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Commission forwards utility exemption clarifications and administrative review options to council
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council approve a zoning text amendment clarifying which public utility structures are exempt from standard design rules and to allow administrative review options for rare new utility structures in historic and planned development contexts.
Salt Lake City planning staff brought a zoning text amendment to clarify "utility exemptions" in the land use tables and to streamline review of certain public utility structures. The Planning Commission voted unanimously on March 12 to forward a positive recommendation to City Council.
What the amendment does: Planning staff said the code already exempts many types of public utility infrastructure (wires, transmission lines, sewer laterals, pipes, stormwater and similar systems), but footnotes in the land-use tables were vague and sometimes inconsistent. The…
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