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Plan to allow a few more 'mother-in-law' apartments sparks outsized controversy in Salt Lake City Council

Ordinance would allow only 25 permits a year, but a council member’s move to remove boundaries from the proposal causes heartburn in The Avenues and on the east bench.

Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune

Salt Lake City Council member Stan Penfold listens to residents who live near four new proposed homeless shelters as they share their feelings with the Council and the mayor during the council's first meeting of the year at the City and County Building in Salt Lake City Tuesday January 3, 2017.

Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City Council member Stan Penfold listens to residents who live near four new proposed homeless shelters as they share their feelings with the Council and the mayor during the council's first meeting of the year at the City and County Building in Salt Lake City Tuesday January 3, 2017.