Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and construction of this title. Words used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word “building” shall include the word “structure”, the words “used” or “occupied” shall include arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased, or intended to be used or occupied; the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory, and the word “may” is permissive; the word “person” includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation, as well as an individual; the word “lot” includes the words plot or parcel. An asterisk (*) at the definition means that the word is defined in the State Code. Words used in this title, but not defined herein, shall have the meaning as defined in any other ordinance adopted by the City.
ABUTTING: | Property that is adjacent or contiguous to another property including property separated by an alley, a private right-of-way or a utility strip. |
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: | A subordinate building or structure, located on the same lot with the main building, occupied by or devoted to an accessory use. An accessory building or structure is clearly incidental to, and customarily found in connection with the main building, is operated and maintained for the benefit of the principal use, and is not a dwelling unit. Detached garages, sheds, workshops, and barns are examples of accessory buildings or structures. |
ACRE, NET: | A measurement of the developable portion of an area, after excluding the area required for public or private streets or access ways, adjacent park strip(s), and sidewalk(s). |
ACTIVE SOLAR SYSTEM: | A system of equipment capable of collecting and converting incident solar radiation into heat, mechanical or electrical energy, and transferring these forms of energy by a separate apparatus to storage or to the point of use. It includes water heating, space heating or cooling, electric energy generating or mechanical energy generating and the architectural and engineering design or system necessary to balance or optimize active components. |
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY (AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS): | The processing of raw food products by packaging, treating and/or intensive feeding. “Agricultural industry” includes, but is not limited to, animal feed yards, the raising of furbearing animals, food packaging and/or processing plants, commercial poultry or egg production, commercial greenhouses, and similar uses as determined by the Planning Commission. |
AGRICULTURAL USE: | The use of a tract of land for growing crops in the open, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, floriculture, general farming uses and necessary accessory uses, including the structures necessary for carrying out farming operations. |
AGRICULTURE: | The production of food through the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, breeding and raising of domestic animals and fowl, except household pets, and not including any agricultural industry or business. |
AIRPORT: | Any airport definitions and regulations which are adopted by North Salt Lake City, except as airports are governed under the general use regulations of this title. |
ALCOHOL, BREWPUB: | A restaurant type establishment that also has a beer brewery, producing beer in batch sizes not less than seven (7) U.S. barrels (31 gallons), on the same property which produces only enough beer for sale and consumption on site or for retail carryout sale in containers. At least fifty percent (50%) of the beer sold shall be brewed on the premises. Revenue from food sales shall constitute at least fifty percent (50%) of the total business revenues, excluding retail carryout sales of beer. |
ALLEY: | A public accessway less than twenty six feet (26') in width, which is designed to give secondary access to lots or abutting properties. An alley shall not be considered a street for the purpose of this title. |
ALLUVIAL SOILS: | Areas subject to periodic flooding as defined in the soil survey prepared by the soil conservation service which encompasses North Salt Lake City. |
AMBULANCE SERVICE: | An emergency response facility housing ambulance services, dispatching, staging, and maintenance. |
AMUSEMENT PARK: | Any place of organized amusement activity not conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, whether a commercial or nonprofit enterprise, except temporary celebrations sanctioned by the City Council by a special permit. |
ANIMAL CLINIC (Also Known As ANIMAL HOSPITAL): | Any building or portion thereof designed or used for the care or treatment of animals or fowl, and/or in which veterinary service is provided or is available. |
ANIMAL KENNEL, COMMERCIAL: | Land or buildings used in the keeping, care, or boarding of more than three (3) dogs, cats, or other household pets as a commercial endeavor. |
ANIMAL SHELTER: | A public or licensed private facility to temporarily detain and/or dispose of stray dogs, cats and other animals. |
ANIMAL, VETERINARY OFFICE: | A place where animals or pets are given medical or surgical treatment and are cared for during the time of such treatment. Use as a kennel shall be limited to short term boarding and shall be only incidental to such hospital use. Short term boarding facilities shall be completely enclosed in a building. |
ANTENNA: | Any system of wires, poles, rods, reflecting disks, or similar devices used for the transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves external to or attached to the exterior of any building. |
ANTENNA, COMMUNICATION TOWER: | See definition of antenna. |
APPURTENANCES: | Appendages and incidental details on buildings are to be allowed, such as building projections or coverings for mechanical equipment. |
ARCHITECTURAL METAL PANELS: | A modular exterior cladding system comprised of insulated or uninsulated prefinished metal panels and supporting framework attached to the structural frame of a building. |
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTION: | Any building or structural projection which is not intended for occupancy and which extends beyond the face of an exterior wall of a building or structure, but not including signs. |
ARCHITECTURALLY INCOMPATIBLE: | Buildings or structures which are incongruous with adjacent and nearby development due to dissimilarities in style, materials, proportions, size, shape and/or other architectural or site design features. |
ART GALLERY: | An establishment engaged in the sale, loan or display of paintings, sculpture or other works of art. The term “art gallery” does not include libraries or museums. |
ASSISTED LIVING CENTER: | A facility licensed by the State of Utah that provides a combination of housing and personalized care designed to respond to the individual needs of more than two (2) individuals who require help with the activities of daily living, such as meal preparation, personal grooming, housekeeping, healthcare or medication. Care is provided in a professionally managed group living environment in a way that promotes maximum independence and dignity of each resident. |
AUDITORIUM: | A multipurpose assembly facility that is designed to accommodate conventions, live performances, trade shows, sports events and other such events. |
AUTOMATIC CAR WASH: | A facility for automatic or self-service washing and cleaning of automobiles and small trucks not exceeding three thousand (3,000) gross vehicle weight (GVW). |
AUTOMATIC TRUCK WASH: | A facility for automatic self-service washing or cleaning of trucks exceeding three thousand (3,000) gross vehicle weight (GVW). |
AUTOMOBILE BODY AND FENDER SHOP: | A facility for major automobile, truck, mobile home, recreational coach or recreation vehicle repairs to body, frame or fenders, and includes rebuilding. |
AUTOMOBILE PAINT SHOP: | A facility for painting of automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, or other travel or recreation vehicles or units. |
AUTOMOBILE SELF-SERVICE STATION: | A place where gasoline or any other motor fuel for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale and is dispensed to the vehicle by the purchaser. The self- service station may be independent or in conjunction with a retail store. |
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION: | A place where gasoline or any other motor fuel or lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into motor vehicles, and where service performed may include tube and tire repair, battery charging, storage of merchandise, and tune up of automobiles, but not including major auto repair. |
AUTOMOTIVE DETAIL AND TRIM SHOPS: | An establishment that provides services related to automotive detailing services or the sale and installation of automotive accessories such as replacement glass, tinting, audio, upholstery, or other miscellaneous vehicle trim and includes no outdoor storage of materials, nor storage of vehicles awaiting service for a period greater than 48 hours. |
AUTOMOTIVE SALES AREA: | An open area used for display, sale or rental of new or used motor vehicles, mobile homes, recreational coaches, or recreation vehicles in operable condition. |
