Planning staff begins Northwest Community Plan update, seeks more community input

Planning staff briefed the Salt Lake City Planning Commission on an update to the Northwest Community Plan and said the team will return with a draft for commission and public review by the end of the summer.

The briefing explained boundary adjustments, an expanded scope to include Northpointe, and that the North Temple Boulevard station area will be folded into the community plan to meet state station-area regulations. “The Northwest Community Plan was last updated in 1992,” planning staff Kelsey said, and the update is intended to “align with current citywide policies and goals,” including the housing plan, the transportation plan and Plan Salt Lake.

Why it matters: The Northwest plan frames land use, transportation and housing policy for a part of the city that includes transit corridors, the Power District and areas the city expects to annex. Changes to the plan…