The Council will take comment and consider adopting an ordinance amending several sections of Title 21A governing mobile businesses on private property. The notice is explicit about the driver: recent state legislation limits what cities may regulate, and the code must be brought into compliance.
An ordinance would indefinitely close a 16′ × 275′ north–south alleyway and part of a 15′ × 100′ east–west alleyway in Block 1 of the West Boulevard Subdivision, consolidating all of Jefferson Park into a single parcel to enable improvements funded by the Parks, Trails, and Open Space GO Bond and CIP dollars. The notice states no properties rely on these alleys for access, and the resident-used alley off 200 West and Goltz Avenue is unaffected.
A 16.5′ × 80′ city-owned alley between Warnock Avenue and the I-80 right-of-way — currently hosting power poles, with no public access — would be vacated and split between the two adjoining owners. Council District 7. Petitioner: Jill Genessy on behalf of Gray Willow, LLC.
Under Utah Code 32B-1-202 (as of May 2026), a restaurant within set distances of a "community location" — here, Liberty Park across the street — needs a municipal proximity waiver before DABS will grant a liquor license, and the city must hold a public hearing at least 30 days before approving one. Council District 5.
The applicants' stated purpose is to provide "low density and missing middle" housing on two Van Buren Avenue parcels. Commission action from the meeting will appear in the action summary; we'll track the recommendation as it posts.
A text amendment addressing where community correctional facilities and jails may locate was before the Commission this week alongside the Van Buren item.
The amendment would replace the restrictive definition of "family" in section 21A.62.040, eliminating references to relationship and to the number of unrelated occupants. Written opposition is already on the record — the East Liberty Park Community Organization argues unrestricted co-living will convert family homes into de facto boarding houses — while the proposal's stated aim is easing costs for students, young professionals, and service workers.
The zoning code currently places a maximum daily water use of 200,000 gallons per day on certain uses; this amendment extends the water-use framework, including a requirement that land-use applicants certify anticipated daily water use. Initiated by Mayor Erin Mendenhall.
Framed explicitly as a housing-shortage response, this petition would change residential zoning rules in R-1, R-2, SR-1, and SR-1A districts "to make it easier for residents to rent or own homes." Those four districts are the bulk of the city's single-family land.
The Mayor has initiated a petition to update the Avenues Community Plan; related materials were before the Commission at its May 27 meeting. Community-plan updates set the policy baseline later zoning changes cite.
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