TASK 1: PROJECT ORIENTATION

As a first step, city staff will review background ordinances, plans, and related materials to prepare for initial meetings with decision-making bodies, the Advisory Committee, and other community stakeholders. These meetings will help shed light on where the current regulations are working well and where they can be improved. Collecting feedback from several vantage points is critical to help inform future revisions.

TASK 2:  CODE ASSESSMENT & OUTLINE

Staff will evaluate the current Land Development Code (LDC) in detail and prepare a report that outlines the major issues to be addressed in the project, based on staff’s independent review and stakeholder feedback from Task 1. The assessment will include potential new approaches for Taylorsville based on national and Utah best practices. An annotated outline will be prepared showing how a revised LDC could be organized, serving as a roadmap for the remainder of the project.

TASK 3: PREPARE THE DRAFT LDC

Following the assessment report, the project team will draft the revised Development Code in three installments:

Installment 1: Administration & Procedures

This installment will address review and approval procedures in Taylorsville related to land use and development, along with enforcement procedures and rules for nonconformities. Existing procedures will be reviewed and updated accordingly to promote fair, efficient and predictable decision-making.

Installment 2: Zoning Districts & Uses

This installment will update the zoning districts, including dimensional standards (building setbacks, height standards, lot coverage, etc.), and identify uses allowed in each zoning district. This material will reflect the General Plan and other area-specific planning efforts.  

Installment 3: Development & Design Standards 

This installment will address the minimum quality standards for new development and redevelopment, including topics such as access and connectivity, grading and drainage, landscaping, parking, building design, signage, environmental protection, sustainability and redevelopment and infill standards.

For each of the three installments, staff will prepare a public draft and post those materials on the project website and present the materials to the Advisory Committee, Planning Commission, City Council and to the general public. Staff will collect and consolidate comments received during each of the three installments and prepare a single Consolidated Draft for another round of review prior to beginning the adoption process.

TASK 4: LDC ADOPTION

After receiving input on the Consolidated Draft, staff will create an Adoption Draft that will be considered for recommendation by the Planning Commission and approval by the City Council. As a companion guide to the new LDC, staff will prepare an Executive Summary that describes the project, compares the existing and proposed regulations and summarizes all major changes. This material will be presented by staff during a series of public hearings to inform and educate decision-making bodies and to solicit additional public input.