Ban on community correctional facilities and jails
A zoning text amendment that removes community correctional facilities and jails as a conditional use, making them prohibited on private property. State and federal properties are exempt from local zoning. A hearing was held Oct. 6, 2026, and the council's official recap says it approved the prohibition on Oct. 20. The recap gives no vote count or effective date.
Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- City Council: Ban on community correctional facilities and jails on private property
- City Council: Hearing: community correctional facilities and jails text amendment
- City Council: Consent: hearing dates for October 6
- City Council work session: Briefing: community correctional facilities and jails text amendment
In brief
Ban on community correctional facilities and jails appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council work session meeting of September 15, 2026 to the City Council meeting of October 20, 2026.
On record, it was approved once.
The most recent decision was approved at the City Council meeting of October 20, 2026.
Follow the money and project delivery
Ban on community correctional facilities and jails
- Council action
Approved: Ban on community correctional facilities and jails on private property · Agenda and reports Record → · Oct. 20, 2026
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- 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.
- 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
October 20, 2026 · City Council
Ban on community correctional facilities and jails on private property
Approved
The council's recap lists approval of an ordinance prohibiting community correctional facilities and jails on private property in Salt Lake City. The Oct. 6 agenda described the change as removing the facilities as a conditional use in the land use tables, with state and federal properties exempt from local zoning. The recap gives no vote count, ordinance number or effective date.
- Petition: PLNPCM2026-00384
- Source of outcome: council meeting recap, not minutes
October 6, 2026 · City Council
Hearing: community correctional facilities and jails text amendment
Pending
The agenda listed a hearing on an ordinance removing community correctional facilities and jails from the land use tables as a conditional use, making them prohibited. State and federal properties are exempt from local zoning. Tentative action was October 20.
September 22, 2026 · City Council
Consent: hearing dates for October 6
Pending
The consent agenda would set October 6 hearings on rezoning the Ellerbeck Mansion (140 North B Street) and 272 East 3rd Avenue to MU-2, rezoning the 10th East Senior Center and Victory Park property at 237 and 239 South 1000 East to Public Lands, a ban on community correctional facilities and jails in zoning code, and affordable housing incentive fines.
September 15, 2026 · City Council work session
Briefing: community correctional facilities and jails text amendment
Pending
Staff were to brief the Council on an ordinance removing community correctional facilities and jails as a conditional use, making them prohibited. State and federal properties are exempt from local zoning.