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Sight distance triangle amendment

Adds alley intersections and structures to the sight distance triangle rules. Adopted 7-0 on August 15, 2023 as Ordinance 46.

Approved

Type
Code change
Location
Citywide
Applicant
Mayor Erin Mendenhall
  1. Aug 15, 2023City Council: Sight distance triangle text amendment
  2. Aug 8, 2023City Council: Sight distance triangle text amendment (public hearing)
  3. Jul 18, 2023City Council: Consent: hearing dates for carriage house, sight distance triangle and Sugar House drive-thro…
  4. Jul 18, 2023City Council work session: Sight distance triangle text amendment

In brief

Sight distance triangle amendment appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of July 18, 2023 to the City Council meeting of August 15, 2023.

On record, it was approved once.

The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of August 15, 2023.

A motion at the City Council meeting of July 18, 2023 set a hearing date; it did not decide the application.

Follow the money and project delivery

Sight distance triangle amendment

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved: Sight distance triangle text amendment · Approved minutes Record → · Aug. 15, 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. August 15, 2023 · City Council

    Sight distance triangle text amendment

    Approved · 7-0

    The council adopted Ordinance 46 of 2023, adding alley-street and alley-sidewalk intersections to the sight distance triangle rules and applying the standards to buildings and other structures not covered by fence regulations. Council Member Darin Mano clarified that the version adopted included changes discussed in the last work session.

    • Petitioner: Mayor Erin Mendenhall
    • Petition: PLNPCM2023-00054

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

  2. August 8, 2023 · City Council

    Sight distance triangle text amendment (public hearing)

    Pending

    The mayor's ordinance would add alley intersections to sight distance triangle rules and apply the standards to buildings and other structures not covered by fence rules.

    • Petitioner: Mayor Erin Mendenhall
    • Petition: PLNPCM2023-00054

  3. July 18, 2023 · City Council

    Consent: hearing dates for carriage house, sight distance triangle and Sugar House drive-through amendments

    Approved · 7-0

    The council set August 8 hearings on three zoning text amendments: allowing reconstruction of historic carriage houses as dwelling units (the planning commission recommended against it), the sight distance triangle changes, and the ban on new Sugar House drive-throughs.

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

  4. July 18, 2023 · City Council work session

    Sight distance triangle text amendment

    Discussed

    The mayor's proposal would add alley-street and alley-sidewalk intersections to the sight distance triangle rules and apply the standards to buildings and other structures not covered by fence rules. Planners said legally existing fences, walls, hedges, buildings and other structures could continue.

    • Petitioner: Mayor Erin Mendenhall