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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 78 of 2010
(An ordinance amending section 21A.28.020.F of the Salt Lake City Code
concerning building height in the M-1 zoning district in areas located
west of the International Airport and north of Interstate 80)
An ordinance amending section 21A.28.020.F (Zoning: M-1 Light Manufacturing District: Maximum Height) of the Salt Lake City Code pursuant to Petition No. PLNPCM2010-00476 to increase the maximum building height in areas zoned M-1 situated west of the Salt Lake City International Airport and North of Interstate 80.
WHEREAS, the Salt Lake City Planning Commission (“Planning Commission”) held a public hearing on September 8, 2010 to consider a request made by Dominion Engineering with the consent of the property owner (petition no. PLNPCM2010-00476) to amend section 21A.28.020.F of the Salt Lake City Code to increase the maximum allowed building height in the M-1 zoning district in areas west of the Salt Lake City International Airport and north of Interstate 80; and
WHEREAS, at its September 22, 2010 meeting, the Planning Commission voted to transmit a positive recommendation to the City Council on said application; 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 text of Salt Lake City Code section 21A.28.020.F. That section 21A.28.020.F of the Salt Lake City Code (Zoning: M-1 Light Manufacturing District: Maximum Height), shall be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows:
21A.28.020.F. Maximum Height:
1. No building shall exceed sixty five feet (65') except that emission free distillation column structures, necessary for manufacture processing purposes, shall be permitted up to the most restrictive federal aviation administration imposed minimal approach surface elevations, or one hundred twenty feet (120') maximum, whichever is less. Said approach surface elevation will be determined by the Salt Lake City department of airports at the proposed locations of the distillation column structure. Any proposed development in the airport flight path protection (AFPP) overlay district, as outlined in section 21A.34.040 of this title, will require approval of the department of airports prior to issuance of a building permit. All proposed development within the AFPP overlay district which exceeds fifty feet (50') will also require site specific approval from the federal aviation administration.
2. In the M-1 zoning districts located west of the Salt Lake City International Airport and north of Interstate Eighty (I-80), buildings may exceed sixty five feet (65’) in height subject to the conditional building and site design review standards and procedures of Chapter 21A.59 of this title. In no case shall any building exceed eighty-five feet (85’).
SECTION 2. 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 9th day of November, 2010.
Bill No. 78 of 2010.
Published: November 15, 2010.