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Cottonwood Heights reviews state-mandated moderate-income housing plan, council may vote to submit by Aug. 1
Summary
City staff presented a draft modern (moderate) income housing plan required by state code, outlining five recommended strategy areas — including ADU policy changes and impact-fee waivers for deed-restricted units — and told council the plan must be submitted to the state by Aug. 1.
City staff briefed the Cottonwood Heights City Council on a draft moderate-income housing plan that must be filed with the state by Aug. 1.
Community and Economic Development Director Mike Johnson, who led the presentation, said state law provides a 26-item “menu” of strategies from which cities must adopt at least three and that the city is proposing to retain four prior strategies and add a fifth so the city can qualify for priority transportation funding. "We must adopt a minimum of 3," Johnson said when summarizing the statutory requirement.
Johnson gave local benchmarks used in the plan: he cited the city median household income at roughly $116,000 and said 80% of area median income (AMI) would be about $93,000…
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