Atlantic staff writer Jerusalem Demsas, whom Ive cited in previous posts, writes again about the nature and tone of public input in local land use and housing considerations. Utah Lake has been the subject of concerns about its state and future status as development has surrounded it. This would save over $30 million in interest costs, and would mean that funding will be available in the future for additional transit projects, rather than having those funds committed to paying debt service on bonds. Many housing economists posit that inadequate supply stems from overly restrictive land-use regulations. Just saw a survey by Zillow about how people of all ages and backgrounds have generally positive feelings about missing middle housing, even in predominantly single-family neighborhoods and among older homeowners. A couple of clips from the news story: The Utah Republican introduced legislation Friday to allow a state or local government to buy parcels of federal land at a reduced price to address housing supply and affordability in their areas. A number of other states do make them compulsory, but not here. At the required public hearing, we got, as you might expect, plenty of comments about how inappropriate such a request was, how it would ruin the neighborhood and lower property values. There are two weeks left in the legislative session. Lets see if we can get a forum going to work this through. The referendum process protects people. Nouveaux single et clip pour le breton Herv. He concludes by calling out leaders and citizens: Building isnt easy, or wed already be doing all this. Kaiser, a Republican representing District 2, said Monday hell continue working on finding solutions to fix the housing crisis. https://www.utahfoundation.org/reports/middle-housing-study-part-i/. al.) You can see the reporthere. Rather, the amount of parking per unit would be left to developers to decide. The lakes environmental condition has been a big problem. The Land Use Task Force continues to meet, but it sounds like they have still not settled on any specific bill language on the issues theyve been discussing. Standardize a two-step process: preliminary review and final approval, If application is 100% consistent with SAP and zoning, then staff approval only, Looking at shot clocks (time limit for approval process), Clarify that units above garages are IADUs, Clarify that local governments may not regulate internal circulation, Considering removing ability of local governments to require additional parking, Considering removing ability of local governments to exempt areas of city from having to allow IADUs, Withold Class B & C road funds during period of non-compliance, For affordable housing proposals that take longer than 45 days to be reviewed, development fees would be refunded, State mandate to allow affordable housing anywhere in the city, State mandated density bonus whenever property is upzoned add another unit per acre, Establish a State Housing Appeals Board to review housing proposal denials by cities, Payment of a fine to Olene Walker Housing Fund for non-compliant cities, Rewarding jurisdictions that have reformed zoning and land-use policieswith higher scores in certain federal grant processes, Deploying new financing mechanisms to build and preserve more housing where financing gaps currentlyexist: manufactured housing, accessory dwelling units (ADUs), 2-4 unit properties, and smaller multifamily buildings, Expanding and improving existing forms of federal financing, including for affordable multifamily development and preservation. Webthe old hand-me-down poor coverage of Radio 1s old 247 m (1215 kHz) though it had national full-time coverage on VHF/FM, which many of its listeners were most likely to use. Interesting. This issue is explored in an interesting paper published in the Ohio State Law Journal not long ago titled Constitutional Law for NIMBYs: A Review of Principles of Home Rule for the 21st Century, by Yale Law School Professor David Schleicher. Reducing regulatory barriers to housing production has been abipartisancause in a number of states throughout the country. On the one hand, he (like Gorsuch) asked Snyder why the city couldnt address its safety and aesthetic concerns by restricting the placement, size, and number of signs, rather than restricting anything that has to do, arguably, with the words that are written on the sign. On the other hand, he emphasized that these kinds of ordinances have been around for a long time, and that a ruling for Reagan National would impose significant burdens on a lot of local jurisdictions around America.. The justification for the creation of MIDA was the preservation and enhancement of an important economic and jobs base for the state generally and northern Utah in particular Hill Air Force Base. The districts share local government power, including the power to issue bonds and the power to impose property taxes. Today, James Brasuell, editor of the Planetizen website, shows us the ultimate expression of such lack of support and cooperation of top-down zoning reform the citizen referendum. A reporter from southern Utah made the statement that local officials in that part of the state are considering whether future zoning permits should be curtailed until the current drought situation has at least been addressed. Some excerpts: Right now, Chrissy Rochford lives in an RV with her dog Riley. More on this topic coming up. Gov. "eventAction": "491 - Radio Caroline", And lets not forget transportation, which is always closely tied to land use and growth issues. This article is rather dated (1997) and does involve some peculiarities of North Carolina code and court rulings, but it still makes the overall point Im shooting for. The market is telling us we need more housing, but whats holding that back, or was at least until we saw significant rate increases, is local governments., Government plays a big role in that piece, in that we tend to make it harder. Over the course of my career, I have often heard mayors say, I need to appoint people to the PC who have backgrounds in land use and development. Actually, I say, no, thats not the answer. The big issue in growth talked about for the last few years as been housing affordability, here and in other states (and even in other first world countries). The issue continues to grow. Heres a good summary of recent lake issues https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/10/20/22714414/utah-lake-environment-islands-proposal-farming-ranching-utah-legislature-politics-population-growth. Subsequently, the real estate community