063 of 2024 - Text Amendments on Sports, Entertainment, Cultural, and Convention District
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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. _____ of 2024
(An ordinance amending various sections of the Title 21A of the Salt Lake City Code
related to the downtown entertainment district)
An ordinance amending various sections of Title 21A of the Salt Lake City Code pursuant
to Petition No. PLNPCM2024-00441 pertaining to facilitating a downtown entertainment
district.
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission (“Planning Commission”) held a
public hearing on June 12, 2024 to consider Petition No. PLNPCM2024-00441; and
WHEREAS, at its June 12, 2024, meeting, the Planning Commission voted in favor of
transmitting a negative recommendation to the Salt Lake City Council (“City Council”) on said
petition; and
WHEREAS, after a public hearing on this matter the City Council has determined that
adopting this ordinance is in the city’s best interests.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Subsection 21A.30.045.D. That
Subsection 21A.30.045.D of the Salt Lake City Code (Zoning: Downtown Districts: D-4 Downtown
Secondary Central Business District: Yard Requirements) shall be and hereby is amended to read as
follows:
D. Yard Requirements:
1. Front and Corner Side Yards: No minimum yards are required. If a front or corner
side yard is provided, the maximum setback shall be eight feet, except for plazas
and other similar spaces.
a. If a yard is provided, the yard is required to have at least one of the following
elements:
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(1) Seating at a ratio of at least one bench for every five hundred (500) square
feet of yard space;
(2) Landscaping that includes an increase of at least twenty five percent
(25%) in the total number of trees required to be planted on the site; or
(3) Awning or a similar form of weather protection that covers at least five
feet (5') in width and length from all street-facing building entrances.
b. Exceptions to this requirement may be authorized through the design review
process, subject to the requirements of Chapter 21A.59 of this title.
c. The planning director, in consultation with the transportation director, may
modify this requirement to accommodate a wider sidewalk if the adjacent
public sidewalk is less than fifteen feet (15') wide and the resulting
modification to the setback results in a more efficient public sidewalk. The
planning director may waive this requirement for any addition, expansions, or
intensification, which increases the floor area or parking requirement by less
than fifty percent (50%) if the planning director finds the following:
(1) The architecture of the addition is compatible with the architecture of the
original structure or the surrounding architecture, or
(2) The addition reduces the extent of the noncompliance of the existing
building.
d. Regardless of the setback provided, doors shall be setback a minimum
distance to allow the door to operate without swinging into a right of way or
midblock walkway.
2. Interior Side Yards: No minimum side yard is required except a minimum of ten
feet (10') is required when the side yard is adjacent abutting to a zoning district
with a maximum permitted height of thirty five feet (35') or less.
3. Rear Yard: No minimum rear yard is required except a minimum of ten feet (10')
is required when the rear yard is abutting to a zoning district with a maximum
permitted height of thirty five feet (35') or less.
SECTION 2. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Subsection 21A.30.045.E. That
Subsection 21A.30.045.E of the Salt Lake City Code (Zoning: Downtown Districts: D-4 Downtown
Secondary Central Business District: Building Height) shall be and hereby is amended to read as
follows:
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E. Building Height: Buildings in the D-4 zoning district shall comply with the
following provisions:
1. The permitted building height shall not exceed 600 feet.
2. Buildings taller than 200 feet and up to 600 feet shall only be authorized through
the design review process, subject to the requirements of Chapter 21A.59 of this
title and the following regulations.
a. Shall include a minimum stepback of five feet (5') or other architectural
feature that can deflect snow and ice from falling directly onto a sidewalk,
midblock walkway, or other public space. The stepback may be located above the
first floor and below one hundred twenty feet (120') in height above the sidewalk
or public space. Buildings with less than fifty percent (50%) of the total façade
surface cladded in glass are exempt from this requirement;
b. The building includes at least one of the following options:
(1) Midblock walkway is provided on the property. The midblock walkway
connects to an existing or planned street, midblock walkway, or publicly
accessible public space and exceeds all the required dimensions of
Section 21A.30.010.G by at least five feet;
(2) The building is utilizing affordable housing incentives identified
in chapter 21A.52 of this title;
(3) The building exceeds the minimum requirement for ground floor uses
identified in 21A.37.050.A.1 (Design Standards Defined, Ground Floor
Use Only), the requirement must be increased to one hundred percent
(100%). This option requires that the entire ground floor use of a building
consists of retail good establishments, retail service establishments or
restaurants, public service portions of businesses, department stores, art
galleries, motion picture theaters, performing art facilities or similar uses
that encourages walk-in traffic through an active use. Vehicle entry and
exit ways, necessary for access to parking and loading and unloading areas
required by this title are exempt from this requirement provided these
areas do not exceed 20% of the length of a building façade that faces a
public street or public space;
(4) The applicant provides a restrictive covenant on a historic building, a
building that is fifty (50) years or older, or a building that is a nationally
recognized property, located outside of the H Historic Preservation
Overlay District for the purpose of preserving the structure for a minimum
of fifty (50) years; or
(5) The proposal includes a privately owned, publicly accessible open space
on the property or on another property within the geographic boundaries
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of the Downtown Plan. To qualify for this provision, a restrictive covenant
in the favor of the city shall be recorded against the open space portion of
the property. The space shall be a minimum of five hundred (500) square
feet and include enough trees to provide a shade canopy that covers at
least sixty percent (60%) of the open space area.
c. Exception: The first fifty feet (50') of height shall not be set back more than
five feet (5') from the front property line, unless approved through the design
review process or when otherwise allowed by this code.
