LUZ Reports

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 council.comments@slcgov.com.  (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
Jolley Pharmacy applied to put solar panels on their roof, and I gave verbal approval to the city.
1249 East Crystal Avenue filed a petition to request an alley vacation.  We put flyers out in the neighborhood and had neighbors come to our June LUZ meeting or send me an email.  We got quite a number of responses, everyone was in favor of this closing.  I sent a favorable response to the city. However, we have learned that because this alley abuts another alley, all the neighbors adjacent to either alley must agree.  The city will handle that process.
18 August, 2017
On June 28, the Planing Commission approved the Shopko Project,  Here is part of the Record of Decision:
05 July, 2017

Salt Lake City Housing Plan On April 22, the Planning Commission agreed to forward the Salt Lake City Housing Plan to the City Council.  Here is a link :http://www.slcgov.com/hand This won’t by heard by the City Council until probably August, after they have approved the city budget...

05 July, 2017

The owners of the ShopKo parcel of the Sugar House Center have submitted their proposal to SLC Planning for approval.  They are requesting a Planned Development and Conditional Building and Site Design Review to build two office buildings with parking structures, and a multi-family residential building with...

05 July, 2017

March 22 - The Planning Commission reviewed the conditional use for Homeless Resource Centers and Homeless Shelters.  It was a sluggish and odd discussion, but they forwarded it with a positive recommendation. The Commission also recommended the City Council increase neighborhood representation on the "Neighborhood...

05 July, 2017