AUTOMOTIVE SALVAGE YARD (AUTOMOBILE WRECKING OR PROCESSING YARD): | A lot or portion thereof used for the storage, dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles, other vehicles, other machinery, or parts thereof. |
AVERAGE SLOPE: | An expression of rise or fall in elevation along a line perpendicular to the contours of the land connecting the highest point of land to the lowest point of land within a lot or building area. A vertical rise of one hundred feet (100') between two (2) points one hundred feet (100') apart measured on a horizontal plane is one hundred percent (100%) slope. |
BAKERY: | An establishment where the primary function is the baking of food products for wholesale trade or directly to the consumer. |
BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION: | The excavation or recontouring of the site. |
BIKE PATH (BIKE TRAIL, BIKE LANE): | A right-of-way designed and constructed for use by bicycles and not intended for use by pedestrians or motor vehicles of any kind. A bike path may be located within or without a street right-of-way, at grade, or at grade separated from vehicular traffic. Bike lanes may also be included as a part of a street. |
*BILLBOARD: | A freestanding ground sign located on industrial, commercial or residential property if the sign is designed or intended to direct attention to a business, product or service that is not sold, offered or existing on the property where the sign is located. |
BLOCK: | The land surrounded by streets or other rights-of-way, other than an alley, or land which is designated as a block on any recorded subdivision plat. |
BLOOD DONATION CENTER: | A commercial establishment whose primary function is the collection, storage and distribution of blood and blood products. |
BOARDING HOUSE: | A dwelling where, for compensation, meals are provided for at least three (3) but not more than fifteen (15) persons. |
BUBBLER: | An irrigation head that delivers water to the root zone by "flooding" the planted area, usually measured in gallons per minute. Bubblers exhibit a trickle, umbrella or short stream pattern. |
BUILDING: | Any structure used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property. |
BUILDING COVERAGE: | That percentage of the lot covered by principal or accessory buildings or structures. |
BUILDING FORM AND MASSING: | A combination of three-dimensional geometric solids which makes up the exterior shape of a structure. |
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF: | The vertical distance from the highest point of elevation of the finished grade surface at the foundation to the highest point of the building roof or coping. |
BUILDING MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION: | A type of wholesale distributor supplying the building materials industry, but excluding retail outlets conducted in a warehouse format. |
BUILDING OFFICIAL: | The person designated or appointed as the building official for North Salt Lake City by the City Council. |
BUILDING, PUBLIC: | “Public building” means a building owned and operated, or owned and intended to be operated by a public agency of the United States of America or the State of Utah, or any of its subdivisions. |
BUS LINE STATION/TERMINAL : | Facility used for the temporary housing or parking of buses, and the loading and unloading of passengers. |
BUS LINE YARD AND REPAIR FACILITY: | Facility for the storage and repair of buses. |
CAMPGROUND: | A public area designated by a public agency for camping, or a private area licensed by the City Council for camping. |
CAMPING: | A temporary establishment of living facilities, such as tents or recreational coaches, as regulated by this title. |
CAR WASH: | Facility used for washing and cleaning of passenger vehicles, recreational vehicles, or other light duty vehicles. A car wash may be an accessory use to a gas station or convenience store or it may be a principal use on the lot. |
CARPORT: | A private garage not completely enclosed by walls or floors. For the purposes of this title, a carport shall be subject to all the regulations prescribed for a private garage. |
CARRIAGEWAY: | A pedestrian walkway between the curb and sidewalk, constructed of poured concrete, brick pavers or natural stone pavers. |
CEMETERY: | Land used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such cemetery. |
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: | An official authorization to occupy a structure as issued by the North Salt Lake building official, or designee. |
CHANGE OF USE: | The replacement of an existing land use by a new land use, or a change in the nature of an existing land use which does not increase the size, occupancy, or site requirements. A change of ownership, tenancy, name or management, or a change in product or service within the same use classification where the previous nature of the use, line of business, or other function is substantially unchanged is not a change of use. |
CHECK CASHING/PAYDAY LOAN BUSINESS: | A business that conducts transactions of cashing a check for consideration or extending a deferred deposit loan and shall include any other similar types of businesses licensed by the State pursuant to the Check Cashing and Deferred Deposit Lending Registration Act (Utah State Code 7-23). The term check cashing shall not include fully automated stand alone services located inside of an existing building, so long as the automated service incorporates no signage in the windows or outside of the building. |
CHECK VALVE: | A device used in sprinkler heads or pipe to prevent water from draining out of the pipe through gravity flow. Used to prevent pollution or contamination or the water supply due to the reverse flow of water from the secondary irrigation system. |
*CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: | A. The Mayor in municipalities operating under all forms of municipal government, except the Council-Manager form; or B. The City Manager in municipalities operating under the Council-Manager form of municipal government. |
CHURCH: | A building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, maintained and controlled by a duly recognized religious organization where persons regularly assemble for worship and religious instruction. |
CITY COUNCIL: | The elected Legislative Body of North Salt Lake City. |
CLADDING MATERIAL: | The application of one material over another to provide skin or layer intended to control the infiltration of weather elements, or for aesthetic purposes. |
CLINIC, DENTAL OR MEDICAL: | A building in which a group of dentists, physicians or allied professionals in the healing arts are associated for the conduct of their professions. The clinic may include a dental or medical laboratory and an apothecary, but it shall not include inpatient care or operating rooms for major surgery. |
CLUB, PRIVATE: | A social, recreational or athletic club or similar association or corporation incorporated under the provisions of the Utah Nonprofit Corporation and Cooperation Act for the above stated purposes, which maintains or intends to maintain premises upon which alcoholic beverages are or will be stored, consumed or sold, and which for that reason is required to be licensed by the State. |
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE: | A vehicle which is marked and/or used for commercial purposes. This shall include, but not be limited to, the following: buses, dump trucks, limousines, roll back tow trucks, stake body trucks, step vans, taxis, tow trucks and tractor trailers. |
COMMUNICATION TOWER: | A tower structure used for transmitting a broadcast signal or for receiving a broadcast signal (or other signal) for retransmission. A communication tower does not include “ham” radio transmission antenna. |
COMMUNITY GARDEN: | An area of land managed and maintained by an identifiable group of community members used to grow and harvest food crops and/or nonfood, ornamental crops such as flowers, for personal or group use, consumption, donation, or sale, or for educational purposes. Generally operated as not for profit, limited sales and events may also occur on the site to fund the gardening activities and other charitable purposes. |
COMPATIBLE DESIGN: | The visual relationship between adjacent and nearby buildings and the immediate streetscape, in terms of a consistency of materials, colors, building elements, building mass, and other constructed elements of the urban environment, is such that abrupt or severe differences are avoided. |
COMPATIBLE LAND USE: | A use of land and/or building(s) that, in terms of development intensity, building coverage, design, bulk and occupancy, traffic generation, parking requirements, access and circulation, site improvements, site design, landscaping, storage needs, and public facilities and service demands, is consistent with and similar to neighboring uses and does not adversely affect the quality of life of persons in surrounding or nearby buildings. |
COMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL: | Compatibility will be measured by whether or not the proposed development adversely impacts the quality of life in the area. Property values must be sustained or enhanced as opposed to diminishing values; the effects of ultimate traffic on streets will be considered rather than complaints that a new development will increase unwanted traffic; improvements in the infrastructure will be considered as to how and who pays for them; positive contributions to the financing of needed improvements will be weighed against the assessment on existing residential developments; proximity of possible impacts will be evaluated and indirectly impacted citizens will be considered in the group of the general citizenry. |
CONDITIONAL USE: | A land use that, because of its unique characteristics or potential impact on North Salt Lake City, surrounding neighbors or adjacent land uses, may not be compatible in some areas or may be compatible only if certain conditions are required that mitigate or eliminate the detrimental impacts. |
CONDOMINIUM: | The ownership of a single unit in a multi-unit project, together with an undivided interest in common in the common areas and facilities of the property as provided by State law. A condominium development is comparable to a subdivision in that each development is characterized by multiple individual ownerships in a single development. In a condominium development, the multiple individual ownerships are in structures, whereas in subdivisions such ownerships are in land. For regulation purposes, the development of a condominium project is treated by Utah State law and by this title as a subdivision, and condominium developments must comply with the subdivision regulations of this title. |
CONTRACTOR SERVICES: | Any person or business engaged in, or offering to engage in, any construction trade for which licensure is required under the Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act or any handyman services not required for State licensure. |
CONTRACTOR’S YARD/OFFICE: | A use that provides construction businesses with a base of operations that can include office space and indoor or outdoor storage of construction equipment or materials used by the construction business. This use excludes salvage or recycling operations. |
CONVENIENCE RETAIL: | An establishment which engages in the limited retail sale of convenience food items and automobile fuel. Businesses within this definition must conduct all sales and storage entirely within an enclosed structure and must specialize in the sale of convenience food and automobile fuel goods only. No fast food or sit down restaurants are included in the definition of “convenience retail”. |
CORRAL: | A space, other than a building, less than one acre in area or less than one hundred feet (100') in width, used for the confinement of animals or fowl. |
*COUNTY: | The unincorporated area of the County. |
CREMATORIUM: | As applied to funeral homes or mortuaries: A dedicated area within a licensed funeral home or mortuary building, or an accessory building of a licensed funeral home or mortuary, wherein human remains are cremated in a cremation retort. |
CROSSWALK OR WALKWAY: | A right-of-way designed for use by pedestrians and not intended for use by motor vehicles of any kind, a crosswalk or walkway or pedestrianway may be located within or without a street right-of-way, at grade, or grade separated from vehicular traffic. |
CUL-DE-SAC: | A street which is designed to remain permanently closed at one end, with the closed end terminated by a vehicular turnaround. |
CULINARY WATER FACILITIES: | Water supply lines, pumps, springs, wells or any other physical facilities necessary to provide a supply of culinary water to a use in sufficient quantity and of approved quality to meet the standards of this title. |
DAIRY: | A commercial establishment for the manufacture, processing or packaging of dairy products and their sale. For purposes of this definition, the production of milk on a farm for wholesale marketing off the premises shall not classify the farm as a dairy. |
DAYCARE CENTER, ADULT: | A nonmedical facility for the daytime care of adults who, due to advanced age, handicap or impairment, require assistance and/or supervision during the day by staff. |
DAYCARE CENTER, CHILD: | See the definition for daycare center, commercial or daycare center, residential. |
DAYCARE CENTER, COMMERCIAL: | A commercial establishment for the care of children, for compensation, but not including a public school. |
DAYCARE CENTER, RESIDENTIAL: | A residential establishment for the care of children, for compensation, but not including a public school. Such use shall be defined as a home occupation. |
DENSITY: | A measure of the number of dwelling units per acre of area. It shall be expressed dwelling units per acre (DU/acre). Unbuildable land (as defined by the Planning Commission) is land with a slope greater than thirty percent (30%), subject to inundation or other geological hazards. |
DENSITY, GROSS: | A measure of the number of dwelling units per acre of developable, including any area designated as a public or private street or access way, adjacent park strip(s), and sidewalk(s). |
DENSITY, NET: | A measure of the number of dwelling units per acre of developable land, which shall not include any area designated as a public or private street or access way, adjacent park strip(s), and sidewalk(s). |
DEVELOPER: | Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who causes land to be divided into a subdivision for himself/herself or others, a developer. |
DEVELOPMENT (LAND): | The conversion or alteration of use or physical characteristics of land; placing improvements on the land; or putting land to intensive use, including a subdivision, PUD, mobile home park, recreation vehicle park, shopping center, industrial park or excavation. |
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE: | A committee of City staff or City consultants, whose primary responsibility is to review all development requests, process all development applications and make recommendations with respect to development applications to the Planning Commission, City Council, applicants and Mayor. The committee includes, but is not limited to, the City Manager, City Engineer, Community and Economic Development Director, Public Works Director, City Planner, City Fire Chief, City Building Official, City Police Chief, and any other person or agent that the City Manager deems appropriate to function as a member of the committee. |
*DISABILITY: | A. A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person’s major life activities, including a person having a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. B. “Disability” does not include current illegal use of, or addiction to, any Federally controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 USC 802. |
DISTRICT (Also Known As ZONE OR ZONING DISTRICT): | A portion of the territory of North Salt Lake City established as a zoning district by this title, within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof apply under the provisions of this title. |
DOMESTIC FARM ANIMALS: | Any domesticated animal which has traditionally been kept on a farm. Regulations for domestic farm animals are located in section 10-10-6 of this title. |
DRIP EMITTER: | Drip irrigation fittings that deliver water slowly at the root zone of the plant, usually measured in gallons per hour. |
DRIVEWAY: | A private roadway, the use of which is limited to persons residing, employed, or otherwise using or visiting the parcel on which the driveway is located. |
DWELLING: | Any building or portion thereof designed or used as the principal residence or sleeping place of one or more persons or families, but not including a tent, a recreational coach, hotel, motel, hospital or nursing home. |
DWELLING, ATTACHED: | A building containing multiple single family dwelling units, sharing a common wall at the property line. |
DWELLING, FOUR- FAMILY: | A building containing only four (4) dwelling units. |
DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY: | A building containing more than one dwelling unit. |
DWELLING, SINGLE- FAMILY: | A building containing only one dwelling unit. |
DWELLING, THREE- FAMILY: | A building containing only three (3) dwelling units. |
DWELLING, TWO- FAMILY: | A building containing only two (2) dwelling units. |
DWELLING UNIT: | One or more rooms in a dwelling, apartment complex, hotel or motel, providing complete, independent living facilities for a single person or family, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. |
DWELLING UNIT, ACCESSORY: | A subordinate dwelling, which has its own eating, sleeping, and sanitation facilities which is: 1) within or attached to a single-family residential building, or 2) within a detached accessory structure associated with a single-family dwelling. |
EASEMENT: | Any portion of a lot or lots reserved for present or future use by a person or agency other than the legal owner of said property. The easement may be for use on, under, or above said lot or lots. |
*ELDERLY PERSON: | A person who is sixty (60) years old or older, who desires or needs to live with other elderly persons in a group setting, but who is capable of living independently. |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT: | A. A report which describes, by means of written narrative as well as maps, a geographical area in terms of existing: |
