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Murray committee of the whole hears update on proposed form‑based code for city center
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a near‑final draft of a form‑based code for Murray City Center, describing how the code would replace the existing MCCD zoning, regulate building form and public frontage, and streamline approvals for projects that meet the new standards.
MURRAY, Utah — Murray City Council’s committee of the whole received a briefing Tuesday on a draft form‑based code that city staff and consultants say would replace the existing MCCD zone across the city center and focus regulation on building form and street‑facing design rather than a long list of permitted uses.
City planners and the consultant team said the code aims to provide predictable rules for the next 20–30 years, encourage street‑facing commercial and mixed uses, and allow existing businesses to remain unless a redevelopment changes a property’s footprint or scale.
At the meeting, Chad Wilkinson, Planning Department staff, and Mark Morris of VOTA Landscape Planning presented the draft and a set of “form districts” that would regulate height, setbacks and façade articulation. Morris said the code “recognizes that market conditions often drive which uses are going to pencil with any…
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