Author: Judi Short

The City Council completed all the zoning consolidations on July 8. We don’t have a complete zoning code for any of the new zones, but we will provide links when we do. Here are Land Use issues coming up on our agendas. August 6, 2025 –...

30 July, 2025

The developer of the Sugar House Hotel project, located at 2111 South 1300 East, is requesting a General Plan Amendment change to the General Plan for the subject property, from Mixed Use - Low Intensity (MULI) to Business District Mixed Use - Town Center Scale...

19 July, 2025

We have received a letter from Salt Lake City concerning the Expiration of Land Use Approvals. Once something is approve by the city,  like a conditional Use Planned Development, Design Review Approval, Street dedication plats, or Final Plat to subdivide land, these approvals do not go...

19 July, 2025

The city is in the process of a massive zoning consolidation of zones, combining up to 27 commercial, form-based, and mixed-use zoning districts into six new mixed-use (MU) districts. The City Council is meeting July 1, where action on this proposal may be taken. We...

27 June, 2025

At our May Land Use and Zoning Committee (LUZ), we talked about Section 14.52 Disposition of City-Owned Alleys. Here is a link to the proposed language. Our comments are due this week, if you want to send me a comment, do it right away.  [email protected] The idea is to...

28 May, 2025

At our April 21 Land Use and Zoning, we discussed the Walkability  Study the city has recently completed, done by the SLC Planning Department. Here is a link to the plan. And, Sarah Young, City Council District 7 discussed the new proposed zones for Sugar...

30 April, 2025

This proposed ordinance makes a lot of amendments, which seem innocuous at first read. However, many projects can be proposed related to water, which were made much better when the public involvement was included.   Here are a few examples: Here are the projects related to...

27 March, 2025

At the March 12 meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing for the combining of RMF-35 and RMF-45. Into one zone with a maximum building height of 45' feet tall. They voted to table the proposal for now, and do further study. At the...

27 March, 2025

We received this letter from Salt Lake City.  The city is revising the administration of their zoning code. They are trying to clarify the processes. • Adding design standards as a recognized type of zoning regulation.  • Formalizing zoning approval through building permit or business license and removing...

16 March, 2025