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Tooele City staff recommend review of Industrial Service zone as uses closely mirror Light Industrial
Summary
Community Development Director Andrew Agard told the council that Tooele City's Industrial Service zoning is nearly identical to the Light Industrial zone except for a few uses; staff presented options including eliminating the IS zone, keeping it unchanged, or attempting a difficult, granular separation of uses and offered to research historical minutes before returning with recommendations.
Community Development Director Andrew Agard presented an analysis of Tooele City's three industrial zoning districts, telling the council the Industrial Service zone (IS) is largely duplicative of the Light Industrial district and that most land uses overlap between the two.
Agard said the zoning code lists roughly 90 commercial and industrial land uses across the three districts. Only 11 uses are exclusive to the Industrial zone, one use is exclusive to Industrial Service (automobile service and repair accessory to a principal use), and one is exclusive to Light Industrial (reception center). "So my conclusion after looking at this is the industrial service and the light industrial zoning districts are pretty much the same, except for one significant land use," Agard said, asking the council for direction.
The director outlined three options: eliminate the IS district and rezone those properties to Light Industrial (which would expand permitted uses for affected properties but require ordinance and map amendments), leave IS as currently written, or attempt a finer-grained separation of uses between IS and Light Industrial. He warned that the third option is difficult because there is no clear, quantifiable measure to distinguish 'medium' from 'light' industrial impacts and any list-based separation risks appearing arbitrary.
Council members recalled the IS district likely originated to accommodate a single application that fell between existing categories (one member referenced wrecking/tow yards in an earlier decision). Councilman Hansen and others raised the historical example that a cluster of tow/impound operations developed in the zone, and asked staff to review meeting minutes and the original rationale before moving forward. Agard said staff can research the origins of the IS zone and return with a recommendation and potential ordinance language.
The council did not take formal action on the matter and asked staff to bring more historical context and draft options to a future work meeting.
