Current Petitions

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...

15 July, 2024

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...

29 May, 2024

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the table to address zoning administration issues, modify provisions to match buildlig code requirements elminate outdated provisions and specificlly to allow roof top uses to...

24 April, 2024

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...

01 January, 2024

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...

23 December, 2023

UPDATE on February 10. The planner originally set a date of February 6 for our letter and comments.  However, HBV has come to them with some changes they want to make, probably as a result of what they heard on July 31, so we don't...

05 December, 2023

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...

29 November, 2023
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 to eliminate unnecessary obstacles in producing for-sale homes. Please note this proposal is from a property owner, not the city or the mayor.
29 November, 2023

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...

28 November, 2023