---Some history about the HCC and the zoning overlay---
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On December 13, 2005, the Salt Lake City Council adopted a new city-wide infill
zoning ordinance, 400-25-05. Since it was generally
accepted that the new ordinance did not adequately protect some neighborhoods,
temporary measures were enacted at the same
time by the City Council to provide additional protection to the SR-1 zoning districts
(Special Residential-1 zone) of the Avenues, Capitol Hill, and the R-1-5000 Wasatch
Hollow area of Sugarhouse for a period of six months (6 months is, by law, the
limit on a temporary ordinance).
The City Council's expectation was that these neighborhoods could use the six
month period to create an "overlay" zone to replace the temporary measures when
they expire. According to 'A Collection of Terms: Commonly heard in Local Government
and in Land Use Planning', provided by the Utah Local Governments Trust at their
planning workshops, an "overlay zone" is defined as:
a "set of zoning requirements
that are in addition to those of the underlying district. Developments within
the overlay zone must conform to the requirements of both zones, or the more restrictive
of the two. It usually is employed to deal with special physical characteristics
such as flood plains, historical areas, soils, or hillsides."
Zoning overlay districts are an established and accepted method of fine-tuning
zoning regulations to specific areas. Many areas of the city currently have zoning
overlays that take precedence over the city's general regulations.
The Housing Compatibility Committee (HCC) was working on an overlay for the SR-1
district of the Avenues when the city-wide ordinance was proposed. The HCC overlay
work was suspended in order to assess how the city ordinance would affect the
Avenues. Once
the city-wide ordinance was passed, the HCC has resumed work on an overlay for
the SR-1 district of the Avenues. This web site was created to provide information
to the community about the process, and to increase input from community members.
HCC meeting schedules and contact information
are provided as well as other documents and information.
For the HCC,
Shane Carlson
Jim Jenkin | 
