a date of February 6 for our letter and comments.  However, ...

NEW WELLS FARGO REZONE PROPOSAL 2024

This will be on the Planning Commission agenda Wednesday September 11 at 5:30.  It is last on the agenda.  Salt Lake City seems to have changed something about their website, and it depends which  browser and which computer you use.  Chrome works for some people, Safari works pretty well. I ...

Fairmont Heights Senior Apartments (Affordable Housing)

This will be at 2257 South 1100 East.   Here are details. We don't know yet if this will be something we need to review at the land use committee, or it will be an over the counter (OTC) permit. Here is a map to give you an idea of where ...

COMMERCIAL AND MIXED-USE ZONING CONSOLIDATION DISTRICT

UPDATE: This was on the Planning Commission Agenda on October 23 at 5:30 pm for a vote and they approved this zoning. It is necessary that we understand this before it goes to the City Council for a vote. (This has been on their agenda several times over the last ...

Amendments to Chapter 21A.59 Design Review

The Planning Commission has asked the city for a text amendment to remove design review standard 21A.59.050.D.2. which speaks to building modulation because they believe the standard does not produce high-quality building design. In addition, staff is proposing amendments that would clarify when existing standards apply and ensure the language ...

Zoning Amendment to Permit Outdoor Theaters in Commercial Districts

We have received a request to Permit Outdoor Theaters in Commercial Districts. Here is the request.  The code has not yet been published, but you can see it on the last few lines of this request.  I will put a link to it when the city gets it posted. This ...

RV Parking at 2005 S 800 East

We have received a request for the 2005 South 800 East parcel to be an RV Storage Lot. This would be only for vehicles that are not being used, they are "out of service" for the time being.  There would be no occupants allowed in the vehicle.  The parcel is ...

Rooftop Uses (Obstruction Tables)

The Planning Commission has requested that Planning revise two zoning codes 21A.36.020.C Allowed Encroachments, and 21A.36.020.D Height Encroachments, to update the table to address zoning administration issues, modify provisions to match buildlig code requirements elminate outdated provisions and specificlly to allow roof top uses to exceed the maximum height in ...

Standards for Attached Garages

The city is updating provisions for attached garages.   They are removing building design standards that conflict with state legislation, removing some building code standards, and revisiting provisions for attached garages.  This looks like a text cleanup, while they also will assess if the city goals were met with the last ...

Planned Development at 2162 S Lake Street (The Noah Sugar House)

We have received a proposal to build a 4-lot subdivision with 3 lots without frontage on a public street.  This is in the RMF-35 zone.  This would create four individually owned lots, with a townhome on each lot. All new lots in this zone are required to have frontage on ...

Off Street Parking, Mobility and Loading Text Amendment

Mayor Erin Mendenhall has initiated a zoning text amendment to correct driveway and loading area standards found in the zoning code. Chapter 21A.44 was amended in October 2022 and since then, staff has found that certain standards created unintended consequences. For example, the ordinance now requires a maximum combined driveway ...

Add SF Attached to Select Commercial Zones

This is a proposal for a text amendment to the Salt Lake City zoning code, aiming to increase housing ownership opportunities by permitting single-family attached housing in commercial districts (CB, CS, CC, CSHBD, and CG) where multi-family is currently allowed. text amendment  primarily seeks to revise existing zoning regulations, aiming ...

Mobile Business Text Amendment

The Salt Lake City Planning Division is proposing a text amendment to update the standards related to mobile businesses, which includes retail businesses operated from trucks, trailers, and vending carts. In 2017 and 2023, Utah State code was amended to expand where these types of businesses are allowed. The changes ...

Building Services Ordinance (Construction Enforcement, Fines, Boarded Buildings, etc)

Salt Lake City proposes ordinance changes concerning the enforcement of buildingconstruction including the maintenance of unsecured, boarded or unsafe buildings. Associatedpermit fees are also to be considered to be amended as follows:• Modernize/reflect the City’s existing zoning enforcement process and incorporate thatsame process into Title 18.• Have the building code ...

Enforcement on Work Without a Certificate of Appropriateness

The Planning Division has received a request and is notifying your organization to solicit comments on the proposal, which impacts properties within the H Historic Preservation Overlay District.  This will impact properties within the H Historic Preservation Overlay District in Local or National Historic Districts Mayor Erin Mendenhall has initiated a ...

New Subdivision Code Text Amendment

The Salt Lake City Planning Division is working on a new subdivision code, which would update the existing subdivision rules to comply with recently adopted state code requirements.  Our current zoning code describes a subdivision as any land that is divided, subdivided, or proposed to be divided into two or ...

