The Other Side Academy unveiled its ambitious goal to build 400-500 small residential homes for the region’s chronically homeless population on a former landfill on Salt Lake City’s far-west side if the city agrees to rezone the large property. Plans for a tiny home...
Policy
Analysis: Salt Lakers looking at clogged arterials with two new drive-thrus on the way within a block of each other
Salt Lakers are set to see the solidification of years of car-centric street design when two notoriously popular fast food chains that attract long drive-thru lines come to town within a block of each other in the coming months. Burger joint In-N-Out and chicken...
With more staff in the planning department, are more zoning changes coming to the west side?
This year’s city budget, completed in June, was quite kind to Salt Lake City’s Planning Division. While not exactly “making it rain,” the Mayor and the City Council provided some much-needed relief to a department that’s been parched for resources and beset by...
Two projects in Depot District – Gateway amplify the need for the city to finish its new parking ordinance
Salt Lake City’s new off-street parking ordinance - how much parking developers are required to build given their land use and location - will be getting its final look by the city council later this spring and summer. The reform may have significant...
He wanted to offer rooftop dining in Sugar House. He’ll have to do it the hard way.
A property owner who wanted to provide outdoor dining on the roof of a two-story Sugar House building for a restaurant tenant was told he’d have to amend the entire zone to allow such a use, a lengthy and uncertain process at a time of heightened interest in social...





