Daycare facilities zoning text amendment
Changes to daycare, home daycare and home occupation rules to align with state code and reduce zoning barriers to childcare. Adopted March 5, 2024 as Ordinance 8.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- Applicant
- City Planning Division
Every hearing and vote
March 5, 2024 · City Council
Zoning text amendment for daycare facilities (citywide)
Approved · 5-0
The Council adopted Ordinance 8 of 2024, which amends Title 21A rules on daycare centers, home daycares and home occupations to align city regulations more closely with Utah state code and reduce zoning barriers to childcare. It applies citywide (Petition PLNPCM2019-00225). One speaker supported it as a way to create safer, more affordable childcare.
- Petition: PLNPCM2019-00225
- Ordinance 08 of 2024
May 7, 2024 · City Council
Consent agenda: budget hearing dates, revitalization zone, Fairmont Heights and appointments
Approved · 7-0
The Council approved the consent agenda 7-0. It set May 21 and June 4 hearings on the fiscal 2024-25 budget, a May 21 hearing on creating the Capital City Revitalization Zone around the Delta Center, a May 21 second hearing on the Metropolitan Water District tax proposal, a May 21 hearing on Library Budget Amendment No. 3 and a May 21 hearing on assistance for the Fairmont Heights senior housing at 2257 South 1100 East. It also corrected the March 5 daycare ordinance for a clerical omission, a state licensing exemption and a ban on home daycares in dwellings in manufacturing zones, appointed Luz Escamilla to the Mosquito Abatement District board and reappointed Melanie Pehrson to the Parks, Natural Lands, Urban Forestry and Trails Advisory Board.