Child Daycare and Home Daycares

UPDATE:Since our previous discussion at the July LUZ meeting, the city has received new information from the State Licensing Division regarding Home Daycares. The city would like to make amendments to the Child Daycare Centers and Home Daycares (within Home Occupations). This is to reduce zoning barriers for these uses ...

Gas Stations Located Near Water Sources and Sensitive Lands

This is a Zoning Text Amendment Related to Gas Stations Located Near Water Sources and Sensitive Lands (Public Parks and Open Space). This will propose minimum distances that any gas station can be from a river, stream, or other water body, a park, or open space area over a certain ...

General Plan and Zoning Amendments

(This will be on the SHCC Land Use and Zoning LUZ agenda September 18 6 p.m. Sprague LIbrary) The City’s Planning Division is considering updates to portions of the Land Use Code to implementpolicies identified in Thriving in Place to mitigate involuntary displacement due to developmentpressure. The updates include the ...

Text Amendment – Window Requirements for New Construction in the city’s Local Historic Districts.

Mayor Mendenhall has initiated a petition directing the Salt Lake Planning Division to update the SLC Zoning Ordinance, and the Historic Residential and Multifamily/Historic Apartment Design Guidelines, to address the use of vinyl windows in new construction projects in the city's local historic districts (LHDs).  Note this only applies to ...

Woodland Commons 2345 S 500 East and 2445 S 500 E (Formerly known as Warnock Commons)

We are now seeing Phase 2 of the project we saw in 2022. (See below) This is the property directly to the South on 500 East, with the turquoise border.  This request is to rezone this parcel from r-1/7000 to RMF-35 so it matches the zoning of the adjoining 2345 ...

Adaptive Reuse Text Amendment

Update:  Here is the letter we wrote to the PLanning Commision, including comments from the community.   https://sugarhousecouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Letter-to-PC-with-Comments-Adaptive-Reuse-2024.pdf   This is tentatively scheduled to be on the Planning Comission meeting February 28, 2024  at 5:30 p.m.Inforation about the meeting and how to participate will be added when we have it. Mayor Erin ...

Thriving in Place SLC – an Anti-Displacement and Mitigation Plan for SLC 2023

The city is working on a number of housing plans simultaneously, so if you are confused, don't worry.  I am really confused!  The one we need to deal with right away is the Thriving in Place SLC plan which is an anti-displacement and mitigation plan.    Please read through this, ...

827 E Wilmington Ave Alley Vacation

We have received a request to close the alley at 827 Wilmington Avenue  If you recall, a few months ago we had a request at 2167 S 800 East to close the alley because a tree was growing in the middle of it, and it was too narrow to drive.  ...

Zoning Ordinance Definitions Cleanup

The Planning Division is considering updates to Part VI of Title 21A of the Zoning Ordinance. As a recognized community organization, you have 45 days from the date of this e-mail to provide comments on the proposed petition.   The 45-day period ends on May 19, 2023. Attached to this email ...

Historic Preservation (H) Overlay Text Amendment

Mayor Erin Mendenhall has initiated a petition for a text amendment that would impact the H Historic Preservation Overlay District citywide. The H Historic Preservation Overlay District applies to properties within a local historic district, properties within a thematic designation, or landmark sites. The City has prepared a draft ordinance ...

Drive-Through Uses in the Sugar House Business District (CSHBD1 and CSHBD2)

UPDATE: This proposal went to the Salt Lake City Planning Commission on February 26, 2023.  Here is the staff report.After our Land Use and Zoning meeting, and receiving comments, I wrote this letter to the Planning Commission.  Members of our LUZ Committee felt that we should continue to allow drive ...

Landscaping and Landscape Buffers Text Amendment

This is on the work session for the City Council on Tuesday, February 20 at 2 p.m.  I cannot believe this has taken them a whole year to get around to approving something.  Here is a copy of the latest version.  Here is the letter I wrote a year ago, ...

Sight Distance Triangle Text Amendment

Currently, the zoning ordinance requires fences, walls, and hedges be of limited height when located along the intersection of streets, the intersection of driveways and streets, and the intersection of driveways and sidewalks.  The regulation of fences, walls, and hedges and the use of clear vision zone areas defined by ...

Nonconforming Signs Ordinance – Zoning Text Amendment 2023

You may recall, a few years back, after much back and forth with Salt Lake City, the zoning code was changed to allow restoration of our wonderful old electronic signs, like the sputnik, and the Costume Shop.Prior to that change, an owner had to restore an old sign in place, ...