1. Slope; | |
2. Soils; | |
3. Watercourses; | |
4. Water table; | |
5. Flood hazard areas; | |
6. Geologic hazards; | |
7. Vegetative types; | |
8. Wildlife; | |
9. Wildlife habitat; or | |
10. Essential urban services presently available. | |
B. The report includes a tabulation of proposed population density and the numbers and types of proposed dwellings and other buildings and spaces to be occupied at full development. | |
C. The report further describes by means of written narrative, as well as maps, the impact of the proposed development on the following specific subject areas once the anticipated population density is achieved within the area to be developed: | |
1. Watercourses and flood hazards; | |
2. Natural vegetation; | |
3. Wildlife; | |
4. Erosion; | |
5. Topsoil loss; | |
6. Sedimentation of watercourses and reservoirs; | |
7. Slope stability; | |
8. Dust; | |
9. Fire potential; | |
10. Accumulation of solid or liquid wastes; or | |
11. The need and desire for urban services. | |
D. The report evaluates the potential area wide economic impact of the development on both private and public economic sectors and the potential impact on school, public utility and transportation systems. E. The report recommends measures which, if undertaken, will mitigate or obviate the adverse impacts resulting from construction of the proposed development, and discusses the benefits to be gained from such development, and what adverse impacts cannot be avoided and the extent of their detrimental influence. | |
EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS STORAGE YARDS: | Includes any use related to outdoor storage of large construction equipment or machinery, company vehicles or large quantities of other materials. Typical uses include contractor storage yards and corporation yards. |
EQUIPMENT RENTAL (INDOOR AND/OR OUTDOOR): | A use involving the rental of equipment including tools, lawn and garden equipment, party supplies and similar goods and equipment, including storage and incidental maintenance. This term excludes heavy construction vehicles and equipment. |
EQUIPMENT RENTAL, SALES, AND SERVICE, HEAVY: | A type of use involving the rental of equipment, including heavy construction vehicles and equipment, in which all operations are not contained within fully enclosed buildings. |
ESSENTIAL FACILITY: | Any facility which is common to the community and essential for servicing the residents and businesses: utilities, radio and television stations (transmitting only), cable TV, sanitation, health and public safety facilities provided by a public utility or governmental agency for overhead, surface or underground services, and such other necessary uses as may be approved by the City Council by resolution, but excluding any building, electrical substation, or transmission line of fifty (50) kV or greater capacity. |
EVAPO- TRANSPIRATION (ET): | The quantity of water evaporated from adjacent soil and other surfaces and transpired by plants during a specified time, expressed in inches per day, month or year. |
EXCAVATION: | Any disruption of the soil mantle or manmade surfacing of the same. Excavations may be either in the nature of a process or a use. Excavations undertaken for the purpose of preparing a site for an ultimate land use or for repairing or constructing urban service facilities are processes; whereas excavations such as gravel pits, quarries or mines are uses which require specific use authorization in the zoning district where located, in addition to a conditional use permit if such is required. |
EXPLOSIVE MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE: | The making and storage of explosive devices, or explosive materials wholesale distributors. |
FAMILY: | One individual, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together in a single dwelling unit and maintaining a common household. A family may include four (4), but not more than four (4), nonrelated persons living with the residing family. The term “family” shall not be construed to mean a group of nonrelated individuals, a fraternity, club or institutional group. |
FARMERS’ MARKET: | An establishment for the sale of fresh produce and related food items, which may have outdoor storage and sales. A farmers’ market may provide space for one or more vendors. |
FEE SCHEDULE: | The North Salt Lake adopted list of fees and charges for services which includes, but is not limited to, fees for land development activities. |
FEED YARD: | An agricultural industry in which animals or fowl are kept and intensively fed in relatively restricted area, as contrasted with open pasturage. |
FENCE: | A structure erected to establish property boundaries, buffer incompatible land uses or provide privacy or security. A wall or similar barrier shall be deemed a fence. |
FENCE, ELECTRIC: | A fence designed to protect a property or properties from intrusion by means of conducting an electric current along one or more wires thereof so that a person or animal touching any such wire or wires will receive an electric shock. |
FENCE, OPAQUE OR SOLID: | A constructed solid or opaque barrier that blocks the transmission of at least ninety five percent (95%) of light and visibility through the fence, and is erected to screen areas from public streets and abutting properties. |
FINAL PLAT: | A plat map prepared in accordance with the provisions of this title, which is designed to be placed on record in the Office of the County Recorder. |
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION: | A building, property or activity, the principal use or purpose of which is the provision of financial services, including, but not limited to, banks, facilities for automated teller machines (ATMs), credit unions, savings and loan institutions, stock brokerages and mortgage companies. “Financial institution” shall not include any use or other type of institution which is otherwise listed in the table of permitted and conditional uses for each category of zoning district or districts under this title. |
FIREFIGHTING FACILITIES: | Any water supply, water lines, fire hydrants and other protective devices as may be required in accordance with the provisions of this title. |
FLAG LOT: | A lot of irregular configuration in which an access strip (a strip of land of a width less than the required lot width) connects the main body of the lot to the street frontage. |
FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR GASES, HEATING FUEL DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE: | A type of wholesale distributor engaged in supplying flammable liquids, gases and/or heating fuel. |
FLEA MARKET (INDOOR): | A building devoted to the indoor sales of new and used merchandise by independent vendors with individual stalls, tables, or other spaces. |
FLEA MARKET (OUTDOOR): | An outdoor area devoted to the periodic outdoor sales of new and used merchandise by independent vendors with individual stalls, tables, or other spaces. |
FLOOD CONTROL WORDS AND PHRASES: | All flood controlled related terms as defined in 11-2-1. |
FLOOD HAZARD: | A hazard to land or improvements due to inundation or overflow after having sufficient velocity to transport or deposit debris, scour the surface soil, dislodge or damage buildings, or erode the banks of watercourses. |
FLOODPLAIN SOILS: | Areas subject to periodic flooding and listed in the soil survey prepared by the soil conservation service which encompasses North Salt Lake City as being “on the floodplain” or subject to “flooding”. |
FLOODPLAINS: | Areas adjoining any streams, ponds or lakes which are subject to “100-year recurrence interval floods” on maps prepared for the “national flood insurance program”, or a study conducted by anyone else expert and experienced in the preparation of hydrological studies and the determination of flood lines. |
FLOOR: | See definition of story (floor). |
FLOOR AREA: | The sum of the areas of the several floors of the building or structure, including areas used for human occupancy or required for the conduct of the business or use, and basements, attics and penthouses, as measured from the exterior faces of the walls. It does not include cellars, solar greenhouses or other solar equipment appurtenant to a solar energy system, unenclosed porches, attics not used for human occupancy, nor any floor space in an accessory building or in the main building intended or designed for the parking of motor vehicles in order to meet the parking requirements of this title, or any such floor space intended and designed for accessory heating and ventilating equipment. |
FOOD PROCESSING: | Manufacturing establishment producing or processing food and related products for consumption. |
FUNERAL HOME OR MORTUARY: | An establishment where the activities necessary for the care and custody of the dead, including: refrigeration, embalming; cremation; other necessary care; viewings; wakes; funerals; and other rites and ceremonies consistent with the proper final disposition of the dead, are conducted. |
