SH LUZ REPORT 2017 April

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 ground floor retail.

The Planned Development review is related to the location of the two office buildings as they do not have frontage on a public street. New buildings in this configuration are typically required to go through Planned Development review.. Your comments and feedback regarding this point would be helpful to hear.

The Conditional Building and Site Design review is related to the buildings being over 50 feet in height. All buildings over 50′ in the Sugar House Business District-1 zone are required to go through the Conditional Building and Site Design Review (CBSDR) process. While the height is allowed in the zone, the overall project must be reviewed for compliance with the CBSDR standards and other guidelines from the Sugar House Master Plan.  The developer has been putting together their proposal and you can see more at their website http://www.sugarhousehello.com. You can also read the Shopko_Input Letter and the information sheet given to us by SLC Planning.

The applicant will be coming to the  Land Use & Zoning Committee meeting May 15th at Sprague Library at 6:00 pm. This is open to all Sugar House residents and we urge you to come if you are interested in learning more and giving feedback. We have an hour to review this project, compared with 15-20 minutes at the regular SHCC meetings. If you cannot attend or wish to provide feedback you can use the comment form on this page https://sugarhousecomm.wpengine.com/2017/04/01/shopko-development/  All comments are collected by the SHCC and given to the Planning Commission as part of our community feedback.

The Planned Development review is related to the location of the two office buildings. They do not have frontage on a public street. New buildings in this configuration are typically required to go through Planned Development review.

The Conditional Building and Site Design review is related to the buildings being over 50 feet in height. All buildings over 50′ in the Sugar House Business District-1 zone are required to go through the Conditional Building and Site Design Review (CBSDR) process.

While the height is allowed in the zone, the overall project must be reviewed for compliance with the CBSDR standards and other guidelines from the Sugar House Master Plan’s “Business District Design Guideline Handbook.”

The status of other land use projects in the Sugar House Business District can be found here. https://sugarhousecomm.wpengine.com/2016/11/29/2016-2017-construction-projects/