10th and Elm (preliminary name)

The 10th and Elm Sugar House development will be home to new, high-end, centrally located apartments focused towards health, wellness and outdoor living.  This unique project will provide ground-floor walk-up residential units along 1000 East and along Elm Avenue.  This project is also fortunate enough to adapt, preserve and re-use ...

1583 Stratford Ave (Revised Proposal)

December 2022.  We have a new drawing of what the developer is proposing.   And, the petitioner submitted a new Development Agreement  This is what the city had been waiting for, and should say what the developer has agreed to do on this parcel, which is to return six dwelling units ...

2167 S 800 East Alley Vacation

We have a request to vacate a portion of the public alleyway at 2167 S 800 East.  The approximate length to be vacated is 160 feet.  You can see the map here.   This request is coming from the two abutting property owners. apparently, this alley is not wide enough to ...

SLC School Signs Text Amendment

We have received a Notice Letter about School District Signs.   They want to be able to add a pole sign on public and private school campuses.  No matter the zoning district, the sign must comply with these requirements. Unfortunately, they did not provide a sign.  We discovered at the Land ...

2960 Richmond Street (Richmond Flats)

UPDATE#2 Here is the letter we just received, November 2022, asking for feedback. During the permitting process, Rocky Mountain Power made them move the building north 7 feet.  On the north side of the building, this means the project lost 21 parking stalls. To maintain the 55 stalls promised, they ...

2867 S Chadwick St. Accessory Dwelling Unit

We have received a conditional use request to build an ADU at the NW corner of the property at 2867 S Chadwick Street in the R1/7000 zone. This will be on the November 14 meeting of the Land Use Committee of the Sugar House Community Council (SHCC) at 6 p.m ...

ADU Accessory Dwelling Unit at 535 E Division Street

UPDATE:  This will be on the Planning Commission agenda September 28 at 5:30.  Here is a link to that staff report. Salt Lake City has received a request from Andrea Palmer of Live Modal, representing the property owner, seeking Conditional Use approval for a single-story, detached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ...

ADU 2156 S. Oneida Street

We have received a Conditional Use request to build a detached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) at 2156 S Oneida Street. The structure will be located to the rear of the home, in the southwest corner of the property. Parking for the ADU will be provided by existing legal, on-street parking ...

ADU (Accessory Dwelling Units) Updates

Salt Lake City has informed us that they are updating the Accessory Dwelling Ordinance, and want our input. This is the original Notice Letter. Here is the most recent draft 1/17/23, which is what they will vote on. They didn't vote on Feb 21, so we think it could be ...

Salt Lake City Affordable Housing Incentives

UPDATE:  This was approved by the Planning Commission April 26, 2023 and now goes on to the City Council. Salt Lake City's Planning Division is considering zoning amendments to encourage the construction of additional affordable housing.  This may include an affordable housing overlay that would modify zoning requirements in some ...

ADU 1726 E Hollywood Avenue

Sugar House Community Council Welcomes Y… UPDATE: This item will be on the Planning Commission September 28, 2022 at 5:30. Here is a link to the PC Staff Report. The owner of this property is requesting conditional use in order to construct an Accessory Dwelling Unit at the same address ...

1861-71 South 1300 East Townhomes (Central Park Townhomes)

PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION - The project was denied. UPDATE:  Here is a link to the staff report indicating approval of this project.  Here is a link to the SHCC letter with comments written to the PC recommending they ask the petitioner to rethink this project. UPDATE:  This will be on ...

ADU 2346 S Park St

UPDATE:  The Planning Commission approved this Accessory Dwelling Unit. UPDATE:  Here is the SHCC Letter to the Planning Commission,  Here is the Planning Commission's  Staff Report recommending approval.    If you are interested in participating during the Public Hearing portion of the meetings or provide general comments, email us at [email protected] ...

How to get agendas, watch or participate in a City Council meeting.

Accessing the Meeting Agendas To help with navigating our agenda webpage, here are some tips and helpful notes: To access meeting materials, such as paperwork or presentations, visit our agenda portal. HTML Agenda: In your web browser, this opens in a new tab or window that includes the meeting agenda ...

ADU 2900 S 900 E

UPDATE: This project was approved by the Planning Commission on January 26, 2022. Here is the staff report, recommending approval.  The only condition in the staff report is that the owner-occupant shall not operate or allow the operation of a short-term rental (i.e., less than 30 days) in the single-family ...