LUZ Reports

Administrative Interpretation Blue Boutique - 1383 E 2100 South had a complaint that signs were too large and whether they are window signs or display windows.  The finding was that there was an overabundance of window signs and the signs should occupy  no more than...

10 October, 2018

Blue Boutique Signs - A citizen complained that the signs were too big, and the city enforced on the sign.  Signs are allowed to be 25% of a window, in this case, the signs covered 100% of the window. Larger signs must be licensed.  Signs that...

01 August, 2018

On April 11 SLC Planning Commission (PC) denied the request to close the alley at 1249 Crystal Avenue.  Here are the minutes of that meeting  This will now go to the City Council for a final decision.  We initially supported the proposal, but after reading...

18 June, 2018

We have received the application for CVS on the NW corner of 2100 South and 1300 East.  They are asking for permission to vacate a public alley.  They are also requesting a re-zone of the two properties located at 2046 and 2036 South 1300 East in order...

05 March, 2015

Salt Lake City has withdrawn its request to have us review Text Amendments for Lot Width Standards in Multi-Family Residential Zoning Districts.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

The Land Use and Zoning Committee met March 19.  We discussed the request for achange to the Maximum Area per Sign Face for flat signs in Open Space Districts to be as large as 200 square feet.  Currently, a 60 square foot sign is allowed. Crystal...

04 April, 2018

Changes to the Accessory Dwelling Units  Ordinance has been sent back to Planning by the City Council on December 5 for one more round of edits.  Hopefully, this will be back on their agenda in January. There is not consensus among the members. The City Council...

14 January, 2018

A request by Carlos Nunez, representing the property owner North rock Capital LLC, for Planned Development and Preliminary Subdivision approval for a four lot townhome ("attached single-family") development. Planned Development approval is required as three of the proposed lots would not have frontage on a...

07 December, 2017
The following major zoning changes are potentially going to be adopted by the City Council before the end of the year.  You can attend and speak at the following public hearings, some you can still comment on Open City Hall, you can attend the City Council where these may formally b adopted, and you can send them comments to [email protected].  (all these dates are subject to change, but we know not much will happen in December, so all will be probably adopted by the end of November.)
11 October, 2017