GARAGE, PRIVATE: | An accessory building designed or used for the storage of motor vehicles owned or used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory; provided, that a garage shall be considered part of the dwelling if the garage and dwelling have a roof or wall in common. |
GARAGE, PUBLIC: | A building or portion thereof, other than a private garage, designed or used for servicing, repairing, equipping, hiring, selling, leasing, renting or storing motor vehicles. |
GAS STATION: | A principal building site and structures for the sale and dispensing of motor fuels or other petroleum products and accessory the sale of convenience retail. |
*GENERAL PLAN: | A. A document that North Salt Lake City adopts that sets forth general guidelines for proposed future development of the land within North Salt Lake City; and B. Is commonly referred to as a “master plan” or “comprehensive plan”. |
GEOLOGIC HAZARD: | A. A surface fault rupture; B. Shallow groundwater; C. Liquefaction; D. A landslide; E. A debris flow; F. Unstable soil; G. A rockfall; or H. Any other geologic condition that presents a risk: 1. To life; 2. Of substantial loss of real property; or 3. Of substantial damage to real property. |
GOLF COURSE: | An area free of buildings, except for restrooms, pro shop, clubhouse, a reception or concession area within a clubhouse, executive offices, dressing rooms, equipment storage, golf related repair shop, maintenance buildings or pavilions, and used primarily for golf. Golf carts and other golf course related maintenance vehicles shall be permitted on a golf course. |
GOVERNING BODY: | The City Council of North Salt Lake City. |
GOVERNMENTAL FACILITY: | Federal, State or local government facilities which provide and support public governmental activities. |
GRADE (LOT GRADE, FINISHED GRADE): | The final grade or elevation of the building site, slope or terrace, including the area five feet (5') from the foundation. |
GRADING PLAN: | The grading plan shows all finish grades, spot elevations as necessary and existing and new contours with the developed landscape area. |
GREENHOUSE: | A temporary or permanent accessory structure typically made of, but not limited to, glass, plastic, or fiberglass in which plants are cultivated. |
GROUND COVER: | Material planted in such a way as to form a continuous cover over the ground that can be maintained at a height not more than twelve inches (12"). |
GROUP HOMES: | A home for certain handicapped or elderly persons as defined by Utah State law as being permitted in residential areas of North Salt Lake City by conditional use permit. |
HARDSCAPE: | Patios, decks and paths. Does not include driveways and sidewalks. |
HAZARDOUS WASTE: | Solid waste or a combination of solid wastes which, because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard if transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. |
HEALTH AND FITNESS FACILITY: | A business or membership organization providing exercise facilities and/or nonmedical personal services to patrons, including, but not limited to, gymnasiums (except facilities owned by a governmental entity), private clubs (athletic, health, or recreational), reducing salons, tanning salons, and weight control establishments. |
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL: | See definition of heavy manufacturing. |
HEAVY MANUFACTURING: | The assembly, fabrication, or processing of goods and materials using processes that ordinarily have greater than average impacts on the environment, or that ordinarily have significant impacts on the use and enjoyment of adjacent property in terms of noise,smoke, fumes, odors, glare, or health and safety hazards, or that otherwise do not constitute “light manufacturing”. Heavy manufacturing generally includes processing and fabrication of large or bulky products, products made from extracted or raw materials, or products involving flammable or explosive materials and processes which require extensive floor areas or land areas for the fabrication and/or incidental storage of the products. The term “heavy manufacturing” shall include land uses such as refineries and chemical manufacturing. The term “heavy manufacturing” shallnot include any use which is otherwise listed specifically in the table of permitted and conditional uses for the category of zoning district or districts under this title. |
HEAVY TRUCK: | Any vehicle classified as “heavy” by the Federal Highway Administration. |
HOME OCCUPATION: | An occupation of a person or family where they reside and which occupation is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for dwelling and residential purposes, and does not change the residential character of the dwelling or the neighborhood, and in connection with which there is no display and/or stock of merchandise. A business license is required for any home occupation. |
HOSPITAL: | An institution providing health services, primarily for inpatients, and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, including as an integral part of the institution such related facilities as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities, and staff offices. |
HOTEL/MOTEL: | An establishment providing, for a fee, sleeping accommodations and customary lodging services, including maid service, the furnishing and upkeep of furniture and bed linens, and telephone and desk service. Related ancillary uses may include conference and meeting rooms, restaurants, reception centers, and recreational facilities. |
HOUSEHOLD PETS: | Animals or fowl ordinarily permitted in the house and kept for company or pleasure, such as dogs, cats and canaries, but not normally dangerous animals. Purebred miniature Vietnamese potbelly pigs and other similar purebred miniature pigs, not exceeding one hundred twenty five (125) pounds and twenty two inches (22") in height at the shoulder, limited to no more than two (2) miniature potbelly pigs per residence. |
HUMAN SCALE: | The proportional relationship of the physical environment to human dimensions. |
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: | Impervious surfaces are those that do not absorb precipitation (water) and thus cause ponding and/or runoff. All buildings, parking areas, driveways, roads, sidewalks, or any areas in concrete and asphalt shall be considered impervious surfaces within this definition. In addition, other areas determined by the City Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition will also be classed as impervious surfaces. |
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RATIO: | A measure of the intensity of land use. It is determined by dividing the total area of all impervious surfaces within the site by the base site area. |
IMPOUND LOT: | A facility that provides temporary storage for vehicles that are to be claimed by titleholders or their agents or where police or privately impounded vehicles may be kept for legal evidence or other purposes, or while awaiting repairs. Normally where damaged vehicles are taken after an accident. |
IMPROVEMENTS: | Work, objects, devices, facilities or utilities required to be constructed or installed in a land development. Such improvements may include, but are not limited to, street construction to required standards, water facilities, sewer facilities, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, drainage facilities, street trees, street signs, streetlights, traffic control or safety devices, fire hydrants, survey monuments, and such other facilities or construction required by this title, the subdivision regulations, or by the Planning Commission and/or City Council for the necessary proper development of the proposed land development. |
IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT: | An agreement between North Salt Lake City and a developer, wherein the developer agrees to install improvements required by this title, subdivision regulations, or by the Planning Commission and/or City Council for the necessary proper development of the proposed land development. |
INCINERATOR, MEDICAL WASTE/ HAZARDOUS WASTE: | A device using heat, for the reduction of medical/hazardous waste materials, as defined by the State of Utah Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste. |
INDUSTRIAL ASSEMBLY: | An industrial use engaged in the fabrication of finished or partially finished products from component parts produced off site. Assembly use shall not entail metal stamping, food processing, chemical processing or painting other than painting that is accessory to the assembly use. |
INFECTIOUS WASTE: | Solid waste that contains or may reasonably be expected to contain pathogens of sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease. |
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN: | Comprehensive management for best assurance of maintaining standards and conditions of approval is the intent in the administration of a conditional use permit. Therefore, every assurance will be required to maximize the meeting of the community's performance standards and minimize the problems of their enforcement through approved comprehensive management plans which have been prepared by the applicant and approved by the City Administrative Land Use Authority. |
