Residential buffer prohibitions text amendment
Reviews which land uses are prohibited within 1,000 feet of residential zones and how the distance is measured. The Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation, and the Council adopted Ordinance 63 of 2025 on Oct. 21, 2025.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- Applicant
- Salt Lake City Planning
Every hearing and vote
September 2, 2025 · City Council work session
Residential buffer prohibitions text amendment (briefing)
Discussed
Planners described a proposal to review which land uses are barred within 1,000 feet of residential zones and how that distance is measured; the Planning Commission forwarded a positive recommendation. Staff said it would not affect mixed-use zones. Council Member Dugan asked for a graphic showing the new mixed-use zones within the buffer.
- Petition: PLNPCM2024-01357
September 9, 2025 · City Council
Consent agenda
Approved · 6-0
The Council approved the consent agenda 6-0. It set Oct. 7 hearings on a partial street vacation at 1100 West and 400 South, the HOME-ARP plan amendment and the Liberty Heights alley vacation, and Oct. 21 hearings on the residential buffer and utility installation exemption text amendments. It also set a hearing for local landmark designation of the Sampson and Altadena Apartments (276 East 300 South and 310 South 300 East), and appointed the applicant, Denise Begue, Pablo Cruz-Ayalo and Nicholas Pedersen to the Arts Council and reappointed Aaron Wiley to the Parks, Natural Lands, Trails, and Urban Forestry Advisory Board, all for terms to Sept. 9, 2028.
October 21, 2025 · City Council
Residential buffer prohibitions text amendment
Approved · 6-0
After a hearing with no public comment, the Council adopted Ordinance 63 of 2025, which modifies the land uses subject to the 1,000-foot prohibition near residential zoning districts and clarifies how the distance is measured.
- Petition: PLNPCM2024-01357