Council adopts parking standard of six stalls per tennis or pickleball court

The Midvale City Council on Feb. 4 adopted Ordinance No. 2025-O-02, a text amendment to Title 17 of the Midvale City Municipal Code establishing a parking standard of six stalls per tennis or pickleball court.

Elizabeth Arnold, senior planner, told the council staff recommended adding a specific standard because the existing parking calculations produced requirements “disproportionately high to the number of patrons” for large tennis and pickleball facilities. The proposal would add a new standard in sections including 17-7-5.7 and related subsections to set six parking stalls per court.

Council Member Bryant Brown pressed staff to consider event capacity, saying examples he’d seen could require “ninety parking spaces” and suggesting either six per court plus additional spaces for events or a square-footage-based metric. Council Member Denece Mikolash recommended “six per court plus one additional spot for an employee.” No members of the public spoke during the hearing.

After initially moving to table the item to allow staff to revise standards, the council later un-tabled the ordinance and voted to approve it unanimously. The motions to un-table and to adopt the ordinance were moved and seconded by Council Member Bryant Brown and Council Member Heidi Robinson, respectively; the full council recorded five ayes.

The ordinance amends the zoning code to add the six-stalls-per-court requirement. The council did not record specific implementation guidance for event overflow parking during the meeting; staff will be responsible for applying the new standard when evaluating future commercial recreational facility proposals.