27 Jun SHCC LUZ REPORT 2025 JULY
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 will provide information on how you can read the proposal, attend the meeting and make a comment, or send in a written letter or email before the meeting.
The Planning Commission discussed RMF-35 and RMF-45 on May 14. The new staff report treats each of these zones separately, instead of combining them like the previous staff report did. If you go here, you can read the revised staff report, which was approved, and will be forwarded to the City Council for final approval. We felt separating the zones was the best option because it is very difficult to combine two zones and not create other problems. If you want to send me an email with your comments at [email protected] I will be happy to pass it along to the City Council. They can read your communication before they begin to discuss this proposal.
At the May LUZ meeting, Council Member Sarah Young also shared details of our collaborative proposal to revise building heights in the MU-11 zone of the Sugar House Business District. While the current proposed zoning allows for heights up to 186 feet under certain conditions in the Sugar House Business District core, we’re advocating for a more context-sensitive approach. Specifically, we propose limiting building height to no more than 110 feet on the north side of 2100 South between 700 East and 1300 East, and to approximately 50 feet along the east side of Highland Drive between 2100 South and I-80. This would preserve the existing scale of neighborhood landmarks like Barnes & Noble, the Sprague Library, and the historic Sugar House Post Office. The eastern portion of that block—closer to 1300 East—could still accommodate taller buildings if certain community benefits, such as a meaningful percentage of affordable housing, are included. The Staff Report can be accessed using the following steps:
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THIS IS HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE JULY 1 MEETING
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If you have comments about the MU-11 in our business district, send an email to Sarah Young [email protected] and me [email protected] so we can add these to the comments from the community. Right now we have only three comments , which isn’t enough to say that we have the community buy-in for this massive change. Please give us your comments ASAP so we can get it to the City Council before they potentially approve these new zones on July 1.
The only item so far on the July 21 Land Use and Zoning agenda is the Fairmont Senior Apartments.. Should the City Council not approve the consolidation plans we might have a discussion about where we go from here. We know that Planning has the plans for the proposed Hotel and rezone on the former Sizzler parcel, but we don’t yet know when we will receive the plans so that I can post them and we can review the plans. The place of our next July LUZ may change if we have to accommodate discussions on these proposals. Watch your email.