INTERPRETATION: | An administrative decision regarding the general provisions of this title to specific cases. Interpretations shall not include administrative decisions that will affect a permitted use, conditional use or nonconforming use. |
IRRIGATION PLAN: | The irrigation plan shows the components of the irrigation system with water meter size, backflow prevention (when outdoor irrigation is supplied with culinary water), precipitation rates, flow rate and operating pressure for each irrigation circuit, and identification of all irrigation equipment. |
JUNK: | Old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper trash, rubber debris or other waste or salvage materials; dismantled, junked or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof; and old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous metal materials. |
JUNKYARD1: | The use of any lot portion of a lot, or tract of land for the storage, keeping or abandonment of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap material, or for the dismantling, demolition or abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles, or machinery or parts thereof; provided, that this definition shall be deemed not to include such uses which are clearly accessory and incidental to any agricultural use permitted in the district. |
LABORATORY, MEDICAL, DENTAL, OPTICAL: | A laboratory processing on or off site orders limited to medical testing and precision fabrication of dental or optical articles worn by patients. |
LABORATORY, TESTING: | A land use engaged in determining the physical qualities of construction, medical or manufactured materials. |
LAND, AGRICULTURAL: | Land used for bona fide agricultural purposes, or which is projected for agricultural use by the master plan or the zoning ordinance adopted by North Salt Lake City, but not including legally existing nonconforming uses located in areas so projected. |
LAND, COMMERCIAL: | Land used for bona fide commercial purposes, or which is projected for commercial use by the master plan or the zoning ordinance adopted by North Salt Lake City, except legally existing nonconforming uses located in areas designated commercial in such ordinance. |
LAND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: | Adopted construction standards, including, but not limited to, drawings, tables, charts and references which have been adopted by the City Council by resolution and which set standards for the construction of improvements to land and which regulate said construction of improvements to land. |
LAND, INDUSTRIAL: | Land used for bona fide industrial purposes, or which is projected for industrial use by the general plan or the zoning ordinance adopted by North Salt Lake City, except legally existing nonconforming uses located in areas designated industrial in such ordinance. |
LAND USE: | The conduct of an activity, or the performance of a function or operation, on a site or in a building or facility for the purpose for which the land or building is occupied, or maintained, arranged, designed or intended. |
LAND USE INTENSITY: | The degree to which land is used by man ranging from no use to unremitting, continual and concentrated use of the land. Land use intensity is normally measured by: A. Type of use (i.e., agricultural, residential, commercial or industrial); B. Period of use in average hours per day; C. Numbers of humans, associated animals and machines which occupy the land during the average hours of use; and D. The percent of the land covered by manmade structures and impervious surfaces. |
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: | A person who holds a certificate to practice landscape architecture in the state of Utah. Only a landscape architect can legally create commercial landscape plans. |
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER: | A person who may or may not hold professional certificates for landscape design/architecture and cannot legally create commercial landscape plans. Landscape designers focus on residential design and horticultural needs of home landscapes. |
LANDSCAPE EDUCATION PACKAGE: | A package that is intended to inform and educate water users in the City about water efficient landscapes. This package should include a listing of water conserving plants, certified landscape designers, landscape architects, certified irrigation designers, and certified irrigation contractors. Information regarding the City's water rates, billing format for water use and commitment to water conservation may also be included. |
LANDSCAPE PLAN DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE: | The preparation of a graphic and written criteria, specifications, and detailed plans to arrange and modify the effects of natural features such as plantings, ground and water forms, circulation, walks and other features to comply with the provisions of this title. The landscape plan documentation package shall include a project data sheet, a planting plan, an irrigation plan, and a grading plan. |
LANDSCAPE ZONE: | A portion of the landscaped area having plants with similar water needs, areas with similar microclimate (i.e., slope, exposure, wind, etc.) and soil conditions, and areas that will be similarly irrigated. A landscape zone can be served by one irrigation valve, or a set of valves with the same schedule. |
LANDSCAPING (LANDSCAPED): | Any combination of living plants, such as trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, flowers, or grass; natural features such as rock, stone, or bark chips; and structural features, including but not limited to, fountains, reflecting pools, outdoor art work, screen walls, fences or benches. |
LAUNDRY, COMMERCIAL: | An establishment primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning, or dyeing services other than retail services establishments. Typical uses include bulk laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, and linen supply services. |
LEGISLATIVE BODY: | The City Council. |
LIBRARY: | A public, nonprofit facility in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials such as, but not limited to, books, manuscripts, computers, recordings, or films are kept for use by or loaning to patrons of the facility. |
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL: | See definition of light manufacturing. |
LIGHT MANUFACTURING: | The assembly, fabrication or processing of goods and materials using processes that ordinarily do not create noise, smoke, fumes, odors, glare, or health or safety hazards outside of the building or lot where such assembly, fabrication or processing takes place or where such processes are housed entirely within a building. Light manufacturing generally includes processing and fabrication of finished products, predominantly from previously prepared materials. The term “light manufacturing” shall not include any use which is otherwise listed specifically in the table of permitted and conditional uses for the category of zoning district or districts under this title. |
LIMOUSINE SERVICE: | A use that provides personal vehicular transportation for a fee, and operating by appointment only. |
LOCALSCAPES®: | A locally adaptable and environmentally sustainable urban landscape style that requires less irrigation than traditional Utah landscapes (see www.localscapes.com). |
LODGING HOUSE: | A dwelling with not more than ten (10) guestrooms where, for compensation, lodging is provided for at least three (3) but not more than fifteen (15) persons, but not including motels or hotels. |
LOT: | A parcel or unit of land abutting a public street or approved private street, described by metes and bounds and held or intended to be held in separate lease or ownership, or a parcel or unit of land shown as a lot or parcel on a subdivision plat map, planned unit development plot map, or condominium lot map, provided it is created pursuant to this title. |
LOT AREA: | The area contained within the property lines of the individual parcels of land shown on a subdivision plat or required by this title, excluding any area within an existing street right-of-way, or any area required as open space under this title, and including the area of any easements. |
LOT AREA, BUILDABLE: | The buildable area of a lot shall be designated as follows: 1. The portion of a lot remaining after required yards, utility easements, scenic easements, or other rights of way have been provided; 2. The area designated as the buildable area or building envelope on an approved subdivision plat which is less than thirty percent (30%) slope; 3. Any portion of the lot not defined as nonbuildable. |
LOT AREA, NONBUILDABLE: | The nonbuildable area of a lot shall be designated as follows: 1. Any portion of a lot defined as nonbuildable under Title 10, Chapter 12; 2. Any portion of a lot defined as nonbuildable by an approved geotechnical study; 3. Any portion of a lot with slopes which are thirty percent (30%) or greater; 4. Any portion of a lot included within a defined building envelope on a plat which have slopes which are thirty percent (30%) or greater; or 5. Any portion of a lot with known or reasonably known geologic hazards. |
