As drought crushes Utah, Salt Lake City to review landscaping rules
In the past 18 months, the city has noted 136 violations of park strip rules. But enforcement is on pause because officials concede the existing rules conflict with conservation efforts.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City resident Stan Holmes holds a notice from Salt Lake City that says his parking strip is noncompliant with city code, Aug. 25, 2022.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.