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Staff recommends refining existing plan‑development process rather than creating a new PUD regime
Summary
Planning staff presented research on planned unit developments (PUDs) and recommended adjusting Salt Lake City's existing plan‑development process to address larger, multi‑building redevelopment projects rather than creating a new PUD procedure.
Salt Lake City planning staff briefed the commission at a Jan. 22 work session on research into planned unit development (PUD) processes used in other cities and how those compare to Salt Lake City’s existing Plan Development (PD) mechanism.
Staff noted that many U.S. PUDs are used for large greenfield projects and typically permit custom zoning, mixed uses and modifications to base zoning standards; most PUDs require City Council approval because they create custom zoning for a site. Salt Lake City’s PD process already allows many…
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