LOT AREA PER DWELLING UNIT, AVERAGE: | The average lot area for all dwelling units of a single type. Individual lots may be smaller or larger than the average; provided, that the average size is maintained and that all other standards of this title are met. |
LOT, CORNER: | A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection or upon two (2) parts of the same street, such streets or parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than one hundred thirty five degrees (135°). |
LOT DEPTH: | The shortest horizontal distance in feet measured from any point on the front lot line to any point on the rear lot line. |
LOT FRONTAGE: | The length, in feet, of the front lot line which is coterminous with the front street line. |
LOT FRONTAGE, REQUIRED: | See definition of lot frontage. |
LOT HELD IN SEPARATE OWNERSHIP: | All contiguous land held in one ownership at the time of the passage of this title or at any time hereafter, whether or not such land has been or is described separately, has separate chains of title, is described on one or more than one Property Tax notice, or is otherwise divided on paper. |
LOT, INTERIOR: | A lot other than a corner lot. |
LOT, LEGAL NONCONFORMING: | A lot which was legally created prior to the adoption of this title. |
LOT LINE, FRONT: | For an interior lot, the lot line adjoining the street; for a corner lot or through lot, each lot line adjoining a street. |
LOT LINE, REAR: | Ordinarily, that line of a lot which is opposite and most distant from the front line of the lot. In the case of a triangular or gore shaped lot, a line ten feet (10') in length within the parcel parallel to and at a maximum distance from the front lot line. In cases where this definition is ambiguous, the Community Development Director shall designate the rear lot line. |
LOT LINE, SIDE: | Any lot boundary line not a front or rear lot line. (This does not apply to any yard fronting on a street, which is by definition a front yard line.) |
LOT LINES: | The property lines bounding the lot. |
LOT, RESTRICTED: | A lot shall be designated as restricted when any of the following conditions exist upon the lot: 1. Located within the designated Sensitive Lands Area Overlay Zone; 2. Noted as restricted on a recorded subdivision plat; 3. Having an average slope of fifteen percent (15%) or greater; 4. Containing critical slopes; 5. With known, suspect or probable geologic hazards; 6. With critical wildlife habitat; 7. With critical drainage channels or other natural features; 8. Containing other vital infrastructure; or 9. Having been designated by the City Engineer as restricted. |
LOT RIGHT-OF-WAY: | A strip of land not less than thirty feet (30') in width connecting a lot to a street for use as private access to that lot. |
LOT WIDTH: | The horizontal distance between the side lot lines, measured at the required front yard setback line or rear yard setback line, whichever is shorter. |
MAIN USE OR BUILDING: | The principal use which will occur on a lot or the principal structure to be used by the principal use on a lot, to which all other uses and structures are accessory. |
MAJOR STREET PLAN: | A map of North Salt Lake City which shows the existing and future public street system and which has been officially adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council as the major street plan for North Salt Lake City. |
MANUFACTURED HOMES: | A. For purposes of this title, a “manufactured home” is the same as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 58-56-3, except that the manufactured home shall be attached to a permanent foundation in accordance with plans providing for vertical loads, uplift and lateral forces and frost protection in compliance with the International Building Code. All appendages, including carports, garages, storage buildings, additions or alterations shall be built in compliance with the International Building Code. B. A manufactured home may not be excluded from any land use zone or area in which a single- family residence would be permitted, provided the manufactured home complies with all local land use ordinances, Building Codes and any restrictive covenants, applicable to a single-family residence within that zone or area. |
MANUFACTURED/ MOBILE HOME SALES AND SERVICE: | A facility for the sale and service of manufactured/mobile homes. |
MARKET ANALYSIS: | An economic analysis of the feasibility of a project. |
MICROCLIMATE: | The climate of a very small restricted area that is different from the surrounding area. These areas include shade areas, sun areas, and areas protected by surrounding structures. |
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT: | A development that includes residential and nonresidential uses in the same building, on the same site, or as part of an overall land development project. |
MOBILE FOOD BUSINESS: | A business that serves food or beverages from a self- contained unit either motorized or in a trailer on wheels, and conducts all or part of its operations on premises other than its own and is readily movable, without disassembling, for transport to another location. The term “mobile food business” shall not include mobile ice cream vendors. |
MOBILE FOOD COURT: | A parcel of land where two (2) or more mobile food businesses congregate to offer food or beverages for sale to the public. Any cluster of more than one mobile food business, vending cart and seasonal farm stand, located on the same parcel of land shall be considered a mobile food court. |
MOBILE FOOD TRUCK: | A truck used to operate a mobile food business that serves food or beverages from an enclosed self- contained motorized vehicle. The term “mobile food truck” shall not include mobile food trailers or mobile ice cream vendors. |
MOBILE HOME: | A detached single-family dwelling of not less than thirty feet (30') in length, designed for long term occupancy, and to be transported on its own wheels or on flatbed or other trailers or detachable wheels; and which has not been demonstrated to conform to the International Building Code for other residences in North Salt Lake City. In determining if such a dwelling is designed for long term occupancy, the following criteria shall be used: such a dwelling contains a flush toilet, sleeping accommodations, a tub or shower bath, kitchen facilities, and plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to appropriate external systems, and ready for occupancy except for connections to utilities and other minor work. |
MOBILE HOME LOT: | A space designed and approved by North Salt Lake City for occupancy by mobile homes, and meeting all requirements of this title. |
MOBILE HOME PARK: | A parcel of land that has been planned and improved for the placement of mobile homes for nontransient use and consisting of two (2) or more mobile home spaces, where the entire project is to be under single ownership or management and meets all of the requirements of this title for mobile home parks. |
MOBILE HOME SPACE: | A space within a mobile home park designed and to be used for the accommodation of one mobile home. |
MOBILE HOME STAND: | That part of the mobile home space which has been reserved for the placement of the mobile home and its appurtenant structures or additions. |
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION: | A subdivision designed and intended for residential use where the lots are to be individually owned or leased, and occupied by mobile homes. |
MODEL HOME: | A dwelling temporarily used as an on site sales office for a residential development under construction. When the use of the model home as a sales office is discontinued, the home shall be converted to meet all City standards and land use ordinance regulations for the particular dwelling unit(s). |
MOTEL: | See definition of hotel/motel. |
MULCH: | Any material such as rock, bark, wood chips or other materials left loose and applied to the soil. |
*MUNICIPALITY: | A city or town. |
MUSEUM: | An institution for the acquisition, preservation, study and exhibition of works of artistic, historical or scientific value and for which any sales relating to such exhibits are incidental and accessory to the exhibits presented. |
NATURAL RETENTION AREA: | An area of poorly drained soils which lies along stream channels or swells or is adjacent to floodplain soils, which is subject to periodic flooding. |
NEW CONSTRUCTION: | On site erection, fabrication or installation of any building, structure, facility or addition thereto; or the shaping, finishing, or alteration of raw ground. |
NONBUILDABLE AREA: | The nonbuildable area of a lot shall be designated as follows: 1. Any portion of a lot defined as nonbuildable under Title 10, Chapter 12; 2. Any portion of a lot defined as nonbuildable by an approved geotechnical study; 3. Any portion of a lot with slopes which are thirty percent (30%) or greater; 4. Any portion of a lot included within a defined building envelope on a plat which have slopes which are thirty percent (30%) or greater; or 5. Any portion of a lot with known or reasonably known geologic hazards. |
*NONCOMPLYING STRUCTURE: | A structure that: A. Legally existed before its current land use designation; B. Because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the setback, height restrictions or other regulations, excluding those regulations which govern the use of land. |
