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Midvale council adopts new parking rules for tennis and pickleball facilities
Summary
The Midvale City Council approved a text amendment to Title 17 setting parking standards for tennis- and pickleball-only commercial recreational facilities, adopting six spaces per court plus one space per court for employees after council amendments and brief debate.
The Midvale City Council on Feb. 4 adopted a text amendment to Title 17 of the Midvale Municipal Code establishing new parking requirements for tennis- and pickleball-only commercial recreational facilities.
City planning staff proposed a standard of six parking spaces per court, arguing that existing commercial parking requirements would have required an “over 90” stall count for a proposed six‑court facility, a number staff said was disproportionate to likely use. Elizabeth, a city planning staff member, told the council the draft language would “have six parking stalls per court for both pickleball and tennis,” noting the per‑court formula is simple to administer.
Council members raised concerns about events, employees and peak use. Councilmember Bridal Brown called the existing code calculation “crazy” for smaller, dedicated facilities and supported a per‑court approach but urged adding stalls for staff. Several council members suggested alternatives such as an additional per‑square‑foot calculation; the council settled on adding one stall per court to cover employees or on‑site managers. Staff printed a revised ordinance reflecting that change and the council later un‑tabled and approved the amended ordinance.
Planning staff said the amendment applies only to facilities that are exclusively tennis or pickleball; mixed commercial recreation facilities would remain governed by existing commercial recreation standards. Staff said the change was prompted by an application for a roughly 18,000‑square‑foot commercial pickleball facility in a clean‑industrial zone that would have been subject to the “greatest of” parking ratios in the current code.
The council approved Ordinance 2025‑O‑002 as amended. The motion passed unanimously in a roll‑call vote.
The ordinance establishes a straightforward per‑court parking metric for the growing number of standalone pickleball and tennis facilities while allowing staff to continue applying existing commercial parking standards to mixed‑use recreational developments. The council directed staff to incorporate the amended text into the municipal code and to provide the final ordinance language for the official record.
