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Project Title: Parking Dimensions & Off-Street
Parking Standards Manual Update
Petition No.: PLNPCM2025-00358
Version: 1
Date Prepared: September 25, 2025
Planning Commission Action: Recommended September 10, 2025
This proposed ordinance makes the following amendments (for summary purposes only):
• Modifies Subsection 21A.44.060.A.3:to amend the requirements to the parking manual and
zoning code to update parking dimensions and allowance for low-scale residential uses.
• Amends the Off-Street Parking Standards Manual and Zoning Code (21A.44.060) to align
with recent state legislation.
Zoning Code (21A.44.060):
• Allows tandem parking for all uses (21A.44.060).
• Counts driveway parking toward required parking if the driveway leads to at least one
stall behind the front line of the building for single-family, two-family, rowhouse, and
townhome uses (21A.44.060).
• Defines 'unobstructed' in 21A.62
Off-Street Parking Standards Manual:
• Allows tandem parking for all uses.
• Aligns the manual with House Bill 368 and codifies parking dimensions after City
Council adoption.
• Incorporates departmental comments.
• Makes minor editorial and reference updates for consistency.
Planning Note: This proposed text amendment is contingent upon the adoption and codification of
the Commercial and Mixed-Use Zoning District Consolidation. The Mixed-Use (MU) zoning
ordinance was adopted by Salt Lake City on July 8, 2025, and is scheduled to take effect on
October 8, 2025.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Date: _____9/25/25_________________
By: ____________________________
Senior City Attorney
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Underlined text is new; text with strikethrough is proposed to be deleted. Modifications made as
part of the Planning Commission recommendation are highlighted in yellow. All other text is
existing with no proposed change.
Adopts the Salt Lake City Off-Street Parking Standards Manual to read and appear as shown in
Exhibit A attached hereto, and amends Subsections 21A.44.060.A.3 and 21A.44.060.15 and
Section 21A.62.040 as follows:
Amending Subsection 21A.44.060.3: 1
3. Parking in Front and Corner Side Yards: Location: 2
a. Parking in Required Yards: Parking stalls are prohibited in a required front yard or the 3
required corner side yard except when authorized by Section 21A.44.090. In the FR, R1, R2, 4
and SR-1A zoning districts, parking in driveways that comply with all applicable city 5
standards is allowed but shall not be used to satisfy off-street parking requirements except as 6
provided in this section. 7
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b. Driveway Parking for single-family, two-family, townhome or rowhouse dwellings: 9
Parking in front and corner side yard areas, including on driveways, may be used to satisfy 10
off-street parking requirements when the driveway provides access to at least one parking 11
stall located behind the front line of the principal building. This provision does not override 12
any requirement in the underlying zoning district that all parking be located behind the 13
principal building. All parking must comply with the Off-Street Parking Standards Manual. 14
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c. Parking stalls may be allowed in a provided front or corner side yard where it exceeds the 16
minimum yard requirement when: 17
1. In any zoning district found in Chapter 21A.28 Manufacturing Districts or Chapter 18
21A.32 Special Purpose Districts; or 19
2. Approved following the requirements in Section 21A.44.090; or 20
3. Authorized in the zoning district. 21
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d. Parking for land uses that do not include a principal building shall be setback a minimum of 23
25 feet from the front or corner side lot line. The 25-foot setback shall be considered a 24
landscaped yard subject to the requirements of landscaped yards in Chapter 21A.48. 25
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e. If this section conflicts with any standard or regulation of the underlying zoning district, the 27
provisions of the underlying zoning shall take precedence. 28
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Amending Subsection 21A.44.060.15: 29
15. Tandem Parking: When more than one parking space is required for a residential dwelling 30
unit, the parking spaces may be designed as tandem parking spaces, provided that:Is allowed 31
for all land uses to fulfill required parking. 32
a) No more than two required spaces may be included in the tandem parking layout: and 33
Must be designed to be unobstructed. 34
b) Residential Dwelling Units: 35
1. No more than two required spaces may be included in the tandem layout; and 36
2. Each set of two tandem parking spaces layout shall be designated to a specific 37
residential unit. 38
Amending Subsection 21A.62.040 only for the purpose of adding a new definition of 39
“Unobstructed”, which shall be inserted in alphabetical order and shall read as follows: 40
Unobstructed: Refers to a parking space that has no permanent barriers such as walls, posts, 41
planters, or built-in storage that would reduce the space to smaller than the required stall 42
dimensions (9 feet by 20 feet for uncovered spaces; 10 feet by 20 feet for covered spaces). 43
Effective Date: This ordinance, if passed, shall become effective on the date of its first publication
and shall be recorded with the Salt Lake City Recorder.
(Signatures follow on the next page)
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ATTEST:
______________________________
CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to the Mayor on __________________________.
Mayor’s Action: _____Approved. _____Vetoed.
______________________________
MAYOR
ATTEST:
____________________________
CITY RECORDER
(SEAL)
Bill No. ________ of 202__.
Published: ______________.
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EXHIBIT A:
Salt Lake City Off-Street Parking Standards Manual