Author: Judi Short

The Legislature has required cities to adopt the same wildland urban interface code that the State has adopted in order to be eligible for state level financial reimbursement for fighting wildfires.  The state requires cities to adopt this fire code before January 1, 2026.Anthony Allred,...

14 September, 2025

SHCC LUZ REPORT 2025 SEPT On Monday August 18, the SHCC Land Use Committee met at Highland High, and had a presentation about the Sugar House Hotel 2111 S 1300 East.  We had 85 people sign in.  If you go to the website you will find links to the...

26 August, 2025

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

UPDATE #3-We have been told this will be on the October 8, 2025  Planning Commission Agenda. We will provide instructions on how to attend and speak to the Commission about this item if you wish, when we have a formal agenda. UPDATE #2 - HERE IS...

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