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Sugar House drive-through ban

Prohibits new drive-throughs in the CSHBD1 and CSHBD2 zones. Adopted 7-0 on September 5, 2023 (draft minutes).

Approved

Type
Code change
Location
Sugar House Business District
  1. Sep 5, 2023City Council: Sugar House drive-through text amendment
  2. Aug 8, 2023City Council: Sugar House drive-through 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: Sugar House drive-through text amendment

In brief

Sugar House drive-through ban appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of July 18, 2023 to the City Council meeting of September 5, 2023.

On record, it was approved once.

The most recent decision was approved (7-0) at the City Council meeting of September 5, 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

Sugar House drive-through ban

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved: Sugar House drive-through text amendment · Draft minutes Record → · Sept. 5, 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. September 5, 2023 · City Council

    Sugar House drive-through text amendment

    Approved · 7-0

    The council adopted Ordinance 53 of 2023, prohibiting all new drive-through facilities in the CSHBD1 and CSHBD2 Sugar House Business District zones. Existing drive-throughs become nonconforming uses.

    Moved by Council Member Victoria Petro, seconded by Council Member Sarah Young. Vote: 7-0

  2. August 8, 2023 · City Council

    Sugar House drive-through text amendment (public hearing)

    Pending

    The ordinance would prohibit new drive-through facilities in the Sugar House Business District (CSHBD1 and CSHBD2).

    • Petition: PLNPCM2023-00026

  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

    Sugar House drive-through text amendment

    Discussed

    The proposal, initiated by the planning commission, would prohibit new drive-through facilities in the Sugar House Business District by removing them from the permitted-use tables for the CSHBD1 and CSHBD2 zones. Existing drive-throughs would become nonconforming uses. Planners cited public feedback, professional best practices on walkable districts and examples of businesses without drive-through service. The council set the public hearing for August 8.