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Planning tweaks proposed for building-preservation and adaptive-reuse incentives to clarify administrative review and design rules

5930757 · August 20, 2025
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City planning staff proposed clarifications and modest adjustments to the building preservation and adaptive-reuse incentive ordinance adopted in July 2024 to allow additional administrative design modifications, clarify garage-door rules and add time-extension language; the planning commission unanimously recommended approval.

On Aug. 19 Salt Lake City planning staff briefed the council on proposed clarifications and limited adjustments to the building-preservation and adaptive-reuse incentive ordinance that the council adopted in July 2024. The ordinance created two incentive tracks—(A) use-based incentives and (B) preservation-based incentives—to encourage retention or reuse of eligible buildings generally 50 years or older.

Planning manager Amy Thompson said staff have issued several…

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