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Council adopts state‑mandated Wildland Urban Interface code, approves budget adjustments and West High street vacation

Salt Lake City Council · November 19, 2025
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Summary

Salt Lake City's council adopted a Wildland Urban Interface building standard required by Utah House Bill 48, approved a budget amendment adjusting transition costs and adopted legislative intent on private donations for CIP projects, and approved a zoning amendment and street vacation for the West High School rebuild with negotiated neighborhood mitigations.

Salt Lake City’s council voted unanimously to adopt a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) building standard ordinance required by the Utah Legislature’s House Bill 48, after staff said the code applies only to parcels shown on the city’s WUI map.

Michael Sanders, council policy analyst, said the ordinance is not citywide and follows a positive Planning Commission recommendation. One resident, Ian McCubbin, urged the council to consider including certain…

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