SECTION 3. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Section 21A.33.050. That Section
21A.33.050 of the Salt Lake City Code (Zoning: Table of Permitted and Conditional Use for
Downtown Districts) shall be amended, only as to the “Parking, Commercial” and “Stadium” uses,
with no other changes to the table, as follows:
Use Permitted and Condition Uses By District
D-1 D-2 D-3 D-4
Parking, commercial C19 P19 C19 P19
Stadium C C P
SECTION 4. Amending the text of Salt Lake City Code Subsection 21A.46.110.A.3.b. That
Subsection 21A.46.110.A.3.b of the Salt Lake City Code (Zoning: Signs: Sign Regulations for
Downtown Districts: Sign Regulations for the D-1 and D-4 Downtown Districts: Sign Type, Size
and Height Standards: Sports Arena Located on the Block Between South Temple and 100 South
Between 300 and 400 West Streets) shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
b. Sports Arena and Convention Center Sign Regulations. The following signs shall
be permitted on the blocks that contain the sports arena and convention center, described
as follows: beginning at the southwest corner of the intersection of South Temple and
West Temple Streets, heading south to the intersection of 200 South and West Temple
Streets, thence west to the intersection of 200 South and 200 West Streets, thence north to
the intersection of 100 South and 200 West, thence west to the intersection of 100 South
and 400 West Streets, thence north to the intersection of South Temple and 400 West,
thence east to the point of beginning. Modifications to sign regulations within this
overlay may be approved as part of the design review process for any building that is
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subject to 21A.59. Signs shall not include off-premise advertising. For the purpose of this
section, signs may include advertising any business, facility, event or event or facility
sponsor which are located within the boundaries of the sports arena and convention
center sign regulations overlay.
STANDARDS FOR THE SPORTS ARENA AND CONVENTION CENTER
Types of Signs
Permitted7, 8, 9
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
n/a 1 per building
face
Flat sign
(storefront
orientation)
Flat sign
(storefront
orientation)
n/a 3 per business
storefront
Flat sign
display,
electronic
changeable
copy3
No larger than
1,400 square
feet per sign
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
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Private
directional sign5
100 square feet 20 feet No setback No limit
Roof sign 5 square feet per
linear foot of
building
frontage
20 feet above the
roof line or parapet
wall
n/a 1 per building
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
Notes:
1. Reserved
2. Public property lease and insurance required for projection over property line.
3. Flat sign, electronic changeable copy may display static or rotating messages or operate
as outdoor television monitors.
4. An advertising face on a freestanding sign with electronic changeable copy that is not
oriented to a public street may be operated to allow full motion video display.
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5. Private directional sign may include electronic changeable copy within the sign area.
6. To be located on the horizontal plane of a roof surface, primarily viewable from planes
and surrounding buildings located above the arena.
7. Advertising or corporate logos are limited to on premises advertising of sports arena
events and sponsors only.
8. Dwell and Twirl time: Text, images, or graphics on an electronic message center shall not
change more than once every eight (8) seconds. Twirl time between subsequent static
text, images, or graphics shall not exceed one-fourth (0.25) second. Outdoor television
monitors are exempt.
9. Brightness: No electronic message center shall exceed a brightness level of three-tenths
(0.3) foot-candle as measured at a pre-set distance. The measurement distance shall be
determined based on the area of the electronic message center using the following
formula: the square root of (the electronic message center area times 100). Fractions shall
be rounded to the nearest foot.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first
publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this _______ day of ______________, 2023.
______________________________
CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on _______________________.
Mayor’s Action: _______Approved. _______Vetoed
______________________________
MAYOR
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Victoria Petro (Sep 3, 2024 21:19 MDT)
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Bill No. ________ of 2024.
Published: ______________.
Ordinance related to the downtown entertainment district_final
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date:___________________________
By: ____________________________
Katherine D. Pasker, Senior City Attorney
August 30, 2024
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______________________________
CITY RECORDER
Katherine Pasker (Sep 3, 2024 09:22 MDT)
Sep 3, 2024
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Sept 9, 2024
Ordinance 63 of 2024 - Text Amendments on
Sports, Entertainment, Cultural, and Convention
District
Final Audit Report 2024-09-09
Created:2024-09-03
By:STEPHANIE ELLIOTT (stephanie.elliott@slcgov.com)
Status:Signed
Transaction ID:CBJCHBCAABAAxiYvfgZ5IzN2gu2tdpNLJy76wvq6KHnh
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