Hillcrest 2, 3, 6 wards lawn limit amendment
Request to raise the maximum lawn area for churches, schools and other institutional uses from 20% to 33% of landscaped area, which the church says would encourage it to undertake water-saving landscape projects at meetinghouses. On the Planning Commission's Oct. 7 agenda; outcome not yet published.
In review
- Type
- Code change
- Applicant
- Eric Lyman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
In brief
Hillcrest 2, 3, 6 wards lawn limit amendment appears on one recorded agenda: the Planning Commission meeting of October 7, 2026.
The most recent agenda collected for it, the Planning Commission meeting of October 7, 2026, listed it with no result recorded.
Follow the money and project delivery
Hillcrest 2, 3, 6 wards lawn limit amendment
- Council action
No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
- Money in the record
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- Signed agreement and payments
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Every hearing and vote
October 7, 2026 · Planning Commission
Hillcrest 2, 3, 6 wards: more lawn for institutional uses (Section 17.21.020)
Pending
Eric Lyman, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, asked to raise the maximum lawn for institutional uses such as churches and schools from 20% to 33% of total landscaped area, while multifamily, commercial and industrial sites stay at 20%. The church says local leaders found 20% too little for youth activities and gatherings, and that the cap discourages it from starting water-saving landscape projects at meetinghouses. Staff asked the commission to weigh what changed conditions justify it, why 33%, existing versus proposed turf and expected water savings, and why it should apply to all institutional uses.
- Applicant: Eric Lyman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Hillcrest 2, 3, 6 wards)
- Lawn cap for institutional uses: 20% → 33% of landscaped area