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Planning Commission recommends City Council approve amendments to City Facility zoning rules, asks for community outreach
Summary
The South Salt Lake Planning Commission on April 3 unanimously forwarded a recommendation to City Council to amend Title 17 zoning rules for the City Facility land use district and asked staff to include community outreach on future facility designs.
The South Salt Lake Planning Commission on April 3 voted unanimously to recommend City Council approve an ordinance amending multiple sections of Title 17 of the South Salt Lake Municipal Code to update regulations for the City Facility (CF) land use district. Commissioners added a recommendation that future city facility designs include community outreach to affected neighbors.
Staff said the package of changes is intended to support the redevelopment of the city’s new Public Works Campus and to allow city facilities to operate more efficiently. Key changes in the proposal include adding a standalone parking-lot use and outdoor storage as permitted uses in the CF district; requiring solid screening for outdoor storage (prohibiting chain-link with slats); removing building-form and certain setback and build-to design requirements for CF developments; and delegating review and approval of CF developments to the Community Development Director or their designee based on three criteria: demonstrated need not contrary to public interest, consistency with the general plan and applicable ordinances, and protection of public health, safety and welfare.
Staff presented renderings and a site layout for the new Public Works Campus and explained the edits are intended to avoid unnecessary construction costs for specialized city facilities (for example, sewer lift stations and maintenance sheds) while ensuring public-facing portions meet applicable standards. Staff emphasized outdoor storage provisions will require solid visual screening and that heavy materials (salt, gravel) would be contained behind block walls or in roofs where appropriate.
Commission discussion focused on balancing oversight and the need to contain costs. Commissioner Slifka moved to forward a recommendation of approval to City Council for the ordinance amendments and to add a recommendation that city staff conduct community outreach for future CF district designs; Commissioner Hoelscher seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Staff told commissioners the city has coordinated with adjacent property owners on the public works site given its location at the end of a dead-end street and near rail tracks, and that larger projects are subject to additional internal review and budget approval by elected officials.
The planning commission’s recommendation moves the proposed Title 17 amendments to City Council for final consideration.
