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b. Exceptions to this requirement may be authorized through the design review 16
process, subject to the requirements of Chapter 21A.59 of this title. . 17
c. The planning director, in consultation with the transportation director, may 18
modify this requirement to accommodate a wider sidewalk if the adjacent 19
public sidewalk is less than fifteen feet (15') wide and the resulting 20
modification to the setback results in a more efficient public sidewalk. The 21
planning director may waive this requirement for any addition, expansions, or 22
intensification, which increases the floor area or parking requirement by less 23
than fifty percent (50%) if the planning director finds the following: 24
(1) The architecture of the addition is compatible with the architecture of the 25
original structure or the surrounding architecture, or 26
(2) The addition reduces the extent of the noncompliance of the existing 27
building. 28
d. Regardless of the setback provided, doors shall be setback a minimum 29
distance to allow the door to operate without swinging into a right of way or 30
midblock walkway. 31
2. Interior Side Yards: No minimum side yard is required except a minimum of ten 32
feet (10') is required when the side yard is adjacent abutting to a zoning district 33
with a maximum permitted height of thirty five feet (35') or less. 34
3. Rear Yard: No minimum rear yard is required except a minimum of ten feet (10') 35
is required when the rear yard is abutting to a zoning district with a maximum 36
permitted height of thirty five feet (35') or less. 37
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2. Amends Section 21A.30.045.E as follows: 39
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E. Building Height: Buildings in the D-4 zoning district shall comply with the 41
following provisions: 42
1. The permitted building height shall not exceed seventy five feet (75') 600 feet. 43
2. Buildings taller than seventy-five feet (75') and up to one hundred twenty feet 44
(120') may and up to 600 feet shall only be authorized through the design review 45
process, subject to the requirements of Chapter 21A.59 of this title and the 46
following regulations. 47
a. Additional Height: Additional height may be authorized up to one hundred 48
twenty feet (120') if the street facing facades contain ground floor commercial 49
uses other than parking for at least seventy five percent (75%) of the street 50
facing facades according to Chapter 21A.37 and subject to approval through 51
the design review process in Chapter 21A.59. 52
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midblock walkway, or other public space. The stepback may be located above 71
the height of the first floor and below one hundred twenty feet (120') in height 72
above the sidewalk or public space. Buildings that are clad in glass that totals 73
less than fifty percent (50%) of the total wall surface area are exempt from 74
this requirement; Buildings with less than fifty percent (50%) of the total 75
façade surface cladded in glass are exempt from this requirement; and 76
c. The additional height is supported by the applicable master plan; and 77
db. The building includes at least one of the following five options: 78
(1) Midblock walkway is provided on the property and the. The midblock 79
walkway connects to an existing or planned street, midblock walkway, or 80
publicly accessible public space and exceeds all the required dimensions 81
of Section 21A.30.010.G by at least five feet;. This option allows for 82
additional height in return for exceeding the midblock walkway 83
requirements; 84
(2) The building is utilizing affordable housing incentives identified 85
in chapter 21A.52 of this title.; 86
(3) The property where the building is located exceeds the minimum 87
requirement for ground floor uses identified in Chapter 21A.37 (Design 88
Standards) of this title, specifically: 89
(A) For Subsection 21A.37.050.A.1 (Design Standards Defined, 90
Ground Floor Use Only), the requirement must be increased to one hundred 91
percent (100%). This option requires that the entire ground floor use of a 92
building consists of retail good establishments, retail service establishments or 93
restaurants, public service portions of businesses, department stores, art 94
galleries, motion picture theaters, performing art facilities or similar uses that 95
encourages walk-in traffic through an active use. Vehicle entry and exit ways, 96
necessary for access to parking and loading and unloading areas required by 97
this title are exempt from this requirement provided these areas do not exceed 98
20% of the length of a building façade that faces a public street or public 99
space; or 100
(B) For Subsection 21A.37.050.A.2 (Design Standards Defined, Ground Floor 101
Use and Visual Interest), the ground floor use requirement must be increased 102
to seventy five percent (75%) and the visual interest requirement must be 103
increased to twenty five percent (25%). This option requires for an increased 104
percentage of ground floor space to be used for an active use, and an increased 105
percentage of the building to provide visual interest; 106
(4) The applicant provides a restrictive covenant on a historic building, a 107
building that is fifty (50) years or older, or a building that is a nationally 108
recognized property, located outside of the H Historic Preservation 109
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Overlay District for the purpose of preserving the structure for a minimum 110
of fifty (50) years.; or 111
