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Council adopts text amendment defining and regulating outdoor athletic facilities up to 10,000 seats
Summary
The Salisbury City Council on Feb. 18 approved amendments to Chapters 2, 3, 11 and 18 of the Land Development Ordinance to create an 'outdoor athletic facilities' use with setbacks, height and lighting standards; the planning board had recommended approval with an exemption for preexisting facilities.
The Salisbury City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance on Feb. 18 amending multiple chapters of the city’s Land Development Ordinance to add and regulate “outdoor athletic facilities” as a permitted use with standards.
City Planning and Land Development Director Philip Lookadoo presented the proposal, which defines the use and sets size, setback, height, access, parking and lighting standards for new facilities of up to 10,000 seats. Lookadoo said staff proposed a 25-foot setback from property lines for new facilities, with graduated height limits measured from that setback (35 feet at the setback line, increasing to a capped 100-foot maximum at greater distances) intended to reduce intensity at neighboring…
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