Salt Lake City Council adopts package of ordinances, CIP and housing policies in unanimous votes

Salt Lake City Council adopted a set of ordinances and resolutions Tuesday evening, approving changes to the city’s administrative appeals process, design-review standards, the fiscal year 2026 Capital Improvement Program and several housing-policy items. All motions passed by unanimous voice vote.

The council closed the public hearing on an ordinance that would consolidate appeals for certain license denials, revocations or suspensions and civil-infraction appeals into a formal administrative appeals process and add an $81 fee for formal administrative appeals. Council member Pui moved to close the hearing and adopt the ordinance; Council member Dugan seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. The administration’s introduction noted the change would replace the current small-claims-court pathway for those appeals and that the amendment would also apply to the recently adopted parties-and-events ordinance (adopted Aug. 12).

The council also adopted an amendment to the city’s design-review standards. Council member Dugan moved to adopt the ordinance, seconded by Council member Pooey; the motion passed unanimously.

On capital spending, the council approved a resolution adopting project-specific allocations for the fiscal year 2026 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) as shown in the meeting exhibit. Council member Pietro moved approval; Council member Pui seconded. The motion included council intent language that the administration address funding for curb, gutter and irrigation needs on the 1200 East medians (CIP project number 25) using existing transportation and public-lands funds in a forthcoming budget amendment. The adopted motion also directs the council to examine traffic-calming CIP allocations that are on hold because of SB 195 and consider recapture of those funds with an emphasis on reallocating them to school-safety projects.

The council passed several legislative-policy resolutions related to housing programs: a legislative policy for housing program funding, a legislative policy for the Salt Lake City Community Land Trust program, a legislative policy and budgetary guidelines for a home-repair program, and a legislative policy for a naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) preservation program. Each of those motions was moved and seconded by members named on the record and approved unanimously.

The council approved the admission of the city of Holiday as an additional member of the Central Wasatch Commission by resolution; that motion also passed unanimously. The meeting concluded with approval of the consent agenda and adjournment.

Votes at a glance - Ordinance (administrative appeals consolidation, includes $81 fee): motion to close hearing and adopt — mover: Council member Pui; second: Council member Dugan; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Ordinance (Design Review Standards Amendment): mover: Council member Dugan; second: Council member Pooey; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Resolution (Capital Improvement Program FY26, project-specific allocations; intent language on 1200 East medians CIP #25 and review of traffic calming allocations held for SB 195): mover: Council member Pietro; second: Council member Pui; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Resolution (Central Wasatch Commission: admission of Holiday): mover: Council member Dugan; second: Council member Wharton; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Resolution (Legislative policy for Salt Lake City housing program funds; administration to provide preliminary metrics mid-FY26 and annually thereafter): mover: Council member Dugan; second: Council member Wharton; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Resolution (Legislative policy: Community Land Trust program): mover: Council member Wharton; second: Council member Dugan; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Resolution (Legislative policy and budgetary guidelines: Home Repair program): mover: Council member Poue; second: Council member Young; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Resolution (Legislative policy: NOAH preservation program): mover: Council member Wharton; second: Council member Dugan; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote). - Consent agenda: motion to approve — mover: Council member Pouis; second: Council member Wharton; outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote).

Context and next steps The adopted administrative-appeals ordinance replaces the prior small-claims-court route for formal appeals in the categories specified by the administration and imposes an $81 fee for formal administrative appeals; the ordinance text also applies that procedure to the recent parties-and-events ordinance. The CIP resolution sets project-specific allocations for FY26 as shown in the meeting exhibit and contains council intent to address identified median work on 1200 East through an upcoming budget amendment and to review certain traffic-calming allocations held under SB 195 for possible reallocation to school-safety projects. The housing-policy resolutions create legislative positions and request ongoing program metrics from the administration. No roll-call tallies were recorded in the public transcript; each item was approved by unanimous voice vote as announced by the chair.