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Salt Lake City commission backs clarifying zoning exemptions for public utilities
Summary
The Historic Landmark Commission reviewed a mayor-initiated zoning text amendment to clarify which utility structures are exempt from design standards and to allow administrative review in certain historic-overlay cases; the commission unanimously voted to forward a recommendation to city council.
Salt Lake City’s Historic Landmark Commission voted unanimously to forward a mayor-initiated zoning text amendment clarifying utility exemptions and allowing additional administrative review for some public-utility structures in the city’s historic overlay.
The amendment (case PLN PCM 2024-01352) was presented by planning staff member David, who said the change would explicitly add government-owned antennas and fences or walls that restrict access to utility sites to the list of uses exempted from zoning design standards. It also clarifies utility-related footnotes, slightly tweaks the code definition of “utility” and adds an administrative-review pathway for certain public-utility construction that would otherwise require a public hearing in the historic overlay.
The measure’s purpose, David said, is to resolve practical conflicts between utility operational needs…
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