Another petition submitted to Salt Lake City seeks to rezone land in Glendale from a single-family to a missing middle zone.
In a petition filed on May 4, developers are seeking to rezone a .34 acre parcel of land located at 1469 W. California Ave. from R-1-7000 to Form Based Urban Neighborhood District (FB-UN1). The R-1-7000 zone is a residential zone meant for single family homes on lots no bigger than 7,000 square feet.
The FB-UN1 zone allows for a mix in housing types including duplexes, row houses and cottage developments. The zone allows for buildings up to 2.5 stories with a maximum of 30 feet, according to the city’s zoning code.
According to a project narrative included in the rezone application, the rezone would allow for more density in the neighborhood while still keeping the neighborhood’s feel. Heights allowed in the FB-UN1 zone are similar to the two-story homes in the surrounding area.
The rezone would also enable the property to be developed into townhomes, which would be, “designed to serve families at a materially more attainable price point than what is achievable under the current R-1-7,000 designation,” according to the application. One of the proposed community benefits outlined in the project narrative would be to create for-sale units at an attainable price point.
“For sale missing middle housing addresses a documented gap in the Westside’s housing inventory, which is dominated by both large lot single family homes and high density rental apartments, with very little for sale attached housing available to young families seeking to build equity in the neighborhood,” the project narrative says.
The rezone would also allow for an underutilized parcel to be developed. The land sits on the corner of California Avenue and Stewart Street in Glendale, and applicants wrote that a rezone to FB-UN1 would contribute to the goals laid out in the Westside Master Plan.
“The FB-UN1 district is the right tool for this location,” the project narrative says. “It ensures that new development on California Avenue is contextually appropriate in scale, oriented toward the pedestrian realm, and provides the density necessary to deliver attainable housing in a neighborhood that the city’s own planning documents have identified as undersupplied.”
The rezone proposal is the second in recent weeks that seeks to shift land in Glendale into missing middle housing. The California Avenue property is to the north of three parcels on Van Buren Avenue where applicants are trying to rezone the R-1-7000 land to RMF-30.
Like with the proposed rezone on Van Buren, the California Avenue parcel is located a short walk away from both Mountain View Elementary and Glendale Middle School. The city’s Glendale Library branch is also located around a half mile away. Access to the Jordan River Parkway Trail would be just over a half mile away.
It’s not clear when either rezone proposal could be reviewed by the Salt Lake City Planning Commission or the Salt Lake City Council.
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