The Salt Lake Planning Commission has initiated a petition to amend the zoning ordinance related to drive-through uses within the Sugar House Business District.  The proposed amendment would prohibit drive-through uses in CSHBD1 and CSHBD2.  Read the notice letter to understand the definitions being used. This will be on the ...
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The city is updating its landscaping regulations to better address the effects of climate change. And, this is part of the implementation of the Urban Forest Action Plan. The updated Landscaping and Landscape Buffers chapter will: • Clarify, simplify, and reorganize the Landscaping chapter to be more user friendly. • ...
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Currently, the zoning ordinance requires fences, walls, and hedges be of limited height when located along the intersection of streets, the intersection of driveways and streets, and the intersection of driveways and sidewalks.  The regulation of fences, walls, and hedges and the use of clear vision zone areas defined by ...
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You may recall, a few years back, after much back and forth with Salt Lake City, the zoning code was changed to allow restoration of our wonderful old electronic signs, like the sputnik, and the Costume Shop.Prior to that change, an owner had to restore an old sign in place, ...
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Here are the preliminary plans.     The 10th and Elm Sugar House development will be home to new, high-end, centrally located apartments focused towards health, wellness and outdoor living.  This unique project will provide ground-floor walk-up residential units along 1000 East and along Elm Avenue.  This project is also fortunate enough ...
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December 2022.  We have a new drawing of what the developer is proposing.   And, the petitioner submitted a new Development Agreement  This is what the city had been waiting for, and should say what the developer has agreed to do on this parcel, which is to return six dwelling units ...
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We have a request to vacate a portion of the public alleyway at 2167 S 800 East. The approximate length to be vacated is 160 feet. You can see the map here. This request is coming from the two abutting property owners. apparently, this alley is not wide enough to ...
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We have received a Notice Letter about School District Signs. They want to be able to add a pole sign on public and private school campuses. No matter the zoning district, the sign must comply with these requirements. Unfortunately, they did not provide a sign. We discovered at the Land ...
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UPDATE#2 Here is the letter we just received, November 2022, asking for feedback. During the permitting process, Rocky Mountain Power made them move the building north 7 feet.  On the north side of the building, this means the project lost 21 parking stalls. To maintain the 55 stalls promised, they ...
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UPDATE: The City Council approved the rezone (see old news below) on August 16, 2022. The land was sold to Altus Development Group, which is now proposing this townhome development. They are requesting a Planned Development to construct 20 for-sale townhomes on the parcel 2435 S 500 East. The city ...
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We have received a conditional use request to build an ADU at the NW corner of the property at 2867 S Chadwick Street in the R1/7000 zone. This will be on the November 14 meeting of the Land Use Committee of the Sugar House Community Council (SHCC) at 6 p.m ...
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UPDATE:  This will be on the Planning Commission agenda September 28 at 5:30.  Here is a link to that staff report. Salt Lake City has received a request from Andrea Palmer of Live Modal, representing the property owner, seeking Conditional Use approval for a single-story, detached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) ...
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We have received a Conditional Use request to build a detached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) at 2156 S Oneida Street. The structure will be located to the rear of the home, in the southwest corner of the property. Parking for the ADU will be provided by existing legal, on-street parking ...
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Salt Lake City has informed us that they are updating the Accessory Dwelling Ordinance, and want our input. This is the original Notice Letter. Here is the most recent draft 1/17/23, which is what they will vote on. They didn't vote on Feb 21, so we think it could be ...
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Salt Lake City's Planning Division is considering zoning amendments to encourage the construction of additional affordable housing.  This may include an affordable housing overlay that would modify zoning requirements in some areas of the city. An affordable housing overlay zoning district would provide incentives to developers who include affordable homes ...
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