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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 50 of 2002
(Amending the Salt Lake City Zoning Code to Allow
Railroad Freight Terminal Facilities in Light Manufacturing Zoning Districts)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SALT LAKE CITY ZONING CODE TO ALLOW RAILROAD FREIGHT TERMINAL FACILITIES IN LIGHT MANUFACTURING (M-1) ZONING DISTRICTS, PURSUANT TO PETITION NO. 400-02-06.
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Zoning Code contains descriptions of the various allowed uses in each of the designated zoning districts; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, finds after public hearings before its own body and before the Planning Commission that portions of the Salt Lake City Zoning Code should be amended to allow railroad freight terminal facilities in Light Manufacturing (M-1) zoning districts, and that such amendments are in the best interest of the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. Section 21A.28.040 of the Salt Lake City Code, which contains the “Table of Permitted and Conditional Uses for Manufacturing Districts,” shall be and hereby is amended to allow railroad freight terminal facilities as conditional uses in M-1 zoning districts, with a geographic restriction indicating that no railroad freight terminal facility may be located within a five mile radius of any other existing railroad freight terminal facility.
SECTION 2. Section 21A.62.040 of the Salt Lake City Code shall be and hereby is amended to include the following definition, in alphabetical order:
“Railroad Freight Terminal Facility” means: A major railroad track yard area for primary use by railroad employees for regional scale interstate mainline oriented intermodal freight transfers of: (1) multi-modal (sea, rail, truck transport) self-contained cargo containers from train to train, train to semi-truck trailer, and semi-truck trailer to train loading; and (2) for new motor vehicle train transports to semi-truck trailer transports for regional distribution purposes. No breakdown of self-contained cargo containers occurs at inter-modal railroad freight terminal facilities.
SECTION 3. 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 29th day of July, 2002.
Bill No. 50 of 2002.
Published: August 1, 2002.