(5) The proposal includes a privately owned, publicly accessible open space 112
on the property or on another property within the geographic boundaries 113
of the Downtown Plan. To qualify for this provision, a restrictive covenant 114
in the favor of the city shall be recorded against the open space portion of 115
the property. The space shall be a minimum of five hundred (500) square 116
feet and include enough trees to provide a shade canopy that covers at 117
least sixty percent (60%) of the open space area. This option allows for 118
additional height in return for the designation of open public open space. 119
ec. Exception: The first fifty feet (50') of height shall not be set back from the 120
street front more than five feet except that setbacks greater than five feet (5') 121
may be from the front property line, unless approved through the design 122
review process or, has when otherwise allowed by this code. 123
3. Amends the Table of Permitted and Conditional Uses for Downtown Districts in Section 124
21A.33.050 only as to the “Parking, Commercial” and “Stadium” uses, with no other 125
changes to the table, as follows: 126
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Use Permitted and Condition Uses By District
D-1 D-2 D-3 D-4
Parking, commercial C19 P19 C19 PC19
Stadium C C PC
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4. Amends Section 21A.46.110.A.3.b as follows: 130
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b. Sports Arena and Convention Center Sign Regulations. Located on the Block 132
Between South Temple and 100 South Between 300 and 400 West Streets. The following 133
signs shall be permitted on the blocks that contain the sports arena and convention center, 134
described as follows: beginning at the southwest corner of the intersection of South 135
Temple and West Temple Streets, heading south to the intersection of 200 South and 136
West Temple Streets, thence west to the intersection of 200 South and 200 West Streets, 137
thence north to the intersection of 100 South and 200 West, thence west to the 138
intersection of 100 South and 400 West Streets, thence north to the intersection of South 139
Temple and 400 West, thence east to the point of beginning. Modifications to sign 140
regulations within this overlay may be approved as part of the design review process for 141
any building that is subject to 21A.59. Signs shall not include off-premise advertising. 142
STANDARDS FOR THE SPORTS ARENA AND CONVENTION CENTER. LOCATED ON 143
THE BLOCK BETWEEN SOUTH TEMPLE AND 100 SOUTH BETWEEN 300 AND 400 144
WEST STREETS 145
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Types of Signs
Permitted7
Maximum Area
per Sign Face
Maximum Height
of Freestanding
Signs1
Minimum
Setback2
Number of Signs
Permitted per
Sign Type
Awning/canopy
signs
5 square feet per
linear foot of
canopy length
(sign area only)
Shall not be located
above the second
floor level of the
building for both
awning and canopy
signs
May extend 6
feet from face
of building but
not within 2
feet from back
of curb
1 per first floor
window/door,
may be combined
with adjacent
doors/ windows
Flat sign
(general
building
orientation)
5 square feet per
linear foot of
building face
See note 1 n/a 1 per building
face
Flat sign
(storefront
orientation)
Flat sign
(storefront
orientation)
See note 1 n/a 3 per business
storefront
Flat sign
display,
electronic
changeable
copy3
No larger than
1,400 square
feet per sign
See note 1 n/a 5 per city block
Freestanding
sign, electronic
changeable
copy4
Not more than
1,600 square
feet per sign,
which may be
located in a
continuous
round display
45 feet n/a 2 per city block
Monument sign 3 square feet per
linear foot of
street frontage
20 feet None 5 per street
frontage
Private
directional sign5
100 square feet 20 feet No setback No limit
Roof sign 5 square feet per
linear foot of
20 feet above the
roof line or parapet
wall
n/a 1 per building
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building
frontage
Roof surface
sign
30,000 square
feet6
n/a n/a 1 per roof surface
Special event
light pole sign
10 square feet 20 feet n/a 2 per light pole
Special event
sign
Sign may cover
up to 60% of
total building
face7
May not exceed the
height of building
n/a 1 per street
frontage
Window sign 90% of total
frontage window
area (interior or
exterior) for
sports arena
events, not to
exceed 6 months
in duration for
each calendar
year unless
otherwise
allowed by the
zoning
administrator.
No Limit n/a No Limit
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1. For height limits on building signs, see Subsection 21A.46.070.J of this chapter.Reserved 147
2. Public property lease and insurance required for projection over property line. 148
3. Flat sign, electronic changeable copy may display static or rotating messages or operate 149
as outdoor television monitors. 150
4. An advertising face on a freestanding sign with electronic changeable copy that is not 151
oriented to a public street may be operated to allow full motion video display. Displays 152
oriented to a public street must not allow animation, may change no more frequently than 153
every 8 seconds and must complete each transition within 1 second. 154
5. Private directional sign may include electronic changeable copy within the sign area. 155
6. To be located on the horizontal plane of a roof surface, primarily viewable from planes 156
and surrounding buildings located above the arena. 157
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7. Advertising or corporate logos are limited to on premises advertising of sports arena 158
events and sponsors only. 159
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