Council hears rezone request for 1073 South Navajo Street; planning commission recommended RMF‑30 with for‑sale requirement

Salt Lake City Planning staff briefed council on March 24 about a zoning map amendment request to rezone 1073 South Navajo Street from R‑1‑5000 to RMF‑30.

Austin Kimmel summarized the petition: the applicant would retain the existing two‑bedroom single‑family house on the front of the roughly 0.49‑acre parcel and subdivide the rear for additional for‑sale housing. Olivia (principal planner) said RMF‑30 allows a wider set of housing types (two‑family, row homes, cottages and multifamily with density rules based on a 2,000‑sq‑ft per unit standard) and estimated that 6–8 additional units could realistically fit behind the retained home given the lot layout; one planner estimated RMF‑30 could allow about 10 units per half‑acre in theory.

The Planning Commission voted 6–1 to forward a positive recommendation to council with the development‑agreement condition that any units over four be for‑sale and that the existing home remain on site. Council members asked whether the development agreement could require owner‑occupation for any for‑sale homes; planning staff said such a stipulation can be written into the agreement if council desires that restriction.

Councilors expressed general support for using underutilized land to increase for‑sale housing in a neighborhood with a low owner‑occupancy rate, and staff said more detailed site plans and owner‑occupation provisions would be addressed in the development agreement and later permit review.