Zone Ogden development code update

Every hearing and vote

1. March 4, 2025 · City Council

   Zone Ogden zoning code rewrite update (work session)

   Discussed

   Senior Planner Brandon Rypien said the Zone Ogden project, begun in summer 2023, is in the drafting stage. Proposed changes include a new R-1-2.5 residential zone and more infill options such as cottage lots, cluster subdivisions and accessory units, replacement of the CP commercial zones with C-1, C-2 and C-3, new community facilities and Canyon Gateway zones, junk yards becoming a nonconforming use, new historic resource chapters and revised overlays for flood, sensitive lands, airport, 12th Street Corridor, live/work and East Central. Next steps are monthly meetings with the advisory committee and Planning Commission, refining special use chapters and moving to a final draft for adoption.

2. July 8, 2025 · City Council

   Zone Ogden development code update

   Discussed

   Senior Planner Brandon Rypien said the Zone Ogden rewrite of the city's development codes began in summer 2023 with consultant Logan Simpson and is in the drafting stage. The Planning Commission last reviewed draft chapters June 18, 2025. A final public open house and a Planning Commission public hearing will follow once the code is fully drafted. Rypien gave an overview of the major changes and reorganization, and the council discussed public involvement and development standards in different zones. Chair Marcia White said the council will have more chances to question planners.

3. July 15, 2025 · City Council

   Zone Ogden: special use and development standards chapters

   Discussed

   Senior Planner Brandon Rypien reviewed draft chapters on special use standards (residential daycare, accessory dwelling units, telecommunications facilities) and development standards (landscaping, fencing, lighting, parking). Discussion covered form-based zoning, design guidelines on 25th Street, relaxed ADU standards, historic preservation and streamlining the Landmarks Commission process, home occupation enforcement and sign rules.

4. August 19, 2025 · City Council

   Zone Ogden: general provisions chapter

   Discussed

   Senior Planner Brandon Rypien reviewed the draft General Provisions chapter, covering property boundary changes and land divisions. The discussion covered street and block design, requiring private entities such as homeowner associations to build private streets to city standards, and flag lot and subordinate dwelling rules. A developer-focused meeting is planned for Sept. 10 and a public open house tentatively for Oct. 22.

5. November 18, 2025 · City Council

   Zone Ogden development code update

   Discussed

   Senior Planner Brandon Rypien and consultant John Jensen of Logan Simpson said drafting is nearly done. Topics were how to transition to the new code (staff recommend adopting it with a delayed effective date of three to six months), replacing the 'family' definition with 'household' with a 15-person maximum and no more than three rental contracts, whether to lower the sexually oriented business threshold from 15 to 5 percent of floor area, and landscaping standards tied to water conservation. Council members questioned the 15-person cap without regard to square footage or bathrooms. Landscaping and accessory dwelling unit standards were pushed to January.

6. January 13, 2026 · City Council work session

   Zone Ogden update

   Discussed

   Senior Planner Brandon Rypien said the unified development code would combine four titles (subdivisions, zoning, landmarks and signs) into one document, after six open houses and more than 40 listening sessions. It is to allow accessory dwelling units in all residential zones, smaller lots for ownership, bicycle parking, formula-business rules for 25th Street, historic 'mothballing' standards and water-wise landscaping. The full draft is due Feb. 11, 2026, an open house is set for Feb. 25 and a Planning Commission hearing for March 11.

7. January 20, 2026 · City Council

   Zone Ogden update

   Discussed

   Staff covered private streets (a 'minor private street' for six or fewer lots maintained by an HOA or agreement; Council Member Kevin Lundell worried about defunct HOAs), home occupations in garages with one outside employee, a limit of about 10 chain businesses downtown (about four now), and signs (20-foot height cap, content neutral, time limits on non-permanent signs). Parking was not reached for lack of time.