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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
Bill No . 21 of 1986
( Zoning Amendments Relating to Medical Clinics ,
Medical Office Buildings, Outpatient Emergency
Care Centers and Outpatient Surgical Centers)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 51 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 1965 AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ZONING
REGULATIONS RELATING TO MEDICAL FACILITIES BY: AMENDING AND
ADDING DEFINITIONS IN CHAPTER 2 OF SAID TITLE ; BY AMENDING
SECTION 51-9-3 RELATING TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAL USES;
BY AMENDING CHAPTERS 18, 19, 19B, 19C AND 21 OF TITLE 51 TO
CLARIFY AND ADD CERTAIN MEDICAL USES AS ACCESSORY CONDITIONAL
USES IN 11R-6" DISTRICTS, CONDITIONAL PRINCIPAL USES IN "R-711 , AND
AS PERMITTED USES IN THE "H" , "R-H" , AND "B-3 " DISTRICTS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah :
SECTION 1. That Chapter 2 of Title 51 of the Revised
Ordiances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, providing certain
definitions applicable under the zoning ordinance , be , and the
same hereby is amended by AMENDING Section 51-2-34. 5, defining
"Hospital" , by AMENDING Sections 51-2-37. 5, defining "Medical
Clinic" , by ADDING Section 51-2-37. 6, defining "Medical Office
Building" , by ADDING Section 51-2-40. 5 defining "Outpatient
Emergency Care Center" and by ADDING Section 51-2-40. 6, defining '
"Outpatient Surgical Center" , which amended and added sections e� ,
shall read as follows :
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Sec . 51-2-34. 5. Hospital . An institution providing
qualified health , medical and surgical staff and related
personnel services for the diagnosis, treatment and recovery care
of persons suffering from disease or injury, primarily on an
inpatient basis. Any facility which would otherwise be defined
as a medical clinic , medical office building , outpatient
emergency care center, or outpatient surgical center, etc . , but
which offers any inpatient or overnight care , or operates on a 24
hour basis shall be considered a hospital . A hospital may
include integral support service facilities such as laboratories ,
outpatient units, training and central services together with
staff offices necessary to the operation of the hospital .
Sec . 51-2-37. 5. Medical Clinic . A facility dedicated
exclusively to providing medical , dental or similar examination ,
diagnosis, treatment, care and related health care services by
licensed health care providers and other health care profes-
sionals practicing medicine as a group on persons on an
outpatient basis. However no portion of the facility may be used
to provide on site: inpatient care, overnight care, or 24 hour
operations, without complying with all ordinances applicable to
hospitals . Hours of general operation in "R-6" , "R-7" , and "R-H"
use districts are further restricted to the hours of 7: 00 A.M . to
8: 00 P.M. Hours are not limited in the "H" , "B-3 " or other less
restrictive districts ; however , hospital functions of inpatient
care, overnight care or 24-hour operation are still precluded .
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Sec . 51-2-37. 6. Medical Office Building . An office
building which is occupied primarily by licensed health care
providers and other health care professionals in related fields
providing medical , dental or similar examination , diagnosis ,
treatment and care to persons on an outpatient basis. However ,
no portion of the building and no care provider may use such
offices to provide on site: inpatient care, overnight care or 24
hour operations, without the entire building complying with all
ordinances including zoning applicable to hospitals. Hours of
general operation in "R-6" , "R-7" , and "R-H" use districts are
further restricted to the hours of 7: 00 A.M. through 8: 00 P.M .
Hours are not limited in the "H" , "B-3" or other less restrictive
districts.
Sec . 51-2-40. 5. Outpatient Emergency Care Center. A
facility or licensed health care provider providing emergency
medical or dental or similar examination, diagnosis, treatment
and care on an outpatient basis. However no such facility or any
portion thereof nor any provider may provide on site : inpatient
care , overnight care , or 24 hour operation, without complying
with all ordinances, including zoning , applicable to hospitals.
Hours of general operation in "R-6" , "R-7" and "R-H" use
districts are further restricted to the hours of 7: 00 A.M .
through 8: 00 p.m. Hours are not limited in the "H" , "B-3" or
other less restrictive districts.
