Council adopts administrative hearing process, design review rules and housing program policies, all on 7-0 votes
August 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
The City Council met Aug. 19 in a short formal meeting and passed every action item 7-0. It adopted an administrative hearing process for civil violations, new design review standards, capital improvement funding allocations and several housing program policies. It also admitted Holladay to the Central Wasatch Commission and set Sept. 2 hearings on the Delta Center parking garage and the West High School rebuild. Council Member Wharton also asked the Mayor about the city's response to residents displaced by a July 25 apartment fire in neighboring Millcreek.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Administrative hearing process for civil violations (public hearing) | Approved · 7-0 |
| Design review standards amendment | Approved · 7-0 |
| Capital Improvement Program project allocations, fiscal 2025-26 | Approved · 7-0 |
| Holladay admitted to the Central Wasatch Commission | Approved · 7-0 |
| Housing program funding policies | Approved · 7-0 |
| Legislative policies for the Home Repair, Community Land Trust and NOAH Preservation programs | Approved · 7-0 |
| Consent agenda: hearing dates for four land-use ordinances and a library board appointment | Approved · 7-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item B1 · City code
Administrative hearing process for civil violations (public hearing)
Approved · 7-0
The Council held a public hearing on an ordinance that replaces the Small Claims Court route for formal appeals of civil violations with a general administrative hearing process, and adds a fee for formal administrative appeals. The process applies to the parties, gatherings and events ordinance adopted Aug. 12. No one spoke, and the Council closed the hearing and adopted Ordinance 50 of 2025.
Item C1 · City code
Design review standards amendment
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Ordinance 51 of 2025, which amends Chapter 21A.59 of the city code on design review. It clarifies when each section applies to a project, makes the intent of each standard clearer, deletes duplicate standards and adds new design standards.
Item C2 · Budget
Capital Improvement Program project allocations, fiscal 2025-26
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolution 16 of 2025 setting project-specific Capital Improvement Program funding for fiscal 2025-26, with two stated intents: to address curb, gutter and irrigation needs on the 1200 East medians (CIP project 25) with existing Transportation and Public Lands funds in an upcoming budget amendment, and to look at recapturing traffic-calming allocations put on hold by S.B. 195 with a focus on moving the money to school safety projects. Council Member Puy said not every proposal could be funded this year and encouraged residents to submit projects.
- BudgetAmount not given
Item F1 · Other
Holladay admitted to the Central Wasatch Commission
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolution 22 of 2025 approving the City of Holladay as an additional member of the Central Wasatch Commission, the body that carries out the Mountain Accord's environment, recreation, transportation and economy goals.
Item F2 · Other
Housing program funding policies
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted Resolution 23 of 2025 updating legislative policy for the city's Housing Program Funding, creating a Housing Programs Loan Committee and a Tenant and Homeowner Loan Fund. It also adopted a legislative intent that the Administration give the Council preliminary metrics on the programs halfway through fiscal 2026 and yearly after that.
Item F3 · Other
Legislative policies for the Home Repair, Community Land Trust and NOAH Preservation programs
Approved · 7-0
The Council adopted three resolutions updating legislative policy for housing programs: Resolution 24 (Home Repair Program, budgetary guidelines), Resolution 25 (Community Land Trust Program) and Resolution 26 (Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing, or NOAH, Preservation Program). Each passed on a separate 7-0 vote.
Item G · Other
Consent agenda: hearing dates for four land-use ordinances and a library board appointment
Approved · 7-0
The Council approved the consent agenda by 7-0. It set Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. for public hearings on a rezoning near 247 North 800 West (R-1/7,000 to R-1/5,000 to allow development west of an existing home, reached from the private Hoyt Place), a vacation of a city alley near 373 West American Avenue, a zoning text amendment and street vacation for the West High School reconstruction, and a master development agreement for a seven-story, roughly 452-stall Delta Center parking garage at 301 West South Temple. It also confirmed Charlotte Dubiel to the Library Board for a term ending June 30, 2028.
- Petition numbers: PLNPCM2024-00629 (rezone), PLNPCM2023-00636 (alley), PLNPCM2025-00320 and -00321 (West High), PLNPCM2025-00619 (Delta Center garage)
What residents said
Wildfire mitigation in the foothillsTrail user conflicts
Two residents spoke in the general comment period. One asked Public Utilities to work with the Fire Department on a wildfire mitigation and emergency response plan for the foothills; the other thanked the Council for new recreation trails and urged more, despite conflicts among trail users. No one spoke at the administrative hearing public hearing.