Author: Sugar House Council

Photo Courtesy: Laurie Bray Sugar House has many treasures and we count Hidden Hollow as one of them.  Located along the section of Parley’s Creek that runs through Sugar House Commons shopping area Hidden Hollow was once the original site of Sugar House Park. Long forgotten and covered...

30 December, 2013

Welcome: Our next meeting will be the first of many with the new District 7 City Council member, Amy Fowler.  We are excited to work with her for (at least) the next four years. Social: Thank you to everybody who came out to our holiday social.   I would...

28 December, 2017

NEW PETITION The Planning Division has received a Planned Development petition for a proposed three-unit single-family attached dwelling project on a single parcel located at 1316 E. Downington Avenue.  The property is approximately 0.28 acres (12,150 square feet) in size.  Per the request, the front yard setback would...

04 January, 2018

Parks and Trails Update: Salt Lake County is holding a ribbon-cutting for the whole Parley’s Trail on October 17th. Place and time is yet to be determined. You can take a virtual ride by watching this video. It takes about 12 minutes – and a Dramamine! https://www.parleystrail.org/ virtualtrail The...

26 September, 2017

Amy Barry I’ve been hinting that Sugar House is in for more construction. We certainly have seen a few more development proposals in the last couple of months. However, the demolition of more of the Granite Block has commenced. Salt Lake City has a complicated demolition permit...

21 February, 2016

Amy Barry Summer in Sugar House is packed with free events that make our community so amazing. Times have certainly changed from when Sugar House was dirt roads and farm land. The photo I found in the Giovale Digital Library of Westminster Campus certainly shows how our...

27 July, 2015

Civil Discourse Amy Barry The SHCC recently hosted a community meeting at Dilworth Elementary in regards to a potential new zone and development of the 21st and 21st corner. The crowd of nearly 300 demonstrated the interest of the community in this issue and left me with...

02 July, 2014

Salt Lake City has withdrawn its request to have us review Text Amendments for Lot Width Standards in Multi-Family Residential Zoning Districts. Planning is going to move forward with changes to housing mitigation first.  Housing mitigation usually means if you tear down a housing unit, but don’t...

02 May, 2018

On February 14, the Planning Commission approved the townhomes at 2473 South 700 East.  The driveway was moved to the North, rather than the South side of the project, which made it more appealing. On February 28, the Planning Commission approved changes to Conditional Building and...

04 April, 2018