Current Petitions

This will be on the Planning Commission agenda Wednesday September 11 at 5:30.  It is last on the agenda.  Salt Lake City seems to have changed something about their website, and it depends which  browser and which computer you use.  Chrome works for some people,...

25 August, 2024

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 to Permit Outdoor Theaters in Commercial Districts.   This has been reviewed by the Planning Commission  on 10/9/24, and here is the briefing report.   It was approved by the Planning Commission on 10/9/24, but has not yet been scheduled for the...

05 June, 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

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

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

Salt Lake City proposes ordinance changes concerning the enforcement of buildingconstruction including the maintenance of unsecured, boarded or unsafe buildings. Associatedpermit fees are also to be considered to be amended as follows:• Modernize/reflect the City’s existing zoning enforcement process and incorporate thatsame process into Title...

27 November, 2023

The Salt Lake City Planning Division is working on a new subdivision code, which would update the existing subdivision rules to comply with recently adopted state code requirements.  Our current zoning code describes a subdivision as any land that is divided, subdivided, or proposed to...

10 October, 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 implementpolicies identified in Thriving in Place to mitigate involuntary displacement due to developmentpressure....

17 September, 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