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Committee advances bill to exempt school district construction from some local zoning rules in limited, temporary form
Summary
The Senate Government Operations Standing Committee voted to recommend a first substitute of Senate Bill 211 after sponsors said the measure is needed to address recent zoning demands that could delay Salt Lake City School District construction projects.
Senator Weiler presented Senate Bill 211, describing the measure as a response to what he called an abrupt change by Salt Lake City in how the city applied setback and zoning requirements to school district construction. "To the shock and astonishment of the district...Salt Lake City...has started imposing some setback and zoning requirements...that are impossible for the school district to comply with when they're building one high school before they tear down the other high school," Senator Weiler said.
Alan Kersley, business administrator for the Salt Lake City School District, told the…
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