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Planning & Zoning Enforcement
451 South State Street, Room 406
Salt Lake City UT 84111
801.535.7757
FAX 801.535.6174
Office hours: M-F 8 am to 5 pm
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About Us
Mission Statement
Provide a vision for planning and
preserving a high quality, livable community that reflects Salt Lake
City's unique culture, population and sense of place.
The Planning and Zoning Division
The Salt Lake City Planning and Zoning Division is
responsible for creating land use development codes and their
implementation.
Planning
The Planners’ duties include developing master plans
to provide vision and goals for future development in the City,
creating and implementing the City’s Zoning Ordinance to ensure that
minimum development standards are met, creating and implementing the
subdivision ordinance to ensure the division of land is carried out in a
way to ensure adequate sized lots for development and access to the
property, and protecting historically important neighborhoods and
sites in the City for existing and future citizens.
Zoning Enforcement
The Housing/Zoning Enforcement Section of the Planning
and Zoning Division enforces the City's housing and zoning ordinances. City housing/zoning inspectors inspect apartments and
homes for hazards and deficiencies that threaten the health and safety
of residents. Their enforcement of minimum housing standards helps keep
the City's housing stock habitable and fosters the maintenance and
improvement of buildings within the City. It also prevents buildings
from being closed or demolished, forcing displacement of residents.
City housing/zoning inspectors inspect properties
throughout the City for junk, weeds, and other unsightly problems that
detract from the City's environment and aesthetic qualities. By
enforcing use and property restrictions, the inspectors maintain order
in the City and encourage business and residential development.
The inspection and enforcement efforts of the City’s
housing/zoning officers protect the tax base and property values of the
City by removing blight and encouraging the maintenance of buildings and
property.
Board Support
The Planning and Zoning Division provides staff support
for four City boards
including the Board of Adjustment
which has the authority to grant
exceptions to the City’s zoning regulations; the
Housing Advisory and
Appeals Board which has the authority to ensure minimum standards for
residential development are met; the Historic Landmark Commission
which
ensure the preservation of important historic structures and sites and
the Planning Commission
which determines the appropriate types and
intensity of uses in various geographic areas and determines dimensional
requirements (such as maximum heights of structures, amount of open
space on a lot and the distance of buildings from property lines) to
minimize impacts on other properties.
The Planning and Zoning Division works very closely with property
owners, citizens, community groups, developers and elected officials to
implement the Division’s goals of creating a City that is vibrant,
pleasant, safe and attractive to all citizens by providing for a variety
of housing types, by attracting development and investment compatible
with the City’s well-being, by preserving historic resources and by
providing excellent constituent services to balance the needs between
property owners, renters, residents, business owners, developers and
future citizen.
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