HomeMy WebLinkAboutLegislative Version Ordinance - 6/18/2024Project Title: Entertainment District Code Changes
Petition No.: PLNPCM2024-00441
Version: 1
Date Prepared: June 18, 2024
APPROVED AS TO FORA
Salt Lake City Attorneys Office
Date: June 18, 2024
By:
Katherine D. �NkeSnw, City Attorney
Planning Commission Action: Not Recommended 6/12/2024
This proposed ordinance makes the following amendments (for summary purposes only):
• Amends Section 21A.30.045 to clarify front yard setback requirements and modify
building height within the D-4 zoning district subject to design review and other
provisions.
• Amends Section 21A.33.050 to allow "Parking, commercial", and "Stadium" as
permitted uses.
• Amends Section 21A.46.110.A.3.b by expanding the location of the Arena Sign Overlay
to include the Salt Palace blocks, provides a process to amend sign specific regulations
within the overlay, and specifically prohibit off -premise advertising signs.
Underlined text is new; text with strikethrough is proposed to be deleted. Modifications made as
part of the Plaiuung Commission recommendation are highlighted in yellow. All other text is
existing with no proposed change.
1 1. Amends Section 21A.30.045.D as follows:
2 D. Yard Requirements:
3 1. Front and Comer Side Yards: No minimum yards are required„ heweveF,-ft
4 If a front or comer side
5 yard is provided, the maximum setback shall be eight feet, except for plazas and
6 other similar spaces.
7 a. If a yard provided, st be designed with the tisability a
8 the yard is
9 required to have at least one of the following elements:
10 (1) Seating at a ratio of at least one bench for every five hundred (500) square
11 feet of yard space;
12 (2) Landscaping that includes an increase of at least twenty five percent
13 (25%) in the total number of trees required to be planted on the site; or
14 (3) Awning or a similar form of weather protection that covers at least five
15 feet (5') in width and length from all street -facing building entrances.
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b. Exceptions to this requirement may be authorized through the design review
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process, subject to the requirements of Chapter 21A.59 of this title. .
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c. The planning director, in consultation with the transportation director, may
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modify this requirement to accommodate a wider sidewalk if the adjacent
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public sidewalk is less than fifteen feet (15') wide and the resulting
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modification to the setback results in a more efficient public sidewalk. The
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planning director may waive this requirement for any addition, expansions, or
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intensification, which increases the floor area or parking requirement by less
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than fifty percent (50%) if the planning director finds the following:
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(1) The architecture of the addition is compatible with the architecture of the
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original structure or the surrounding architecture, or
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(2) The addition reduces the extent of the noncompliance of the existing
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building.
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d. Regardless of the setback provided, doors shall be setback a minimum
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distance to allow the door to operate without swinging into a right of way or
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midblock walkway.
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2. Interior Side Yards: No minimum side yard is required except a minimum of ten
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feet (10') is required when the side yard is adjacent abutting to a zoning district
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with a maximum permitted height of thirty five feet (35') or less.
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3. Rear Yard: No minimum rear yard is required except a minimum of ten feet (10')
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is required when the rear yard is abutting to a zoning district with a maximum
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permitted height of thirty five feet (35') or less.
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39 2. Amends Section 21A.30.045.E as follows:
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41 E. Building Height: Buildings in the D-4 zoning district shall comply with the
42 following provisions:
43 1. The permitted building height shall not exceed seventy five feet (75) 600 feet.
44 2. Buildings taller than seventy-five feet (75') and „p to efie hundr-ed twenty feet
45 (120') ffand up to 600 feet shall onl�be authorized through the design review
46 process, subject to the requirements of Chapter 21A.59 of this title and the
47 following regulations.
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69 k-a. Shall include a nunimum stepback of five feet (5') or other architectural
70 feat -tire that can deflect snow and ice from falling directly onto a sidewalk,
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midblock walkway, or other public space. The stepback may be located above
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the the first floor and below one hundred twenty feet (120') in height
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above the sidewalk or public space. Buildings that are elad in glass that totals
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loss than fifly po ors (501%) of the total wall s ,rf ee area are exempt
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this r-eq ;reffie t; Buildings with less than fifty percent 50%) of the total
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fagade surface cladded in glass are exempt from this requirement; -gad
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e. The additional height ; supported by the ., plieable ,.,. aster plan;
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db. The building includes at least one of the following five -options:
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(1) Midblock walkway is provided on the property and The midblock
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walkway connects to an existing or planned street, midblock walkway, or
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publicly accessible public space and exceeds all the required dimensions
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of Section 21A.30.010.G by at least five feet'. This option allows r^r
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additional height ; rot r., for o eedin . the raidbleek ,<..,»n: ay
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(2) The building is utilizing affordable housing incentives identified
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in chapter 21A.52 of this title.;
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(3) The property where the building is exceeds the minimum
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requirement for ground floor uses identified in Chapter- 21A.37 (Design
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Standards) orthistitle, speeifie'
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(A) Fer-Subseetie 21A.37.050.A.1 (Design Standards Defined,
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Ground Floor Use Only), the requirement must be increased to one hundred
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percent (100%). This option requires that the entire ground floor use of a
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building consists of retail good establishments, retail service establishments or
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restaurants, public service portions of businesses, department stores, art
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galleries, motion picture theaters, performing art facilities or similar uses that
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encourages walk-in traffic through an active use. Vehicle entry and exit ways,
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necessary for access to parking and loading and unloading areas required by
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this title are exempt from this requirement provided these areas do not exceed
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20% of the length of a building fagade that faces a public street or public
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space; -of
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(B) For- c„ se do 2 i n 37 050 n 2 (Design Standards Defined, Grotmd A ..r
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, the gfetmd floor use rv"irernent must be inerease
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t seventy five pe ent (750 ) and the vi interest r-eq-t ;ro,. ent must i.o
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based t twenty five pe epA (251,) requires for ., inereasea
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pereentage of gretmd fleer spaee t be used for an aetive use, and an inerease
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pereentage of the 1,,,ildi,.Y t „ „de visual interest
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(4) The applicant provides a restrictive covenant on a historic building, a
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building that is fifty (50) years or older, or a building that is a nationally
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recognized property, located outside of the H Historic Preservation
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110 Overlay District for the purpose of preserving the structure for a minimum
111 of fifty (50) years.-; or
112 (5) The proposal includes a privately owned, publicly accessible open space
113 on the property or on another property within the geographic boundaries
114 of the Downtown Plan. To qualify for this provision, a restrictive covenant
115 in the favor of the city shall be recorded against the open space portion of
116 the property. The space shall be a minimum of five hundred (500) square
117 feet and include enough trees to provide a shade canopy that covers at
118 least sixty percent (60%) of the open space area. This option allews fe
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120 ec. Exception: The first fifty feet (50') of height shall not be set -back flee
121 street 4ont more than five feet exeept that Seth eke greater- than five (5')
122 may be from the front property line, unless approved through the design
123 review process or-,ha-s-when_otherwise allowed by this code.
