JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING AGENDAS
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
September 15, 2026 04:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
September 15, 2026 08:30 PM
Description/Agenda
NOTICE OF COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS
JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION / CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the Cottonwood Heights City Council will hold a Work Session at approximately 4:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, in the Cottonwood Heights City Council Work Room located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Part of the Work Session will be conducted jointly with the city's Planning Commission as shown below. The public may remotely view the open portions of the meeting through live broadcast by connecting to https://www.youtube.com/@CottonwoodHeights/streams, the city's YouTube channel.
4:00 p.m. 1. WELCOME - Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion
2. CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OF BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion (10-15 min.)
3. REPORTS
a. Noise Camera Legislation
Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion/Representative Arthur (20min.)
4. STAFF REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
(Staff will provide information to the city council and the planning commission, respond to questions and facilitate discussion concerning this agenda item).
a. General Plan Presentation and Discussion with City Council and Planning Commission.
Community and Economic Development Director Jim Spung (100 min.)
b. Excuse Planning Commission
c. Old Mill Engineering Report
Community and Economic Development Director Jim Spung (20 min.)
d. Youth Service on Committees Discussion
Council Member Suzanne Hyland (15min.)
5. REVIEW OF CALENDARS AND UPCOMING EVENTS*
a. CERT Refresher - Thursday, September 17, 2026, at City Hall in the Community Room
b. Spooktacular - Monday, October 26, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at City Hall
c. CWH Book Club 'Becoming Madam Secretary' - Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall
d. Star Spangled Finale - Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Butler Middle School
e. Senior Bingo - Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall in the Community Room
f. Light the Heights - Monday, November 30, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall
*For more information, please visit CH.UTAH.GOV and click Community Calendar
6. POSSIBLE CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS LITIGATION; REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE OR LEASE; THE CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL; AND/OR ANOTHER PERMITTED PURPOSE UNDER UCA 52-2-205
7. ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
NOTICE OF COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the Cottonwood Heights City Council will hold a Business Meeting beginning at approximately 7:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, in the Cottonwood Heights City Council Chambers located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The public may remotely view the open portions of the meeting through live broadcast by connecting to https://www.youtube.com/@CottonwoodHeights/streams, the city's YouTube channel.
Persons physically attending the meeting in the City Council Chambers may make verbal comments to the City Council when invited to do so, after completing a speaker comment card. Citizen comments may also be submitted in writing to the city recorder at cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov by noon, on the meeting date. In the interest of time and those attending the meeting live, however, submitted written comments will be entered into the record and distributed to the City Council, but will not be read at the public meeting.
Civility and decorum should be applied in all discussions and debates. Difficult questions, tough challenges to a point of view, and criticism of ideas and information are legitimate elements of a free democracy in action. Public officials and the public are encouraged to refrain from making belligerent, personal, impertinent, slanderous, threatening, abusive, or disparaging comments.
7:00 p.m. 1.0 WELCOME - Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion
2.0 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.0 CITIZEN COMMENTS
During each regular city council meeting (specifically excluding work sessions), there will be a period not to exceed sixty minutes for citizen comment.' (Cottonwood Heights Code of Ordinances 2.30.160 (B)) Persons physically attending the meeting in the City Council Chambers may make verbal comments to the City Council when invited to do so by the meeting chair. Persons attending the meeting remotely may not make verbal comments to the City Council during the meeting. Persons attending the meeting remotely, or who do not attend the meeting either physically or remotely, are invited to submit written comments to the City Recorder before Noon. on the meeting date. Written comments that are timely submitted will be admitted into the record of the meeting and distributed to the City Council but will not be read at the public meeting.
4.0 RECOGNITION
4.1 Red, White, and Bloom Award Winners - Administrative Services Director Barbara Higgins
5.0 ACTION ITEMS
5.1 Consideration of Resolution 2026-63 Reappointment to the Arts Council Committee. (Susie Yanling Shi)
(This resolution provides the city council's advice and consent for the city manager's reappointment of Susie Yanling Shi to the Arts Council. It also formally ratifies the council's current membership composition).
5.2 Consideration of Ordinance No. 475 Approving the Re-zone of Real Property Located at 7030 S. Park Centre Drive from O-R-D (Office, Research and Development) to CR (Regional Commercial)
5.3 Consideration of Ordinance No. 476 Approving an Ordinance Amending Title 19 of the Cottonwood Heights Code of Ordinances (Regional Commercial Zone)
5.4 Consideration of Ordinance No. 477 Approving an Ordinance Approving the Re-zone of Real Property Located at 2196 East 6450 South from RR-1-21 (Rural Residential) to R-1-15 (Residential Single Family) and Amending the Zoning Map
5.5 Consideration of Ordinance No. 478 Approving an Ordinance Approving a General Plan Amendment for Real Property located at 2196 East 6950 South from Rural Residential to Residential Low Density
6.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
6.1 Approval of the minutes for the City Council Work Session and Business Meetings of September 1, 2026.
6.2 Authorization for Chief Robby Russo to Attend the Sister City Celebration in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea (South Korea).
6.3 Authorization for Emma Lalaian to Attend the Versaterm Users Conference in Ottawa, Canada.
7.0 ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
On Wednesday, September 9, 2026, a copy of the foregoing notices was posted in conspicuous view in the front foyer of the Cottonwood Heights City Offices, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. A copy of this notice was sent to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, newspapers of general circulation in the city, by the Office of the City Recorder. The agendas were also posted on the City's website at www.ch.utah.gov and the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov.
DATED this 9th day of September 2026 Tiffany Janzen, City Recorder
The city building for this meeting is accessible. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodation or assistance by notifying the City Recorder at 801-944-7021 or recorder@ch.utah.gov, at least two business days before the meeting, or by calling Relay Utah at 711.
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations or assistance during this meeting shall notify the Recorder's office, at 801-944-7015 or cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. If you would like to submit written comments on any agenda item they should be received no later than Tuesday at noon. Comments can be emailed to cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov.
Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation
Council Members may participate in the meeting via telephonic communication. If a Council Member does participate via telephonic communication, the Councilmember will be on speakerphone. The speakerphone will be amplified so that the other Council Members can hear.
Other Information
Determination of the Mayor, as Chair of the Cottonwood Heights City Council, Concerning Electronic Meeting Anchor Location PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANN. 52-4-207(4).