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Sec . 51-2-40. 6. Outpatient Surgical Center. A facility
providing for the surgical treatment and related medical care of
patients solely on an outpatient basis. No surgical center may
provide on site : inpatient care , overnight care, or 24 hour
operations, without complying with all ordinances, including
zoning , applicable to hospitals. Hours of general operation in
"R-60f , "R-7 " , and "R-H" use districts are further restricted to
the hours of 7: 00 A.M . through 8: 00 P.M. Hours are not limited
in the "H" , "B-3 " or other less restrictive districts.
SECTION 2. That Section 51-9-3 of the Revised Ordinances of
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to off-street parking
requirements be , and the same is hereby amended , by amending
subsections ( 4 ) , ( 6 ) , ( 11) , and the last sentence of Section 51-
9-3 to provide off-street parking requirements for medical office
buildings, outpatient emergency care centers, and outpatient
surgical centers. Said amended subsections shall read as
follows :
Sec . 51-9-3 . For buildings other than one-to-four family
dwellings. For a new buildino or structure or for the
enlargement or increase in capacity, floor area, or guest rooms
of an existing main buildino or structure , there shall be at
least one permanently maintained parking space of not less than
one hundred eighty square feet either on the same lot with the
main building or not more than five hundred feet therefrom as
follows :
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( 1) * * *
(4 ) For hospitals and sanitariums, at least one ( 1 ) parking
space for each two bed capacity plus one space for each two
employees working on the highest employment shift.
(5) * * *
(6 ) For medical clinics, medical office buildings,
outpatient surgical centers and outpatient emergency care
centers, one parking space for every 200 square feet of gross
building area .
( 7 )
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(10 )
(11) For all office buildings , other than medical offices
under (6 ) above , located in a "B-3" , "C-1" , "C-2" , "R-7" or "R-HII
District, one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross
floor area in the building .
( 12 )
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All off-street parking areas required by this ordinance
shall be deemed to be required "open space" whether located on
the same lot with the main building or on property within five
hundred (500 ) feet therefrom and shall not thereafter be reduced
or encroached upon in any manner as along as the business or use
to which it is appurtenant continues unless other areas are
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obtained to provide the same number of parking spaces and such
change is approved by the Board of Adjustment .
SECTION 3. That Section 51-18-7(2 ) of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965 as amended relating to
conditional uses in the Residential "R-6" District be, and the
same is hereby amended by REPOSITIONING subsection (g) , ADDING
subsection ( h) to relate to outpatient emergency centers or
surgical centers as accessory conditional uses in nonconforming
medical facilities, and AMENDING the following existing language
relating to general conditions in a new subsection (3) , which
shall read as follows :
Sec . 51-18-7. Conditional uses.
(1 ) * * *
(2 ) The following uses may be allowed by the Board of
Adjustment as a conditional use in an "R-6" district, after a
favorable recommendation is made by the Planning Commission that
such is in keeping with the character of the neighborhood , and is
desirable and necessary for providing an adequate service for
people residing in the community, to-wit :
( a)
( f) Group homes for developmentally disabled , as
provided in Section 51-6-12, or for juveniles placed for
treatment or rehabilitation in a family type living facility
under the supervision of the court or a state agency
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voluntarily. Placement may be in voluntary, in lieu of (but
not a part of) confinement in a penal or custodial type
institution. Prior to placement in the home, the owner or
supervising agency must certify the individual to be place
is not harmful to himself or others. The home must comply
with the guidelines set forth in Section 51-6-12.
(g) Clubs for children (boys and/or girls clubs)
operated by non-profit organizations.
(h) Outpatient emergency care centers and outpatient
surgical centers with general operating hours restricted to
7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. may be approved as an accessory use
within a legal nonconforming medical clinic or medical
office building; provided the use: is incidental and a part
of the continued operation of the nonconforming medical
facility; is contained within an existing structure
containing the nonconforming facility and shall not be used
to justify any additions or extensions of the structure or
parking lot, nor demolition of existing housing units;
provides adequate existing parking and approaches to
accommodate patients, staff and emergency vehicle, etc. ; and
has appropriate signage designed to be unobtrusive in the
neighborhood.
