Author: Judi Short

DO YOU EVER WONDER HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY? Check out this website www.myslc.gov.  You can ask questions of most every department in the city and if you don’t know who to ask, use the link at the bottom to send a general question. DO...

25 September, 2023

(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 implement policies identified in Thriving in Place to mitigate involuntary displacement due to development pressure....

17 September, 2023

Thriving in Place - The Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted to forward a positive recommendation to the City Council for the adoption of the Thriving in Place plan. Salt Lake City spent the last two years working with a consultant to understand displacement and...

23 August, 2023

The KUM AND GO in Sugar House is no longer. They their appeal with the city over denial of the conditional use for a gas station and convenience store at 2111 S 1300 East.  Apparently they are not going to take the case to district...

27 July, 2023

 This proposal is required to go before the Planning Commission for a recommendation and the City Council for a final decision. Both bodies will hold public hearings. For your reference, the following are criteria that the Planning Commission and City Council will use to make their recommendation and decision, respectively. The City’s...

16 July, 2023

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...

25 September, 2023

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...

15 July, 2023

Kum and Go appealed the Planning Commission decision to deny the project.  The appeal hearing was held June 15.  The Appeals Hearing Officer for this appeal was Mary Woodhead, she said she expected her decision would be out in two weeks, but might take longer. Thriving...

29 June, 2023

The following items were on the April 26 Planning Commission, and were approved: Landscaping and Landscape Buffer Prohibition of Drive-Throughs in CSHBD1 and 2 Affordable Housing Incentives Housing SLC The following item was on the April 26 Planning Commission, and was denied: 1782 S 1600 East...

30 May, 2023