[0:02] All right, we would like to welcome you
to the South Salt Lake City Council work
[0:05] meeting. It is Wednesday, July 8th,
2026. The time is 6:45 p.m. My name is
[0:11] Charlotte Bynum and I will be conducting
and I'd like to welcome all the council.
[0:15] Um we would like to excuse Nick
Mitchell. He had a a loss in his family
[0:19] and we send condolences to him. Um our
thoughts are with him.
[0:24] And then we'd like to welcome staff and
anyone who's here in person or watching
[0:28] us on Zoom.
We have three items up for discussion,
[0:32] so we will go ahead and start with item
number one. We'll turn the time over to
[0:35] Jed who will be talking about 100 116
East Garden Avenue zone change.
[0:41] » [clears throat]
[1:11] » Perfect. Good to be here. Um
My name is Jed Shawm from planner, city
[1:16] planner from community community
development. And
[1:19] » [clears throat]
>> today I'll bring to you a zoning map
[1:22] amendment application from the property
owner at 116 East Garden Avenue
[1:28] um for this location.
Um
[1:33] There we go. Um so here's some general
general information about this location.
[1:39] So this application is asking to change
the highlighted lot as indicated on the
[1:42] right from commercial corridor or CC to
R1.
[1:47] Um and the image on the bottom left
corner from is from Google Maps of the
[1:51] existing
um what it looks [clears throat] like at
[1:54] the existing location right now.
>> [snorts]
[1:57] » So the purpose um for this zoning map
amendment is to allow the property owner
[2:01] to have more financial options. As the
property owner expressed that buyers are
[2:06] are unable to acquire a loan from the
bank for for a purchase because
[2:09] residential is a prohibited use under
the current zoning.
[2:13] Also, not only financial issues, but it
is impossible for any other residential
[2:18] purposes to simply because residential
uses are not allowed in the in the
[2:23] commercial corridor zone.
And this leaves the property owner
[2:27] basically have no flexibility or options
to use this residential unit as a
[2:32] residential unit.
So, here's the zoning map for this
[2:36] location.
Um
[2:39] Um and then the lot size for this uh for
116 East Gar- Garden Avenue is 0.14 acre
[2:45] according to the county assessor map,
which is about 6,098
[2:49] square feet, and it is way below the
current CC minimum lot size standard,
[2:54] which is 1 acre.
Um but as you can see, this location
[2:58] meets all minimum R1 lot standards since
the lot is about is above 6,000 square
[3:03] feet and meet the 50-ft minimum lot
width standard in the R1 zone.
[3:09] Therefore, staff staff agrees that this
location at 116 East Garden Avenue is
[3:14] more suitable or makes more sense to be
zoned R1 instead of uh commercial
[3:18] corridor. And moreover, from my
observation of the zoning map, this is
[3:22] one of the if not the only single-family
dwelling that has a underlying
[3:26] commercial corridor zoning on the east
side of State Street that does not face
[3:30] State Street.
So, here's a more zoomed out version of
[3:34] the zoning map with the blue arrow
indicating
[3:38] um the project area today, um 116 East
Garden Avenue. And as you can see, the
[3:43] commercial corridor zone usually ends
where the residential units begin along
[3:47] the east side of State Street.
Um and I just want to point out that
[3:51] this reason one application is also in
line with our general plan. Um,
[3:56] which in the general plan's future land
use map, um, 116 East Garden Avenue
[4:01] falls under the neighborhood character
areas, which, um,
[4:06] the definition is that is
um, is that these are the areas with
[4:12] existing residential um,
where current neighborhood character
[4:16] defined by building mass, street
orientation, and overall density is to
[4:20] continue.
Um, and so we staff thinks that this
[4:24] action, um, to match the zoning with the
existing, um, residential unit at this
[4:29] location will perfectly match with the
vision,
[4:31] um, for this location in the general
plan.
[4:34] Um, ultimately for the next steps, the
plan is to bring this in front of, uh,
[4:38] plan commission
for a recommendation,
[4:42] um, on August 6th.
And then, uh, I'll be back, um,
[4:47] with this zone change application on for
an approval on the 26th of August City
[4:52] Council regular meeting. Um,
pretty straightforward, um, application,
[4:57] and yeah, feel free to let me know if
you have any questions.
[5:00] Thank you.
>> Any questions?