124 3. Amends the Table of Permitted and Conditional Uses for Downtown Districts in Section
125 21A.33.050 only as to the `Parking, Commercial" and "Stadium" uses, with no other
126 changes to the table, as follows:
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Use
Permitted and Condition Uses By District
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D-2
D-3
D-4
Parking, commercial
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Stadium
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130 4. Amends Section 21A.46110.A.3.b as follows:
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132 b. Sports Arena and Convention Center Sign Regulations. 7 eeate' on the Bloc
133 Between South Temple and inn South Between 300 and 400 West Streets. The following
134 signs shall be permitted on the blocks that contain the sports arena and convention center,
135 described as follows: beginning at the southwest corner of the intersection of South
136 Temple and West Temple Streets, heading south to the intersection of 200 South and
137 West Temple Streets, thence west to the intersection of 200 South and 200 West Streets,
138 thence north to the intersection of 100 South and 200 West, thence west to the
139 intersection of 100 South and 400 West Streets, thence north to the intersection of South
140 Temple and 400 West, thence east to the point of beginning. Modifications to sign
141 regulations within this overlay may be approved as part of the design review process for
142 any building that is subject to 21A.59. Signs shall not include off -premise advertising.
143 STANDARDS FOR THE SPORTS ARENA AND CONVENTION CENTER. r 0G4Tin nor
144 THE BLOCK ET-W EN SOUTH TEMPLE, 4 nm inn SOUTu BETWEEN 00 A nrn 40n
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Types of Signs
Maximum Area
Maximum Height
Minimum
Number of Signs
Permitted?
per Sign Face
of Freestanding
Setback2
Permitted per
Signs'
Sign Type
Awning/canopy
5 square feet per
Shall not be located
May extend 6
1 per first floor
signs
linear foot of
above the second
feet from face
window/door,
canopy length
floor level of the
of building but
may be combined
(sign area only)
building for both
not within 2
with adjacent
awning and canopy
feet from back
doors/ windows
signs
of curb
Flat sign
5 square feet per
See nete T
n/a
1 per building
(general
linear foot of
face
building
building face
orientation)
Flat sign
Flat sign
T
n/a
3 per business
(storefront
(storefront
storefront
orientation)
orientation)
Flat sign
No larger than
See nete4
n/a
5 per city block
display,
1,400 square
electronic
feet per sign
changeable
copy3
Freestanding
Not more than
45 feet
n/a
2 per city block
sign, electronic
1,600 square
changeable
feet per sign,
copy4
which may be
located in a
continuous
round display
Monument sign
3 square feet per
20 feet
None
5 per street
linear foot of
frontage
street frontage
Private
100 square feet
20 feet
No setback
No limit
directional signs
Roof sign
5 square feet per
20 feet above the
n/a
1 per building
linear foot of
roof line or parapet
wall
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building
frontage
Roof surface
30,000 square
n/a
n/a
1 per roof surface
sign
feet,
Special event
10 square feet
20 feet
n/a
2 per light pole
light pole sign
Special event
Sign may cover
May not exceed the
n/a
1 per street
sign
up to 60% of
height of building
frontage
total building
face
Window sign
90% of total
No Limit
n/a
No Limit
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.
146 Notes:
147 1. .Reserved
148 2. Public property lease and insurance required for projection over property line.
149 3. Flat sign, electronic changeable copy may display static or rotating messages or operate
150 as outdoor television monitors.
151 4. An advertising face on a freestanding sign with electronic changeable copy that is not
152 oriented to a public street may be operated to allow full motion video display. Displays
153 oriented to a public street must not allow animation, may change no more frequently than
154 every 8 seconds and must complete each transition within 1 second.
155 5. Private directional sign may include electronic changeable copy within the sign area.
156 6. To be located on the horizontal plane of a roof surface, primarily viewable from planes
157 and surrounding buildings located above the arena.
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158 7. Advertising or corporate logos are limited to on premises advertising of sports arena
159 events and sponsors only.
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