Land Use & Zoning

On October 22, the Planning Commission reviewed the application for the SUGAR HOUSE HOTEL.  After much discussion, they approved the proposal 7-1.  Amy Barry was the only one who voted against the proposal. You can go to our website www.sugarhousecouncil.org, look for committees across the...

28 October, 2025

  This is a request to vacate a portion of the right-of-way adjacent to their property along Wimington Avenue. The requested area is shown by hatching. Here is a letter of explanation describing the issues. The Recognized Organization letter gives us until December 1, 2025 to send...

28 October, 2025

  Dale LeMonds, representing Aveda Institute, is requesting Conditional Use approval under the adaptive reuse ordinance section 21A.52.060.A at 855 East Garfield Avnue. The proposal is to recondition and utilize the existing building as a vocational school with a training salon. The subject property is locted...

14 October, 2025

Wildfire Urban Interface   Tony Allred (SLC Fire Chief ) attended our September SHCC meeting and the Land Use Meeting on September 15, to give a presentation and answer questions.  My letter and comments are on our website.. (there is an interactive map available on our Wildfire Page here https://fire.slc.gov/wildland/).  Feel free...

22 September, 2025

(Here is the letter and comments from the Land Use Committee about this project) The Legislature has required cities to adopt the same wildland urban interface code that the State has adopted in order to be eligible for state level financial reimbursement for fighting wildfires.  The...

14 September, 2025

SHCC LUZ REPORT 2025 SEPT On Monday August 18, the SHCC Land Use Committee met at Highland High, and had a presentation about the Sugar House Hotel 2111 S 1300 East.  We had 85 people sign in.  If you go to the website you will find links to the...

26 August, 2025

The City Council completed all the zoning consolidations on July 8. We don’t have a complete zoning code for any of the new zones, but we will provide links when we do. Here are Land Use issues coming up on our agendas. August 6, 2025 –...

30 July, 2025

UPDATE #8 At the Planning Commission Meeting October 22, many people testified against, with a smaller number testifying for the hotel.  The Planning Commission approved the request 7 for and 1 against. This will next go to the City Council for final approval.  We were...

19 July, 2025

We have received a letter from Salt Lake City concerning the Expiration of Land Use Approvals. Once something is approve by the city,  like a conditional Use Planned Development, Design Review Approval, Street dedication plats, or Final Plat to subdivide land, these approvals do not go...

19 July, 2025

The city is in the process of a massive zoning consolidation of zones, combining up to 27 commercial, form-based, and mixed-use zoning districts into six new mixed-use (MU) districts. The City Council is meeting July 1, where action on this proposal may be taken. We...

27 June, 2025