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PLANNING COMMISSION AMENDED AGENDA
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• Individuals: Each person gets two (2) minutes.
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agenda item, please email the staff contact listed for that specific item.
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Comments received between 12:01 PM on the Wednesday the week before the
meeting and 12:00 PM on the day of the meeting.
Note: Comments and materials received after the deadlines may not be reviewed prior to
the meeting but will be added to the official record. Emails received will not be read aloud
during the meeting.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
City & County Building
451 South State Street, Room 326
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
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MEETING LIVESTREAMS
The Planning Commission meeting livestream will be available on the following platform
the day of the meeting:
• Youtube – SLC Live Meetings
BEFORE THE MEETING
DINNER – Dinner will be provided for Commissioners and Staff at 5:00 PM in Room 326.
During this time, the Commission may also receive training related to their roles and city
planning topics.
MEETING OPENING
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
REPORT OF THE CHAIR & VICE-CHAIR
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR
OPEN FORUM – Commissioners may discuss general planning, zoning, or land use topics
not listed on the agenda. This discussion is limited to 10 minutes and does not include
public input.
Note: The order of agenda items may be changed at the Commission’s discretion.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of the Minutes for November 12, 2025
REGULAR AGENDA
2. Conditional Use at Approximately 855 E Garfield Ave – Dale LeMonds is requesting
conditional use approval to convert an existing place of worship to a vocational (beauty)
school use with an accessory retail service (salon) use for property located at the above
stated address. The City’s Building Preservation Incentives regulations allow for the
adaptive reuse of the property for the proposed use through the conditional use
process. The property is in the R-1/5,000 Single-family Residential Zoning District and
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is located in Council District 7, represented by Sarah Young. (Staff Contact: Ailin Leon at
801-535-7768 or Ailin.leon@slc.gov) Case Number: PLNPCM2025-00944
3. POSTPONED - Design Review at Approximately 310, 334 & 336 S 500 W, and 519,
523, 527 & 535 W 300 S - Brent Tippets with VCBO Architecture is requesting Design
Review approval to develop the USA Climbing National Training Center at the above-
listed addresses. Currently, the land is owned by the Community Reinvestment Agency
(CRA) and zoned Gateway Mixed Use (G-MU). The request includes: a modification from
the 50% residential requirement on 500 West, a reduction of building height from 75' to
65', and a reduction of ground floor glass from 60% to 20%(North) and 17% (East) and
upper floor glass from 40% to 14%(North) and 7% (East), a reduction in required
building entrances from 13 to 3, an increase in the allowable blank wall length from 15'
on the North and East, an increase in front yard setbacks from a maximum of 10' to 21'
on 300 West and 18' on 500 South and setback for the plaza space. The applicant is also
requesting an increase in the street-facing façade length from a maximum of 200' to
236' along 300 West and 270' along 500 South, as well as a modification of the
horizontal articulation standards. The subject property is within Council District 2,
represented by Alejandro Puy. (Staff Contact: Meagan Booth at 801-535-7213 or
meagan.booth@slc.gov) Case Number: PLCPCM2025-00896
4. POSTPONED - General Plan & Zoning Map Amendment at Approximately 2669 W
300 N - Scott Bates, representing the Clark & Christine Ivory Foundation, is
requesting a General Plan and Zoning Map Amendment for the above-listed address.
The site is 80 acres in size. Future development has not been envisioned at this time
but would be consistent in scale and design of nearby light-industrial development.
A. General Plan Amendment: Requesting to amend the Northpoint Small Area Plan's
land use map from natural open space and wetlands to light-industrial. Case
Number: PLNPCM2025-00614
B. Zoning Map Amendment: The applicant is proposing to rezone the property from
AG-2 (Agricultural) to M-1A (Northpoint Light-Industrial. Case Number:
PLNPCM2025-00613
The subject property is located within Council District 1, represented by Victoria Petro.
(Staff Contact: Eric Daems at 801-535-7236 or eric.daems@slc.gov)
5. General Plan & Zoning Map Amendment at Approximately 539 S 400 E – Russ
Poulsen with Thrive Development, the property owner, is requesting a Master Plan
Amendment and a Zoning Map Amendment at the above-listed address. The site is 0.41
acres (17,724 square feet) in size. If approved, the developer intends to build 5-story
residential building with commercial on the ground floor to complement the
neighboring property to the north under the same ownership.
A. General Plan Amendment: Requesting to amend the Central Community General
Plan's future land use map from Medium-High Density Residential to High Density
Mixed Use. Case Number: PLNPCM2025-00984
B. Zoning Map Amendment: Requesting to rezone the property from RMF-45 to MU-5.
Case Number: PLNPCM2025-00704
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The subject property is located within Council District 4, represented by Eva Lopez
Chavez. (Staff Contact: Olivia Cvetko at 801-535-7285 or Olivia.Cvetko@slc.gov)
6. Alley Vacation at Approximately 519 E Browning Ave - Amy & David Beecham, the
applicants, are requesting approval for an Alley Vacation, located to the east of 519 E.
Browning Avenue, to vacate (or to give up public ownership of) a portion of a public
alley approximately 16 feet by 187.43 feet, starting from Browning Avenue. If approved,
this section of the alley would be divided and allocated to the property owners abutting
the portion of the alley that is vacated. This property is zoned R-1-5,000 (Residential)
and is located within Council 5, represented by Darin Mano. (Staff Contact: Diana
Martinez at 801-535-7215 or diana.martinez@slc.gov) Case Number: PLNPCM2025-
00883
OTHER BUSINESS
7. Officer Elections
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two days after they are approved, which usually occurs at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
Planning Commission.