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Council reviews rezoning request on Gates Avenue for a 6,000‑sq‑ft welding shop with use and hour limitations
Summary
Staff presented Z6‑2025: a request to rezone a 0.71‑acre parcel on Gates Avenue from agricultural to manufacturing for a welding shop and yard. Proposal includes a development agreement limiting hours (7 a.m.–10 p.m.), requiring off‑site improvements (curb, gutter, sidewalk, lights), use restrictions to prohibit outdoor heavy industrial work, and aesthetic features; planning commission recommended the agreement with those limits.
Community Development Director Steve Pastrick presented a rezoning application (Z6‑2025) for a 0.71‑acre parcel on the south side of Gates Avenue, asking the council to change the property from Agricultural to Manufacturing to accommodate a proposed 6,000‑square‑foot welding shop and office.
Pastrick described the parcel’s context: several neighboring parcels have been rezoned to manufacturing in recent years, a city‑owned strip to the south provides access to a cell tower, and there are residential properties on Schuler Avenue to the south. The applicant (identified in the presentation as Scott Watcher) said he intends to move an existing Salt Lake welding business to the site and use the surrounding yard for storage of materials, trailers and a crane truck.
A development agreement accompanying the application includes four main provisions: (1) restricted hours of operation, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., to limit late‑night impacts on nearby homes; (2) off‑site public improvements to add curb and gutter, sidewalks and street lighting where missing; (3) a covered entry feature to improve the street‑facing facade; and (4) a list of prohibited uses, including heavy outdoor industrial operations. Pastrick said planning commissioners were particularly concerned about outdoor fabrication and confirmed the development agreement’s use limitations prohibit heavy outdoor manufacturing; the applicant acknowledged most work will occur inside the building and accepted that limitation.
Council members asked follow‑up questions about enforcement (neighbors would report outdoor work and the city would pursue enforcement if evidence supported it), hours consistency with nearby properties (other recent development agreements also set 7 a.m.–10 p.m.), and whether exceptions might be requested in the future; staff said an applicant could request an exception but the development agreement before the council included the prohibitions as written.
No formal rezoning vote was recorded during the study session; staff described the agreement as consistent with prior rezones along the corridor and recommended the development agreement as drafted.
