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Council hears proposal to relax lot landscaping rules in heavy industrial section of city business park
Summary
Planner recommended exempting the heavy industrial section of the city business park from routine lot landscaping requirements while requiring disturbed areas be reclaimed with native seed mixes and a disturbed‑area reclamation plan; planning commission recommended adding a clause that temporary irrigation for establishment need not be permanent.
Tooele City staff presented a proposed text amendment to align landscaping standards for the heavy industrial section of the City Business Park with other industrial zones. The draft would exempt the designated Section C (heavy industrial) from the standard 1% lot landscaping and tree‑planting requirements that apply elsewhere, but require any areas disturbed during construction to be reclaimed with a native‑species seed mix and to include a disturbed‑area vegetation reclamation plan as part of site‑plan review.
Anna England said the amendment mirrors standards already applied to other heavy industrial districts and targets properties that are distant from residential areas. Planning commission reviewed the item and forwarded a positive recommendation with a single additional condition: add a sentence clarifying that irrigation used solely for establishment of vegetation need not be permanent. That sentence was included in the staff draft presented to council.
Council asked no substantive questions at the work session and staff said the change is intended to reduce water and maintenance burdens in industrial areas while ensuring disturbed areas are revegetated with native, low‑water species.
