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Council briefed on resolution seeking exemptions for six station-area plans
Summary
Salt Lake City staff briefed the council on a draft resolution to seek state exemptions from station-area planning requirements for six light-rail and BRT stations, citing large areas of non-city land at several sites and limited local benefit at one station.
Salt Lake City Council members were briefed Wednesday on a draft resolution that would ask the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) to accept exemptions from state-required station-area plans for six transit stations.
City planning staff said state law requires a station-area planning effort for every fixed-rail or bus-rapid-transit station within a city or within a half-mile of a station. The city currently counts 34 stations and has already certified 14 station-area plans, staff said.
Staff said the six stations for which the city is seeking exemptions include four on the University of Utah campus, the Salt Lake City…
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