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Salt Lake City council debates step‑backs, parking and timing for mixed‑use zoning consolidation
Summary
At a July 8 work session the Salt Lake City Council heard from planning staff, legal counsel and council members on proposed mixed‑use (MU) zoning consolidation, focusing on whether to narrow step‑back rules, parking differences between old and new zones, and how long to delay implementation after adoption.
Salt Lake City Council members and planning staff on July 8 discussed revisions to a proposed mixed‑use (MU) zoning consolidation ordinance, focusing on upper‑level step‑backs, parking requirements and the timing of implementation.
The discussion matters because the ordinance would replace multiple MU and residential designations across the city; changes to setback and parking rules affect where and how much new development can occur and which existing permit applicants can complete projects under the current code.
Planning staff said the city considered a transitional overlap during which applicants could choose to complete projects under the existing code or the new MU rules. Staff reported the city attorney’s office advised against a 6‑month overlap as not legal. As one staff summary put it, the attorney’s office “advised against it, stating that it would…
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