Council approves Other Side Village lease and rezone, Inland Port agreement and RMF-30 changes
October 18, 2022, 7:00 p.m. · Salt Lake City and County Building, 451 South State Street, Room 326
The Council met in formal session with all seven members present and adopted shared housing, parking, RMF-30 and 16 South 800 West zoning changes plus the Ballpark Station Area Plan. It approved The Other Side Village lease terms (7-0) and rezone (6-1), and the Inland Port interlocal agreement (7-0). Redevelopment Agency business followed the council meeting.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item B-1 · Public hearing
Grant application: Know Your Neighbor, Open Society Foundation
No action · 7-0
The Council held a hearing on a Mayor's Office of Equity & Inclusion grant application to the Open Society Foundation. If awarded, the grant would pay for a new part-time program coordinator in the office, to help the county integrate Afghan refugees under the federal Operation Afghan Resettlement Support program. No one spoke; the hearing was closed and the item referred to a future consent agenda.
- GrantAmount not given to Open Society Foundation
Item B-2 · Public hearing
$85 million general obligation bond for parks, trails and open space
No action · 7-0
The Council held a public meeting on the ballot proposition to authorize $85 million in general obligation bonds for acquiring and improving parks, trails, open space and recreational facilities. A pro argument was read into the record. Two speakers supported the bond, citing water conservation, the Great Salt Lake, increased trail use since the pandemic and Westside projects along the Jordan River. One speaker opposed raising taxes and said the city was becoming unaffordable.
- Bond$85.0 million
Item B-3 · Public hearing
Salt Lake City International Airport 2022 Master Plan update (hearing)
No action · 7-0
The Council continued the hearing on the Department of Airports' 2022 Master Plan Update. One speaker urged energy and resource efficiency. The hearing was closed and action deferred to a future meeting.
Item B-4 · Public hearing
Alley vacation near 925 South 1200 West
No action · 7-0
The Council held a hearing on an ordinance to vacate a City-owned east-west alley segment and a section of the 9-Line trail next to 925 South 1200 West, folding the land into the neighboring property (Petition PLNPCM2021-00806). There was no public comment; action was deferred.
Item C-1 · City code
Shared housing zoning text amendments (formerly single room occupancy)
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Ordinance 66 of 2022, which replaces the single-room-occupancy category in Title 21A with 'shared housing': buildings with smaller units of one or more sleeping rooms that may have a private kitchen or a private bathroom, but not both (Petition PLNPCM2018-00066). The revised proposal lets a unit hold multiple sleeping rooms. Council Member Fowler said lowering the maximum occupancy of units sharing bathrooms or kitchens answered constituent concerns and added a dignified, affordable option. Council Member Wharton said concerns heard from residents improved the ordinance and hoped it was a compromise.
Item C-2 · City code
Off-street parking zoning text amendments
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Ordinance 67 of 2022 amending Title 21A on off-street parking, mobility and loading zones. The changes simplify parking regulations, fix enforcement problems and respond to changing development patterns (Petition PLNPCM2017-00753).
Item C-3 · Zoning
RMF-30 low-density multi-family zoning text amendments
Approved with conditions · 6-1
The Council adopted Ordinance 68 of 2022 amending the RMF-30 district to remove barriers to multi-family housing: design standards, new building types (sideways row houses, cottage developments, tiny houses), smaller minimum lot areas per unit, no minimum lot width, more than one primary structure per lot, a density bonus for keeping an existing structure and a maximum lot width to discourage land banking (Petition PLNPCM2019-00313). Council Member Mano moved the original ordinance; Council Member Puy offered a substitute motion adding a 180-day wait before publication, saying other ordinances in the works could be affected and the delay would let staff work through them. Council Member Fowler voted no, saying the other measures were displacement-mitigation policies and she did not feel public concerns had been addressed, though she appreciated a compromise. Council Member Valdemoros said the related measures were the Thriving in Place and Housing Loss Mitigation plans.
- Condition: ordinance not published for 180 calendar days
Item C-4 · Zoning
Rezone and master plan amendment at 16 South 800 West
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Ordinance 69 of 2022 rezoning the property from Transit Station Area Urban Neighborhood Station-Transition (TSA-UN-T) to Urban Neighborhood Station-Core (TSA-UN-C), and amending the North Temple Boulevard Plan, to allow a mixed-use building of up to 75 feet. No development plans have been submitted (Petitions PLNPCM2021-01242 and -01202).
- Current zone → proposed: TSA-UN-T → TSA-UN-C
- Maximum height: 75 feet
Item C-5 · General plan
Ballpark Station Area Plan
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Ordinance 70 of 2022 adding the Ballpark Station Area Plan to the city's General Plan. The plan sets a growth framework for the area from roughly 900 South to 1700 South and State Street to I-15, centered on the Ballpark. Council Member Mano said he was excited because the plan would make a big difference in the neighborhood.