(3) General criteria. A. Dispersal In granting any
conditional use, under (2)(a)-(f) above, care must be taken to
see that such uses are not clustered; and to this end, no more
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than one conditional use under ( 2 ) (a)- (f) shall be allowed within
a 660 foot radius of any other such conditional use. However ,
accessory uses under ( 2 ) (h) are not affected by this dispersal
requirement .
B. Board of Adjustment Findings . Further, no conditional
use shall be approved unless after a public hearing the Board of
Adjustment finds :
( 1 ) That such use is favorably recommended by the Planning
Commission as being in keeping with the general purpose and
intent of the comprehensive zoning ordinances of the City.
(2 ) That the project is desirable and will be in keeping
with the character of the proposed neighborhood , and that the
project will not adversely affect the desirability or stability
of the area in which it is located . A project may be denied as
having an adverse impact solely on that basis where the project
involves demolition of existing residential structures where:
( a) the demolition is unacceptable because it destroys viable
housing stock , and/or ( b) the scale of demolition will result in
an adverse effect on the residential character of the area. A
project may also be denied if the scale is incompatible and will
detract from the existing character of the area. In lieu of
denial the Board may impose limits relating to demolition or
scale .
( 3 ) The street system providing access to the property will
not be adversely affected by the proposed use or that adequate
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provisions can be made to correct adverse traffic .impacts and
parking demands before the use is established .
( 4 ) That separate environmental impact statements or other
studies are unnecessary or that after requred statements or
reports are completed , it is so determined that there are no
physical conditions applicable to the property and uses proposed
that should make such uses improper to establish.
(5 ) That there are no other competing circumstances in
existence which should preclude approval of the conditional use .
(6 ) In the event the Board approves the development, it
shall have the power to impose any reasonable conditions deemed
necessary to protect the neighborhood or to ensure operation of
the development shall not adversely impact upon desirability or
stability of the neighborhood .
SECTION 4. That Section 51-19-3 of the Revised Ordinances
of Salt Lake City, Utah 1965, as amended , relating to conditional
uses in Residential "R-7" Districts be, and the same is hereby
amended by AMENDING subsections (1 )- (4 ) for organization and
ADDING certain medical facilities as additional conditional uses,
which shall read as follows :
Sec . 51-19-3 . Conditional uses.
( 1 ) In a residential "R-7" district, the Board of
Adjustment may permit as a conditional use any conditional use
permitted in a Residential "R-6" district, subject to the same
restrictions applicable thereto, including the dispersal
requirements contained in Section 51-18-7-(3 ) (A) .
(2 ) The following additional uses may be allowed by the
Board of Adjustment as a conditional use in an "R-7" District
after favorable recommendation from the Planning Commission that
the use is in keeping with the character of the neighborhood , and
is desirable and providing adequate provisions for the people
residing in the community, subject to general criteria
established in (3 ) below.
( a) Offices, banks or other financial institutions and
offices related uses, including concessions and services
within the building outlined in Section 51-17-1( 15 ) .
( b) Parking lots as an adjunct to a permitted use
which is intended to provide additional parking supplement-
ing parking otherwise required by this title, and provided
said parking lot meets all requirements as outlined in
Section 51-6-5 and chapter 10 of title 51 .
(c) Institutions for philanthropic and eleemosynary
uses .
( d) Medical clinics, medical office buildings ,
outpatient emergency care centers , outpatient surgical
centers. The hours of general operation of such uses are
restricted to 7: 00 A.M . to 8: 00 P.M. Adequate provisions
for emergency vehicle approach, parking for patients and
staff , and unobtrusive s ignage shall be provided to the
Board ' s satisfaction.
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(3 ) General criteria - Board of Adjustment' s findings .
