- Salt Lake City Council debates rezoning for a proposed 421-unit high-rise project.
- Concerns include potential impacts on historic St. Mark’s Cathedral and its solar panels.
- Further discussions are planned, with a public hearing on rezoning scheduled for Feb. 3.
SALT LAKE CITY — Sparks flew at times as a representative for a proposed residential high-rise east of downtown and Salt Lake City leaders discussed elements of the project and its potential impact on a historic church next door.
Silverado Management is seeking to rezone a large parcel at 265 E. 100 South in the Central City neighborhood from form-based mixed-use 8 (MU-8) to central business district (D-1) for the proposed 421-unit project, which would be overseen by Raven One, LLC, a part of the Cumming family that owns Snowbird.
While the D-1 zone has no building height limits, the city planners proposed a development agreement that would cap the building at 225 feet. This would help create more density and more housing, said Dave Hunter, founder of Silverado, as he presented the project to the Salt Lake City Council on Tuesday…