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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
Bill No. 103 of 1980
(Parking Lots in Residential Districts)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 51-6-7 OF THE REVISED
ORDINANCES OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 1965, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO
SPECIAL PERMITS AUTHORIZING PARKING LOTS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NON-BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL USES.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 51-6-7 of the Revised Ordinances of
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965 as amended, relating to a special
exception allowing parking lots in residential districts be, and
the same hereby is, amended to clarify that said special
exception is available only to serve residential and non-
business/commercial uses, which shall read as follows:
Sec. 51-6-7. Parking lots in residential districts.
(1) Special Exception. Where not otherwise authorized by
this title, when in its opinion the best interests of the
community will be served thereby, the Board of Adjustment may
permit as a special exception, temporarily or permanently, the
use of land in a residential district for a parking lot,
provided:
(a) The use which the parking lot is to serve is a
permitted or conditional use within the district of the parking
lot;
(b) When the use which the parking lot is to serve is not a
permitted or conditional use within the district of said lot, the
permit shall be available only to uses authorized in residential
districts. Uses authorized by Sections 51-13-7, 51-16-6 and 51-
18-7 of this title are hereby declared to be eligible for said
special exception but non-residential uses of the Residential R-7
[Sections 51-19-1 (2), (4), and (5)), "R/H" Districts and all
other districts are ineligible; or
(c) Notwithstanding (b) above, buildings and structures
existing as of the effective date of this ordinance (excluding
any subsequent additions or enlargements thereof) which are non-
conforming as to parking requirements may be eligible for this
special exception.
(2) Standards. The above special exception to allow
parking lots in residential districts may be permitted by the
Board of Adjustment only upon a finding that the lot meets the
following standards:
(a) The lot is to be used only for parking of passenger
automobiles related to the use for which the parking lot is
approved. The person(s) or firm controlling and operating the
lot, shall be responsible for its maintenance.
(b) No charge is to be made for parking on the lot.
(c) The lot is not to be used for sales, repair work or
servicing of any kind.
(d) Entrances to and exits from the lot are to be located
so as to avoid harm to the residential district.
(e) No advertising sign or materials to be located on the
lot.
(f) All parking is to be kept back of the setback building
line by barrier unless otherwise specifically authorized by the
Board of Adjustment.
(g) The parking lot and that portion of the driveway back
of the building line is to be adequately screened from the street
and from adjoining property in a residential district by a hedge
or sightly fence or wall not less than three (3) feet high and
not more than six (6) feet high located back of the setback
building line; all lighting is to be arranged so that there will
be no glare therefrom annoying to the occupants of adjoining
property in a residential district, and the surface of the
parking lot is to be smoothly graded, hard-surfaced, and
adequately drained.
(h) There may be imposed such other conditions as may deem
necessary by the Board of Adjustment to protect the character of
the residential district.
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(i) The planning commisson shall review all applications
for parking lots in residential districts before application
shall be approved by the Board of Adjustment.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after
the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this 7th day of October , 1980.
H IRMAN
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CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to the Mayor on
Mayor's Action
MAYOR
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0etober 7, 19r{7
i?onorable Salt Lake City Council
Ronald J. Whitehead, Chairman
211 City and County Building
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Councilmernhers:
'the Salt Take City Council, at its meeting this day, adopted an
ordinance - BILL NO. 103 of 1980, amending Section 51-6-7
of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, relating to zoning
of residential districts to allow parking lots as a conditional use.
Mayor Wilson requested that the ordinance not he published at
this time but that it he held for veto consideration.
yours truly,
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honorable Salt Take City Council
Donald J. Whitehead, Chairman
211 City and County Building
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Councilmembers:
In Salt Take City Council meeting this day, a motion of Councilmember
Fonnesbeck that the City Council over-ride the veto of Mayor Ted I-.
Wilson of an ordinance, Bill No. 103 of 1980, amending Section 51-6-7
of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, as amended,
relating to special permits authorizing parking lots in residential
districts for residential and non-business/commercial uses, failed
of passage, and the ordinance was referred hack to the Land Use
Committee.
Yours truly,
®art : ',i is
City Recorder
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