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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE 1)91 q 3 tg
No . 62 of 1987
(Amending Sections 51-13-1 (13 ) and 51-5-10 to provide
for conditional uses in accessory buildings)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 51-13-1 (13 ) AND 51-5-10 OF
THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 1965, AS AMENDED,
RELATING TO CONDITIONAL USES IN ACCESSORY BUILDINGS.
WHEREAS the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, has held
public hearings before its own body and before the Planning
Commission concerning the subject of conditional uses in
accessory buildings and believes the following amendments to be
appropriate ;
THEREFORE, the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, hereby
adopts the following amendment to Sections 51-13-1 (13 ) and
51-5-1 0.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 51-13-1 (13 ) of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Lake City , Utah, 1965, as amended , relating to
Accessory buildings , be , and the same hereby is , amended as
follows :
Sec . 51-1 3-1 (13 ) . One story accessory buildings totaling
not over seven hundred and twenty ( 720 ) square feet in area used
for garage space, household storage , or other activities strictly
accessory to the dwelling and containing no wiring or plumbing or
other facilities making possible conversion to living or
commercial use. In addition, covered patios open on at least
three sides shall be permitted for patio purposes only either
attached to an accessory building or as a detached struture or
attached to the rear of the home . If attached to the rear of the
home at least a fifteen foot open unoccupied area must be
maintained between the patio roof line and the rear property
line. All such accessory buildings must be located in the rear
yard and not less than sixty feet form the front lot line, thirty
feet for a corner lot on the side street, four feet in rear of
the main building and fifteen feet from any dwelling on an
adjacent lot ; and the total covered area cannot exceed fifty
percent of the rear yard area.
In an accessory building on the same lot as the main
dwelling structure, the Board of Adjustment may permit as a
conditional use a study, private nonccmmercial art studio , hobby
shop, exercise roan , a dressing roan adjacent to a swimming pool ,
or other similar uses. In all cases , the applicant shall comply
with the following conditions unless appropriate variances are
granted by the Board :
1. The height of the accessory structure shall not be
greater than one story not to exceed eleven feet plus a roof
having a pitch no greater than four feet of vertical height for
every twelve feet of horizontal distance .
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2. If the accessory building is located within ten feet of
a property line that no windows be allowed in the walls adjacent
to the property lines.
3. If the accessory building is detached it must be located
in the rear yard as outlined in Sec . 51-13-1 (13 ) .
4. The total covered area for accessory buildings cannot
exceed fifty percent of the rear yard area .
5. At no time can the accessory building be converted to
living quarters or commercial use .
6. There may be imposed such other conditions as may be
deemed necessary by the Board of Adjustment to protect the
character of the neighboring properties and the residential
district .
7. The Board of Adjustment may deny any application not in
keeping with the character of the neighborhood .
SECTION 2. That Section 51-5-10 relating to maximum height
of accessory buildings be , and the same hereby is, amended as
follows :
Sec . 51-5-10. Maximum height of accessory buildings. No
building which is an accessory to a one-family, two-family,
three-family or four-family dwelling in a residential "R-111 ,
"R-2" , or "R-4" district shall be erected to a height greater
than one story not to exceed eleven feet to the square, plus a
roof having a pitch no greater than 4 feet of vertical height for
every 12 feet of horizontal distance.
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect on the date of
its first publication .
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City , Utah, this
1st day of September , 1987.
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Transmitted to Mayor on September 9, 1987
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BILL 62 of 1987
Published: September 17, 1987
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