What is a master plan?
A master plan details the vision, policies, and framework developed by the community that guide growth and development in a neighborhood over a period of time –usually 20-30 years.
A master plan usually includes four key components:
How are master plans implemented?
Ever wonder how master plans are turned into reality? This graphic helps explains how the City works with residents, businesses, developers, and other partners to make our plans come to life. Click here for a pdf version
Master Plan Boundaries
Citywide Plans
- Plan Salt Lake // Adopted 2015
- Creating Tomorrow Together – Commission Report // Prepared 1998
- Community Preservation Plan // Adopted 2012
- Master Plans Map // Prepared December 2005
- Open Space Master Plan // Adopted 1992
- Salt Lake City Strategic Plan // Prepared December 1993
- Salt Lake City Urban Design Element // Prepared 1990
Transportation Master Plans
- Transit Master Plan // Adopted 2017
- Transportation Master Plan // Adopted 1996
- Transportation Action Plan // Adopted 2000
- Pedestrian & Bicycle Master Plan // Adopted 2015
- Major Street Plan // Prepared 2018
Community Master Plans
Avenues
- Avenues Master Plan // Adopted July 1987
Capitol Hill
- Capitol Hill Master Plan // Amended 2001
- Beck Street Reclamation Framework and Foothill Area Plan // Adopted September 21, 1999
Central Community
- Central Community Master Plan // Adopted November 1, 2005
- 400 South Livable Communities Project (Transit Oriented Development) // Adopted October 5, 2012
- 1300 East University District Area Plan // Adopted March 1991
- Block 1/A Policy Plan
- Block 42 Master Plan // Adopted 1990
- East Central Community Small Area Plan // Adopted December 1992: Revised January 1993
- East Central Neighborhood Plan // Adopted December 11, 1984
- East Central Neighborhood Plan Addendum // Adopted 1990
- East Downtown Neighborhood Plan // Adopted 1990
- Holy Cross Medical Campus Master Plan // Prepared June 15, 1993
- St. Joseph Villa – Block 4-5 East Waterloo Subdivision Master Plan // Adopted November 3, 1992
City Creek
- City Creek Master Plan // Adopted April 1986
Downtown
- Downtown Plan // Adopted May, 2016
- Library Square Block Plan // Adopted September 3, 2002
- Downtown in Motion // Adopted 2008
East Bench
- East Bench Existing Conditions Report // Completed February 2014
- East Bench Master Plan // Adopted February 2017
- Parley’s Way Corridor Plan // Adopted February 2017
Northwest Community
- Northwest Master Plan // Adopted January 1992
- North Temple Boulevard Plan // Adopted August 10, 2010
- Northpoint Small Area Plan // Adopted April 2000
- Rose Park Small Area Plan // Adopted 2001
Northwest Quadrant
- Northwest Quadrant Master Plan/ Adopted August 16, 2016
Sugar House
- Sugar House Master Plan // Adopted November 2001//Updated December 2005
- Sugar House Street Car Update to Master Plan // Adopted June 2016
- Circulation and Streetscape Amenities for Sugar House Business District // Adopted February 2014
- 21st and 21st Neighborhood Plan // Adopted November 2017
- Sugar House Circulation Plan // Prepared 2013
- Sugar House Streetcar Phase 2 Alternative Analysis // Prepared 2013
Westside Master Plan
- Westside Master Plan Adopted December 3, 2014
- Westside Master Plan Summary
- 9 Line Corridor Master Plan Adopted March 3, 2015