013 of 2007 - amending the Downtown Master Plan & the Urban Design element; Petition No. 400-06-37 (skywalks/City 0 07-1
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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 13 of 2007
(Amending the Salt Lake Downtown Master Plan and the Urban Design Element)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SALT LAKE CITY DOWNTOWN MASTER
PLAN AND THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. 400-06-37
WHEREAS, Utah Code Annotated Section 10-9a-404 outlines the process for adopting
or amending the City general plan; and
WHEREAS, after public hearings before the Planning Commission and the City Council,
the City Council has determined that the following amendments to the Salt Lake City Downtown
Master Plan and the Urban Design Element are in the best interests of the City;
NOW, THEREFORE,be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City,Utah:
SECTION 1. The Salt Lake City Downtown Master Plan, as previously adopted by the
City, includes a section discussing "View Corridors". That section, currently located on page 30
of the Plan, shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
View Corridors: Views from downtown to the mountains and major landmarks should also be
preserved. Skywalks or other obstructions that would block view corridors are prohibited on
Main Street, State Street, West Temple, South Temple, 100 South, 200 South, 300 South and 400
South, and are discouraged on other streets.
The City Council, after recommendation by the Planning Commission, may authorize exceptions
to the policy of prohibiting skywalks on Main Street, State Street, West Temple, South Temple,
100 South, 200 South, 300 South and 400 South, and allow for up to one skywalk per view
corridor if they find justification based upon the following extenuating circumstances and
minimum requirements:
A. A unified development proposal which includes no less than 7.5 acres of retail/residential
mixed use located on each of the two blocks on opposite sides of one of the streets listed
above is submitted by the property owner/developer to the Planning Commission, and
the unified development contains no other skywalk.
B. All other reasonable alternatives for creating a successful at-grade link between opposite
sides of the street have been evaluated and found not to be feasible due to:
1. A safety concern or
2. physical barrier or
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3. insufficient integration of both sides of the development via an at-grade link
C. A finding is made that a compelling public interest exists through substantial
demonstration of each of the following:
1. The proposed development would contribute to the objective of creating an active,
vibrant streetscape by connecting people easily from upper levels to the street
level corridor and maximizing public movement through architectural elements
such as elevators, escalators, or grand entrances.
2. The skywalk would be designed such that impacts on an identified view corridor
would be minimal.
3. The proposed development utilizes urban design, architectural elements and visual
connections including pedestrian linkages that actively enhance the project's
relationship to surrounding blocks and economic development opportunities for
those blocks.
D. Application of street level urban design elements for an entire project that enhance a
primary pedestrian focus, requiring components including but not limited to all of the
following:
1. Maximize permeable block faces through actions including but not limited to:
a) Landscaped project entrances on each block face that open the block
with pedestrian corridors, and;
b) Maximize visual permeability into a store or by a legitimate display
window, and
c) Maximize outward facing retail on all block faces.
2. Enhanced pedestrian amenities on all block faces such as but not limited to
shading devices, signage and seating.
3. Uses on all external block faces that support pedestrian activity including but not
limited to restaurants, residential, or retail uses comparable to internal commercial
activity.
After recommendation from the Planning Commission, the City Council (as the land use
authority) shall have final approval of a skywalk as part of the street vacation process authorized
by State Code. The Council may choose, on an individual project basis, to add specific project
and skywalk related design or other urban planning policy elements, criteria or conditions as part
of the related street vacation action.
SECTION 2. The Salt Lake City Urban Design Element, as previously adopted by the
City, includes section identifying view corridors and discussing skybridges. Those sections,
currently located on pages 20, 21, 23 and 87, shall be and hereby are amended to read as follows:
Page 20: Salt Lake City has many view corridors which influence both the urban form of
the City and the development character of its districts and communities. The most prominent
include the following(see Vista Protection Map). (Figure 8.)
--State Street corridor of the State Capitol Building and surrounding foothills.
--Exchange Place terminating at the Post Office Building.
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--Main Street to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum.
--200 South East to the University of Utah Park Building.
--300 South terminating at the D&RGW Railroad Depot.
--South Temple from Union Pacific Depot to Federal Heights foothills.
--First Avenue terminating at the LDS Temple Square.
--West Temple Street.
--100 South Street.
--400 South Street.
--Ensign Peak.
--Oquirrh Vista.
--Wasatch Foothills.
Page 21: The map entitled"Gateways and Vistas" shall be amended to designate West
Temple Street, 100 South Street and 400 South Street as street view corridors.
Page 23: The use of skybridges should be carefully planned. Skybridges on streets
identified as "major view corridors" should be prohibited, except as otherwise authorized in the
Salt Lake City Downtown Master Plan.
Page 87: Emphasize street level open space first, inner block pedestrian networks
second, and below and above grade networks third. Skyways should not take activity away from
the street or detract from principal views, except as otherwise authorized in the Salt Lake City
Downtown Master Plan.
SECTION 3: Copies of the revised Downtown Master Plan and the Urban Design
Element shall be maintained in the office of the Salt Lake City Planning Division.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 17th day of April
2007.
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CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
CHIEF DEPU CITY CORDER
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Transmitted to Mayor on April 17, 2007 •
Mayor's Action: Approved. _______Vetoed.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney's Office
Date V-/7-07
(SEAL)
Bill No. 13 of 2007.
Published: 5--14-0 7
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