Further, No conditional use above shall be approved by the Board
of Adjustment unless after public hearing and favorable Planning
Commission review of the proposed use the Board finds :
( a) The use will be in keeping with the character of
the neighborhood and that the use will not adversely affect
the neighborhood' s desirability or stability. A project may
be denied as having an adverse impact solely on that basis
where : ( i) the project involves demolition of existing
residential structures where the demolition is unacceptable
because it destroys viable housing stock ; and/or ( ii) the
scale of demolition will result in an adverse effect on the
residential character of the area. A project may also be
denied if the scale is incompatible and will detract from
the existing character of the area. In lieu of demolition,
the Board may impose limits relating to demolition or scale .
( b) The street system providing access to the property
will not be adversely affected by the proposed use or that
adequate provisions can be made to correct adverse traffic
impacts and parking demands before the use is established .
( c) That separate environmental impact statements or
other studies are unnecessary or that after required
statements or reports are completed , it so determined that
there are no physical conditions applicable to the property
and uses proposed that should make such uses improper to
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establish.
( d) There are no other competing circumstances in
existence which should preclude approval of the continued
use .
SECTION 5. That Section 51-19B-2 of the Revised Ordinances
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to the Hospital "H"
District be, and the same is hereby amended , by AMENDING
Subsections 51-19B-2 ( 1) ( c) and ( e) to ADD as permitted uses
medical office buildings, outpatient emergency care centers ,
outpatient surgical centers in the Hospital "H" District, which
amendment shall read as follows :
Sec . 51-19B-2. Use Regulations. In the Hospital "H"
District, no building or premises shall be used and no building
or structure shall be erected which is arranged , intended or
designed to be used for other than one or more of the following
principal or accessory uses .
( 1) Principal uses. The following principal uses are
permitted in a Hospital "H" District :
( a)
( b)
( c) Medical clinics, outpatient surgical centers ,
outpatient emergency care centers without limitation on
specific hours of operation, but excluding hospital
functions of inpatient care , overnight care , or 24-hour
operation unless complying with all applicable ordinances as
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a hospital .
( d) * * *
( e) Medical office buildings.
( f) * * *
SECTION 6. That Section 51-19C-2 of the Revised Ordinances
of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to residential/health
services "R-H" District be, and the same hereby is amended , by
AMENDING Subsections 51-19B-2 ( 1) ( b) and ( c) to add outpatient
surgical centers , outpatient emergency care centers and medical
office buildings as permitted uses in the Residential/Health
Services "R-H" District, which amendment shall read as follows :
Sec . 51-19C-2. Use Regulations. In the Residential/Health
Services "R-H" District, no building or premises shall be used
and no building or structure shall be erected which is arranged ,
intended or designed to be used for other than one or more of the
following principal or accessory uses .
( 1) Principal uses. The following principal uses are
permitted in the Residential/Health Services "R-H" District .
( a) * * *
(b) Medical clinics, outpatient surgical centers and
outpatient emergency care centers, provided hours of general
operation are restricted to 7: 00 A.M . to 8: 00 P.M.
( c) Medical office buildings, provided hours of
general operation are limited to from 7 : 00 A.M . to 8: 00 P.M.
( d)
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SECTION 7. That Section 51-21-1 of the Revised Ordinances
of Salt Lake City, Utah , 1965, relating to Business "B-3"
District, be and the same hereby is amended , by AMENDING
Subsection ( 1) to clarify that conditional uses in a Residential
"R-7" District are permitted uses in a Business "B-3 " District,
which amendment shall read as follows :
Sec . 51-21-1 . Use Regulations . In a business "B-3 "
district , no building or premises shall be used and no building
shall be erected which is arranged , intended or designed to be
used for other_ than one or more of the following uses :
( 1) Any use permitted in a residential "R-7" district, and
any conditional use allowable in a residential "R-7" district ,
which use shall be permitted in a business "B-3 " district without
compliance with the conditions or restrictions set forth in
Section 51-19-3 (3 ) relating to conditional use permit approval by
the Board of Adjustment .
( 2 )
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SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication .
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City,Utah,
this 4th day of March , 1986.
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