has reacted, asking the county council to not overreact. Hmmm. With this having been an administrative item, the board reviewing the project could very well have dealt with these claims by asking, wheres the evidence? Such incidents point toward the concept of perhaps stipulating rules of procedure for administrative land use hearings. Karson too is becoming a psedo-planner after dealing with all this. Conversion or construction of homes to be short-term vacation rentals continues to be a big issue around the state. Or even when the Moderate Income Housing Plan is being updated by the local officials. began the debate by saying Wasatch Acquisitions plan lacks sufficient parking spaces allocated per housing unit. Ultimately, the applicant chose to pursue the original rezoning request. HB406 LUDMA Modifications this is one of the Land Use Task Force bills. Okay, only two days left and then we can talk about other things, as well as about what just happened to us in the legislative session. Its worth the read. Despite its reputation as a liberal haven (the city is often called the Peoples Republic of Berkeley), Berkeley bears the ignominy of being the first city to implement exclusionary zoning, documenting its racist intentions in the process. And to the argument that local governments are, if not the primary cause, at least one of the main contributors to the housing affordability crisis by making it difficult to build more housing, take a look at the most recent construction report from the University of Utah. Even when local policy makers manage to change codes, they will face continual opposition. Housing subcommittee co-chair Steve Waldrip also talked about the current effort underway to attempt to develop a metric to measure the shares for housing affordability among communities. There have been other issues as well. Second, Fillmores bill would also seek to sharpen Utahs teeth when it comes to punishing cities that havent included moderate income housing into their city plans. He outlined the larger problem Washington City has faced where private housing residents fill their garages with storage items, boats or RVs, leading them to park their cars on city roads to avoid private road ticketing. Watch out, folks, the knives are sharpening. Thats an option favored by 13%. 3 new lines in cities LUDMA; 17 new lines in county LUDMA. Not all of the bills passed were created this way, however witness the food truck bill! The most recent and most germane (at least in the negative sense) was a piece in yesterdays Trib by Robert Gehrke which featured a last minute addition to the housing bill, HB462 (see lines 3578-3582), which essentially mandates that Summit County is to create a Housing Transit Reinvestment Zone at Kimball Junction near Park City. Legislators even took an aerial tour https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/2/15/22935079/utah-lawmakers-get-aerial-tour-of-great-salt-lake-drought-science-saline-lake-politics-environment in the last few days to see what is happening to the lake. But the area was spread among at least four different cities, and finding the funding and sophistication for negotiating three-way contracts, leases and financing was a daunting specter. Let me first say that I am not going to go into much detail about the project here because it has a long history with much nuance and more than one side to the story. A few new bills of interest out over the holiday weekend. The pace of growth was much slower than the potential might have allowed for, and as such there was no artificial market created that drove up land values. This issue was the primary topic explored at this years Utah Land Use Law conference https://utahlanduse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021Brochure6p12.pdf. The main change in the 4th substitute is to eliminate the Housing Support Grant Program. But they dont always get things right. The high court ruled that the distinction between on-site and off-site digital billboards was content neutral under the First Amendment and not subject to strict scrutiny. Heres the bill. The first is HB276 Water Supply Amendments. Today is the first day of the regular session of 2023 Utah State Legislature. Once again, only a relatively minor land use-related bill shows its face, while the biggies continue to be out of sight. Lately, theres been a new one added it will use up scarce water. Clarifies that municipalities are required to participate at the same rate of tax increment capture as the county. Heres a comment from a citizen in a rezone hearing recently in a Utah community where the proposal was for rezoning a property from agricultural to residential allowing lots down to 14,000 square feet (not high density by any means! Theres also a lot of discussion about the much-talked-about Station Area Planning bill going on in meetings. 237(v) shall consult with the public water system or systems serving the municipality with Housing elements are also required to affirmatively further fair housing, a requirement unique to California. I was able to get access to the letters Kay Hoogland wrote, and they are generally about the conflicts of interest she sees of those appointed to the OVPC, which is a debate Im not particularly interested in getting into the middle of here, but she does emphasize in her letters that, in her opinion, a more extensive outreach to the community might have broadened the pool of potential PC members: It would have been easy and consistent with past practice to post the recent opening in The Ogden Valley News, but the county did not. The bill does create a new section in the citys LUDMA, titled Short-term Rentals Municipal Pilot Program. Ive been in most of these meetings, and must say it has been really remarkable the variety and scale of things considered. Im a private-property-rights person, he said, adding, I dont like to tell people they cant do those types of things with their property, but Cox also called short-term rentals an issue we need to talk about more in dealing with the states housing crisis. APA and NLC will convene local government officials, community planners, builders, financial institutions, housing policy associations as well as state and federal partners to develop, align, and advance locally-driven housing supply solutions. So, how can this be made to work? The citizens are angry enough I would guess they would try a referenda on this bill, but it was passed by more than two-thirds of each chamber of the legislature, so it wouldnt even be eligible to be referended.
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