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Historic preservation overlay text amendment

Council adopted Ordinance 67 of 2023 reorganizing and updating the H Historic Preservation Overlay District rules and creating processes to update historic resource surveys.

Approved

Type
Code change
Location
Citywide
Applicant
Salt Lake City
  1. Nov 14, 2023City Council: Historic Preservation Overlay District text amendment (Ordinance 67 of 2023)
  2. Nov 7, 2023City Council: Historic Preservation Overlay District text amendment
  3. Oct 17, 2023City Council: Consent agenda: hearing dates, grants and board appointments
  4. Oct 17, 2023City Council work session: Historic Preservation Overlay District text amendment

In brief

Historic preservation overlay text amendment appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of October 17, 2023 to the City Council meeting of November 14, 2023.

On record, it was continued once and approved once.

The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of November 14, 2023.

A motion at the City Council meeting of October 17, 2023 set a hearing date; it did not decide the application.

Follow the money and project delivery

Historic preservation overlay text amendment

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved: Historic Preservation Overlay District text amendment (Ordinance 67 of 2023) · Approved minutes Record → · Nov. 14, 2023

  2. Money in the record

    No itemized amount linked in the records collected.

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. November 14, 2023 · City Council

    Historic Preservation Overlay District text amendment (Ordinance 67 of 2023)

    Approved · 7-0

    The Council adopted the reorganization and update of the H Historic Preservation Overlay District rules, including amendments to the consolidated fee schedule.

    • Petition: PLNPCM2023-00123

    Moved by Council Member Chris Wharton, seconded by Council Member Alejandro Puy. Vote: 7-0

  2. November 7, 2023 · City Council

    Historic Preservation Overlay District text amendment

    Continued · 7-0

    One speaker addressed the proposed treatment of contributing and noncontributing status. The Council closed the hearing and deferred action.

    • Petition: PLNPCM2023-00123

    Moved by Council Member Daniel Dugan, seconded by Council Member Alejandro Puy. Vote: 7-0

  3. October 17, 2023 · City Council

    Consent agenda: hearing dates, grants and board appointments

    Approved · 7-0

    The Council approved the consent agenda in one vote. It set Nov. 7 hearings on the Goltz Avenue/Jefferson Street rezone, historic preservation overlay amendments, 2157 South Lincoln Street, 116 East Edith Avenue, Madsen Park plan amendment, 1720 and 1734 South West Temple, the consolidated plan amendments for housing program income, and the 300 West alley vacation, and set a Nov. 14 hearing on HUD community development needs. It approved Grant Holding Account Items (Batch No. 1) and appointed Ben Raskin, Thomas Walker and Antonio Esquibel to the Police Civilian Review Board, and Adrienne White, Jared Stewart and Alan Barnett to the Historic Landmark Commission, and reappointed Michael Vela to that commission.

    Moved by Council Member Alejandro Puy, seconded by Council Member Daniel Dugan. Vote: 7-0

  4. October 17, 2023 · City Council work session

    Historic Preservation Overlay District text amendment

    Discussed

    Planner Amy Thompson described a reorganization of the zoning chapter on the H Historic Preservation Overlay District, with new sections on applicability, exemptions, staff approval of solar panels, notice for demolition of noncontributing buildings and fees, plus new processes to update historic resource surveys and make historic status determinations. Members asked about appeals, protecting nonconforming structures with historic value, removing barriers for homeowners, penalties for purposeful damage, neighbor outreach and economic hardship procedures.

    • Petition: PLNPCM2023-00123
    • Hearing set for Nov. 7; tentative action Nov. 14