Holladay Digest

January 21st, 2025

Planning Commission Meeting

Topics

Work Session
Preview of Regular Meeting items, including Planning Commission training and the upcoming Public Hearing
Planning Commission Training
Conducted by City Attorney Brad Christopherson; covered topics including:
- Closed Sessions and quorums
- Public meeting and noticing requirements
- Agenda amendments and electronic meetings
- Meeting Minutes, recordings, and emergency meetings
- Electronic messages and GRAMA requests
- Public hearings, motions, and receiving public comments
Text Amendment (File #25-4-03)
Proposed amendments to Title 13, Chapters 13.04 (Definitions) and 13.100.010 (Table of Allowed Uses) related to state-mandated regulations for Home-Based Micro-Schools and Micro-Education Entities under Utah Senate Bill 13 (2024 Legislative Session)
- Home-based micro-school: K–12 education, up to 16 students, operated from a residential dwelling; requires 35 sq. ft. per student
- Micro-education entity: K–12 education, up to 100 students; requires 20 net sq. ft. per student
- Both must be permitted in all zones per State requirement
- Cities may regulate parking, traffic, hours of operation, site development, and health/safety conditions
- Parking requirement: one space per non-resident employee plus one additional space
- Outdoor play areas must be secured; rooms must have carbon monoxide and smoke detectors
- Both must register with the State and municipality as a business (regulated under Title 5, Business Licensing)
Brief Discussion
Chair Roach raised a question about whether micro-education entities overlap with boarding schools and whether boarding schools are addressed in City Code; City Planner Carrie Marsh indicated no specific boarding school provision exists; the closest analogue would be a treatment center

Decisions

Recommendation to City Council — Approve Text Amendment (File #25-4-03)

The Planning Commission voted to forward a recommendation to the City Council to approve the application by the City of Holladay to amend Title 13, Chapter 04 and Chapter 100.010 of the Holladay City Land Use Code, relating to definitions and approved land uses, based on the following finding:

Maintains statutory compliance with State legislation.

Votes

Open the Public Hearing
Moved ByCommissioner CunninghamSeconded By(No second recorded)OutcomePassed — unanimous consent
Close the Public Hearing
Moved ByCommissioner FonteSeconded ByCommissioner GongOutcomePassed — unanimous consent
Forward recommendation to City Council to approve Text Amendment (File #25-4-03)
Moved ByCommissioner CunninghamSeconded ByCommissioner FonteOutcomePassed — unanimous (6–0)
Adjourn
Moved ByChair RoachSeconded ByCommissioner FonteOutcomePassed — unanimous consent

Individual votes on Text Amendment recommendation

Commissioner Berndt — Aye
Commissioner Gong — Aye
Commissioner Fonte — Aye
Commissioner Vilchinsky — Aye
Commissioner Cunningham — Aye
Chair Roach — Aye

Actions

Forward recommendation to City Council to approve Text Amendment to Title 13, Chapters 13.04 and 13.100.010 (File #25-4-03)
City Staff / Planning Commission (recommendation forwarded per vote)
Research whether boarding schools are addressed in current City Code (implied follow-up from Chair Roach's question)
Carrie Marsh, City Planner *(not formally assigned; noted as unresolved)*

Notes

Public Hearing — No Public Comments
The Public Hearing on the Text Amendment was opened and closed with no public comments received.
State Mandate Context
The Text Amendment is required to bring Holladay City Code into compliance with Utah S.B. 13 passed during the 2024 Legislative Session. The State requires micro-schools and micro-education entities to be permitted in all zoning districts.
Practical Effect of Standards
City Planner Marsh noted that parking and square footage requirements will naturally filter micro-education entities out of most residential areas, with home-based micro-schools being the primary exception.
Minutes Certification
Certified as a true and accurate record by Teri Forbes, T Forbes Group, and approved March 4, 2025.

Summarized April 22, 2026

HOLLADAY DIGEST