A. Every Building On Legally Created Lot: Every building shall be located and maintained on a legally created lot or parcel as defined in this title, unless such lot or parcel is legally nonconforming as set forth in chapter 6 of this title. Not more than one single-family residence or commercial structure shall occupy any one lot or parcel except as authorized pursuant to the provisions of this title.
B. Sale Or Lease Of Required Land: No land needed to meet the size, width, yard, area, coverage, parking or other requirements of this title shall be sold, leased, or otherwise transferred away so as to create or increase the nonconformity of a lot, building, or site development.
C. Substandard Lots: No lot or parcel having less than the minimum width and area required by the zone where it is located may be divided from a larger parcel of land, whether by subdivision or metes and bounds, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of building or development as a lot except as permitted by this section or by the appeals and variance hearing officer pursuant to the requirements of this title.
1. If a portion of a lot or parcel of land which meets minimum lot area requirements is acquired for public use by condemnation or purchase, and such acquisition reduces the minimum area required, the remainder of such lot or parcel shall nevertheless be considered as having the required minimum lot area if all of the following conditions are met:
a. Such lot or parcel contains a rectangular space of at least thirty by forty feet (30 x 40') exclusive of applicable front and side yard requirements, and exclusive of one-half (1/2) of the applicable rear yard requirements, and such rectangular space is usable for a principal use or structure.
b. The remainder of such lot or parcel of land has an area of at least one-half (1/2) of the required lot area of the zone in which it is located.
c. The remainder of such lot or parcel of land has access to a public street with a width of not less than twenty feet (20').
d. The acquisition or dedication of land for public use is not connected with an application filed under Title 9 or Title 17 of this code.
D. Adjacent Lots When Used As One Building Lot: When a common side lot line separating two (2) or more contiguous lots or parcels is covered or proposed to be covered by a building, such lots shall constitute a single building site and the setback requirements of this title shall not apply to such common lot or parcel line if a document is recorded indicating the owner's intent to use the combined lot or parcel as a single development site. The setback requirements of this title shall apply only to the exterior side lot lines of the contiguous lots or parcels so joined. Final occupancy of a building or dwelling on adjacent residential lots or parcels to be developed as a single lot or parcel shall be subject to recording with the Salt Lake County recorder a lot line adjustment by application to the city, to combine the lots or parcels into a single lot or parcel.
E. Double Frontage Lots: Lots having frontage on two (2) or more streets shall be prohibited, except for corner lots and double frontage lots in subdivisions which back onto streets shown on the city's master traffic and transportation plan. Such double frontage lots shall be accessed only from an internal subdivision street. Frontage on lots having a front lot line on more than one street, shall be measured on one street only.
F. Setback; Decks And Patios: Any part of a deck or patio covered with a roof or enclosed on two (2) or more sides, or which exceeds three feet (3') in height at any point above finished, shall conform to applicable yard setback requirements.
G. Setback Measurement: The depth of a required yard abutting a street shall be measured from the lot line, except as set forth below:
1. Minimum Front Yard Requirement For New Construction: In blocks where more than fifty percent (50%) of the buildable lots or parcels have main buildings which do not meet the current front yard setbacks of this title, the minimum front yard requirement for new construction shall be equal to the average existing front yard size on the block. In no case shall a front yard of more than thirty feet (30') be required.
2. Yard Abutting Public Street: Whenever a front, side, or rear yard is required for a building on a lot or parcel abutting a public street proposed to be constructed or widened as shown on the city's master traffic and transportation plan, the depth of such yard shall be measured from a line which is one-half (1/2) of the proposed right of way width from the centerline of the street to be constructed or widened, or from the current lot line, whichever is greater.
3. Minor Collector Additional Setback: For any main building on a lot or parcel, the minimum front yard, side yard or rear yard setback from any existing or proposed minor collector street rights of way as shown on the most recently amended version of the city's official street map, except those in subsection G4 of this section, shall be an additional ten feet (10');
4. Exceptions To Minor Collector Setbacks: Exceptions, for which the standard front, rear and side yard setbacks shall apply:
125 East between 13800 South and the Draper Irrigation Canal;
150 East north of 12300 South;
12150 South between State Street and 300 East;
12200 South between Draper Parkway and 2000 East;
12450 South between Minuteman Drive and 300 East;
13400 South between 300 East and Fort Street;
14000 South between Minuteman Drive and 125 East;
Stokes Avenue;
Golden Pheasant Drive;
Willow Springs Lane/Walden Lane between 300 East and 1300 East.
5. Private Right Of Way Or Access Easement: For a lot on a private right of way or encompassing an access easement for another lot or parcel, the setback shall be the distance on a lot between a building and the private right of way line or access easement boundary closest to the building.
H. Yard Reduction; Lots In Separate Ownership: The requirements of this chapter as to minimum lot area or lot width shall not be construed to prevent the use of any lot or parcel for a single- family dwelling if such lot or parcel was a legally created lot or parcel when it became nonconforming as to area or width.
I. Yards To Be Unobstructed; Exceptions: Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed except for:
1. Accessory buildings in a rear yard;
2. The ordinary projections of window bays, roof overhangs, skylights, sills, belt courses, cornices, chimneys, flues and other ornamental features, which shall not project into a yard more than two and one-half feet (21/2');
3. Open or lattice enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies open upon fire towers projecting into a yard not more than five feet (5'); or
4. Any part of an uncovered deck or patio less than three feet (3') in height, excluding nonopaque railings.
J. Public Utility Easements Within Setbacks: Regardless of minimum setback allowances, no main building, accessory building requiring a building permit, deck, swimming pool, building projection, retaining wall, or other permanent obstruction shall be constructed within a public utility easement, typically located along the front, side and/or rear property lines of a lot or parcel, without the prior written permission of all affected public and private utility managers or shall comply with section 9-27-070 of this chapter.
(Ord. 394, 8-7-2001; amd. Ord. 815, 4-1-2008, eff. 7-1-2008; Ord. 1408, 10- 15-2019; Ord. 1479, 2-16-2021; Ord. 1498, 8-3-2021)