Item C-6 · Development
The Other Side Village: lease terms and public benefit analysis, 1850 West Indiana Avenue
Approved with conditions · 7-0
The Council approved Resolution 32 of 2022 authorizing the lease rate and terms for a 40-year below-market ground lease to The Other Side Academy, a Utah nonprofit, for a tiny-home village of about 54 affordable units, subject to the City and village entering a ground lease and a development agreement on the proposed term sheets. Council Member Puy said the village is in District 2, acknowledged work to address community concerns now written into the agreement, and called for a rubric for difficult projects given the Westside's experience. Council Member Petro-Eschler read a statement about Westside residents' concerns, including crime, trauma and the need for assurance that future development would not be taken lightly. Council Members Wharton and Valdemoros said the project improved through the process and credited Puy, Petro-Eschler and the Mayor.
- Land dealAmount not given to The Other Side Academy
- Conditions: ground lease and development agreement on the proposed term sheets
Item C-7 · Zoning
Rezoning for The Other Side Village, 1850 West Indiana Avenue and 1965 West 500 South
Approved · 6-1
The Council adopted Ordinance 71 of 2022 rezoning portions of City-owned land, about 37.1 acres, from Public Lands (PL) to Form Based Urban Neighborhood (FB-UN2). Proposed uses include permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness with on-site health care, services and community space. The request covers zoning only; no site plan was under consideration (Petition PLNPCM2021-00787). Council Member Mano voted no, saying he wanted the pilot to succeed but would have liked more Council and public input before the entire site was rezoned.
- Acres: about 37.1
- Current zone → proposed: PL → FB-UN2
Item E-1 · Appointment
Appointment of Lorena Riffo-Jenson as Director of Economic Development
Approved · 7-0
The Council approved the appointment of Lorena Riffo-Jenson as Director of the Department of Economic Development after suspending its rules. One member of the public spoke in favor during comments.
Item F-1 · Contract
Utah Performing Arts Center interlocal agreements (Eccles Theater)
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolutions 33 and 34 of 2022 amending the operating agreement and interlocal cooperation agreement among the City, the Redevelopment Agency and the Utah Performing Arts Center Agency for the Eccles Theater. The changes concern insurance and are intended to save taxpayer money.
Item F-2 · Contract
Interlocal agreement with the Utah Inland Port Authority
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolution 35 of 2022 authorizing the Mayor to sign an interlocal agreement with the Utah Inland Port Authority, required by 2022 legislation to be in place by Dec. 31, 2022. It sets how the Authority spends environmental and community mitigation money and consults the City, commits the Redevelopment Agency to spend 10 percent of exempt-area property tax it receives on affordable housing, and requires the City to provide a point of contact for land use applications. Council Member Petro-Eschler thanked the City Attorney, Mayor and chief of staff; Council Member Puy said the Port would proceed without a contract and the agreement gives the City protection. Council Member Wharton noted the City's lawsuit lost at the Utah Supreme Court and cited the agreement's required environmental and health studies. About eight speakers in public comment opposed the agreement, asking for a delay for public input, objecting to the 25-year term and to the Port's property tax and water use, and asking for an environmental health study. The Redevelopment Agency board separately approved Resolution 16 of 2022 on the same agreement, 7-0.
Item F-3 · Budget
Fiscal Year 2023 sustainability holding account: electrified transportation
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolution 36 of 2022 releasing holding account funds for electrified transportation, with legislative intent that the department's upcoming study evaluate a fee for public electric vehicle charging, including fees to recoup electricity costs and other costs such as maintenance, installation and planning.
- BudgetAmount not given
Item F-4 · Budget
Airport Fund fiscal year 2023 budget contingency
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolution 37 of 2022 releasing holding account funds for airport parking lot capital expenditures. Council Member Dugan voiced concern about car-centric parking and said the plan is to study how people reach the airport rather than pave land; Council Member Puy reiterated the commitment to find other transportation options; Council Member Fowler called the decision difficult.
- BudgetAmount not given
Item G · Other
Consent agenda
Approved · 7-0
The Council approved the consent agenda 7-0. It set Nov. 10, 2022 hearings on the Capitol Park Cottages rezone at 675 North F Street (Ivory Development, 19 single-family lots; FR-3/12,000 to SR-1 and an Avenues Master Plan amendment), a rezone at 856 West 1300 South (R-1/5,000 to FB-UN1) and a plan to donate 146 surplus City computers to nonprofits. It also approved a batch of FY2022-23 grant holding account items and appointments to the Accessibility and Disability Commission (Kayci Lynam, Rich Foster, Janis Ferre) and Airport Board (Theresa Foxley).
What residents said
Inland Port agreementHousing displacementWestside developmentParks bond costAirport parking
Eight speakers opposed the Inland Port interlocal agreement (see item F-2). Others asked for ordinances to keep housing affordable and mitigate displacement, thanked the Council for the 180-day wait on RMF-30, supported the Other Side Village approval, asked that current shelter providers be held to conditional use permits, urged a master plan before a Westside rezone, supported an F Street rezone, supported a letter on housing for homeless residents before winter, supported higher density in the upper Avenues, raised parks bond and affordability concerns, and supported the Economic Development director appointment.