[5:02] Usually we're going the other way, and
so this is a nice thing to see in all of
[5:07] my years on the council to see that
we're adding
[5:10] » Yeah.
>> some residential single family zone.
[5:11] » Yeah.
>> Thank you, Jen.
[5:12] » Mhm.
>> Appreciate you.
[5:14] All right, next up, we'll invite Stuart
up.
[5:17] Welcome. Um, I believe he's talking
about a resolution to just kind of do
[5:22] some some cleanup, making sure you,
Stuart, have access to all the functions
[5:27] you need to complete your job. I'll let
you explain more.
[5:35] » Good evening, [clears throat] Council.
Stewart Acobia, the Director of Finance
[5:38] for the City of South Salt Lake. So,
here we're talking about a resolution,
[5:43] um, which essentially is appointing me
as the um
[5:48] director of finance and also in charge
of your financial institution accounts
[5:54] like your bank accounts and things like
that. Um in addition, the resolution
[5:59] um states that Joy Mandler is the deputy
director of finance
[6:05] and Charmaine Peck as a treasurer for
the city.
[6:09] So essentially this resolution gives me
in um control of the accounts to make
[6:13] sure um things are in line and
reconciled and um
[6:17] appropriate and
uh should be.
[6:20] » Any questions?
All right. I think we're just excited to
[6:24] have you and put you to work. So.
>> Great. Thank you.
[6:27] » you.
All right. We'll move on to item number
[6:31] three, appointment by the mayor.
[6:39] » We um had an we had a resignation from
the CRB. So we have a current opening as
[6:45] a regular sitting CRB or civilian review
board um member. And so the next person
[6:52] that would be online that we need to
move as uh alternate to a regular is
[6:57] Catherine Taylor and [clears throat] so
that's what I would be asking for this
[7:01] evening in the regular meeting is advice
and consent for that. She is here. You
[7:05] have questions for her.
Um
[7:08] » All right. Any questions? Her resume's
in our Dropbox. We're familiar with
[7:11] Catherine. We appreciate her service so
far.
[7:14] » Thank you.
>> We'll take action in our final our
[7:17] regular meeting.
All right. Well, seeing as we
[7:21] went through those three items pretty
quick, we will adjourn and start in
[7:24] eight minutes.
>> Please Sharlah.
[7:25] » Oh, just quickly, just a thought.
>> [clears throat]
[7:28] » It seems odd that we would have to have
a formal process to move an alternate to
[7:32] a regular member. I don't know if that's
spelled out somewhere, but it seems
[7:37] if we already appointed them an
alternate, do we have to appoint them as
[7:39] a regular?
I don't know if we that makes sense to
[7:42] streamline. Joey, you'd have more
>> is Joey, um it is written into the
[7:47] ordinance that that is how we move
forward with that so that it follows
[7:52] um other
uh established boards and committees
[7:55] within the city.
>> Okay.
[7:57] » I mean, I don't think anybody's opposed
to that, but because
[8:01] » I'll point out certain countries.
>> Oh, I was just saying because regular
[8:04] members have a vote in closed Well, not
a vote, but they have an opinion in
[8:08] closed door meeting, whereas alternates
do not. This is now moving someone from
[8:13] not having an opinion to actually having
a meaningful opinion.
[8:16] » Okay.
>> But just in in line with the council's
[8:20] role when someone is appointed, the
advice and consent process,
[8:24] this is still someone Yes, they're
appointed to that board, but their role
[8:27] is different. So, it's a different role.
So, clearly the council could say in the
[8:32] in ordinance, I think would be the way
to do that. We could do that research,
[8:35] but um that would probably be the best
way to do it is through a code change
[8:38] that
would have a process outlined for
[8:41] authorizing them to do that and the the
civilian civilian board to do that in
[8:45] their rules.
Uh
[8:47] that process of appointing, you know,
who moves up and who doesn't. So,
[8:51] » Yeah.
>> Um
[8:52] it's a good question, but typically
every appointment needs to be given
[8:56] advice and consent by the council. Yeah.
Um you know, for good reason. So,
[9:02] that's typically why we do it.
>> Oh, yeah, I attempt to simplify, but if
[9:06] it complicates, then ignore all that.
>> Yeah, I know. Sometimes
[9:11] it's a good before. All right. Thank
you. With that, we will adjourn and
[9:14] start our regular meeting in 6 minutes.
Thank you, everyone.