- Salt Lake City debates rezoning that would allow for a seven-story hotel next to Sugar House Park.
- Residents express concerns about traffic and viewshed impact from the proposed hotel.
- City Council may vote on the rezoning measure as early as April 7.
SALT LAKE CITY — An 0.83-acre parcel of land along the southeast corner of 1300 East and 2100 South is an “anomaly” left over from before the formation of Sugar House Park, when the land was home to a state prison, Richard Layman points out.
It’s remained commercial space abutting the park for decades, and there hasn’t been much agreement over what to do with it next, especially since a Sizzler restaurant once located there closed in 2020. That remains the case six years later, as a developer seeks to rezone the land to make way for a seven-story hotel.
Layman, vice chair of the Sugar House Park Authority board of trustees, says the board doesn’t have a consensus opinion on the proposal, but he was one of the many people who attended a Salt Lake City Council public hearing on Tuesday to urge the city to reject the rezoning request…