Logan council pauses major zoning rewrite on ADUs, home businesses and short-term rentals after long public hearing

Logan City Council on a packed evening heard hours of public testimony and detailed staff presentations on a three-part code amendment that would change rules for home occupations, allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) citywide and rewrite short-term rental (STR) limits.

Mike, a city planning staff member, told the council the package revises three code areas: home-occupation language, ADU standards (including allowing detached ADUs citywide, maximum detached ADU size as 50% of the primary dwelling or 1,000 square feet, and setbacks), and STR rules (separation distance and a citywide cap). The ADU changes would remove an exclusionary map around the university and add standards for detached ADUs: setbacks, a proposed maximum of 20 feet in height (discussed as an option) and limits intended to make the secondary unit subordinate to the primary house. Staff also described options for STRs: how to measure separation (current street-front methodology versus a property-line radius), distances from 500 to 1,000 feet and…