NONCONFORMING USE: | A use of land that: A. Legally existed before its current land use designation; B. Has been maintained continuously since the time the land use ordinance regulation governing the land changed; and C. Because of one or more subsequent land use ordinance changes, does not conform to the regulations that now govern the use of the land. |
NONCONFORMITY: | The presence of any noncomplying use or noncomplying structure. |
NONDOMESTICATE D ANIMALS: | Any animal which has not been tamed and made fit for a human environment or is considered exotic. These include, but are not limited to, large reptiles, poisonous snakes and arachnids when kept in large numbers, most species of monkeys, feline or dog species that ordinary persons would consider to be a “wild” animal (lions, tigers, wolves, etc.) or any other similar animal which would, if released, cause potential harm and danger to humans. |
NONPUBLIC ZONE: | Building(s) and other associated site improvements on a lot that are located outside the public zone. |
NUISANCE ANIMALS: | Any animal which causes a substantial annoyance to surrounding property owners. Raccoons and skunks are examples of nuisance animals. |
NURSING CARE FACILITY: | A healthcare facility, other than a hospital, constructed, licensed and operated to provide patient living accommodations, twenty four (24) hour staff availability, and at least two (2) of the following patient services: A. A selection of patient care services, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse, ranging from continuous medical, skilled nursing, psychological or other professional therapies to intermittent health related or paraprofessional personal care services; B. A structured, supportive social living environment based on a professionally designed and supervised treatment plan, oriented to the individual’s habilitation or rehabilitation needs; or C. A supervised living environment that provides support, training or assistance with individual activities of daily living. |
NURSING HOME (Also Known As REST HOME OR CONVALESCENT HOME): | A home for the aged, chronically ill or incurable persons in which three (3) or more persons not of the immediate family are received, kept or provided with food and shelter or care for compensation; but not including hospitals, clinics or similar institutions devoted primarily to the diagnosis and treatment of the sick or injured. |
OFF SITE FACILITIES: | Improvements not on individual lots but generally within the right-of-way and the boundaries of the development which they serve, and as further outlined in this title. |
OFF STREET PARKING SPACE: | The space required to park one passenger vehicle, which space shall meet the requirements of this title. |
OFFICE: | A type of business use, which may or may not offer services to the public that, is engaged in the processing, manipulation or application of business information or professional expertise. An office use is |
not materially involved in fabricating, assembling or warehousing of physical products for the retail or wholesale market, nor is an office engaged in the repair of products or retail services. Examples of professional offices include accounting, investment services, architecture, engineering, legal services and real estate services. Unless otherwise specified, office use shall include doctors’ and dentists’ offices. Office use shall not include any use or other type of establishment which is otherwise specifically listed in the table of permitted and conditional uses for the applicable zoning districts. | |
ON SITE FACILITIES: | Construction or placement of the main building, and its appurtenant improvements on a lot. |
OPEN SPACE: | Land used for recreation, agriculture, resource protection, amenity or buffers; is freely accessible to all residents of the development, except in the case of agricultural lands where access may be restricted; and is protected by the provisions of this title to ensure that it remains in such uses. “Open space” does not include land occupied by nonrecreational buildings, roads or road rights-of-way; nor does it include the yards or lots of single- or multiple-family dwelling units or parking areas as required by the provisions of this title. Open space should be left in a natural state, except in the case of recreation uses which may contain impervious surfaces. Such impervious surfaces shall be included in the calculation of the impervious surface ratio. |
OPEN SPACE RATIO: | A measure of the intensity of land use. It is arrived at by dividing total amount of open space within the site by the base site area. |
OPEN SPACE, USABLE: | Usable open space shall be any portion of a lot or building which meets all the following conditions: A. The open space shall be open to the sky or shall be open to view on at least two (2) sides. B. The space shall be readily accessible by foot traffic from the dwelling unit to which it is accessory. C. If the space is provided on a balcony, roof or other facility above grade, it shall have such protective devices as are deemed necessary by the Building Official to assure reasonably safe usage by children and adults. D. The space shall not be provided from any required front or side yard, parking area or driveway space. |
OVERLAY DISTRICT: | A zoning district pertaining to particular geographic features or land uses imposing supplemental requirements and standards in addition to those provided in the base or underlying zoning district. Boundaries of overlay districts are shown on the zoning map or on special maps referenced in the text. |
PACKAGE DELIVERY FACILITY: | A facility for the receipt, transfer, short term storage, and dispatching of goods and packages. |
PAINT MANUFACTURING: | A facility engaged in making and storing paint and related products from raw or partially finished materials. |
PARCEL: | A continuous area of real property, or lot, which is legally described and recorded with Davis County. See definition of lot area. |
PARK: | A noncommercial, not for profit facility designed to serve the recreation needs of the residents of the community. |
PARK STRIP: | The landscape area within a street right-of-way located between the back of street curb and the sidewalk, or in the absence of a sidewalk, the right-of-way line. |
PARK STRIP LANDSCAPING: | The improvement of property within the park strip by the addition of plants and other organic and inorganic materials harmoniously combined to produce an effect appropriate for adjacent uses and compatible with the neighborhood. Park strip landscaping may include trees, a combination of perennial ground cover, flowering annuals and perennials, specimen shrubs, and inorganic material. |
PARKING FACILITY (PARKING STRUCTURES): | A building or open area, other than a street, used for the parking of more than four (4) automobiles and available for public use, whether free, for compensation, or accommodation for clients or customers. |
PARKING LOT: | A paved, open area on a lot used for the parking of more than four (4) automobiles whether free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients and customers. |
PARKING, SHARED: | “Shared parking” means off street parking facilities on one lot shared by multiple uses because the total demand for parking spaces is reduced due to the differences in parking demand for each use during specific periods of the day. |
PARKING SPACE: | Space within a parking area of certain dimensions as defined in section 10-6-18 of this title, exclusive of access drives, aisles, ramps, columns, for the storage of one passenger automobile or commercial vehicle. |
PARKING, TANDEM: | The in-line parking of one motor vehicle behind another in such a way that one parking space can only be accessed through another parking space. |
PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN: | A document that North Salt Lake City adopts that sets forth advisory guidelines for proposed future development in regard to trails, parks and recreation within North Salt Lake City. |
PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEM: | A direct thermal system which utilizes the structure of a building and its operable components to provide for collection, storage and distribution of heating or cooling during the appropriate times of the year, by utilizing the climate resources available at the site. It includes those portions and components of a building that are expressly designed and required for the collection, storage and distribution of solar and the architectural and engineering design or system simulation necessary to balance or optimize passive components. |
PATIO: | A paved surface on an earthen/stone base that is not more than two feet (2') above established grade, designed for pedestrian use. |
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION: | A through connection for bicyclists and pedestrians between two (2) streets or two (2) lots. |
PEDESTRIANWAY (WALKWAY OR CROSSWALK): | A right-of-way designed for use by pedestrians and not intended for use by motor vehicles of any kind; a pedestrianway may be located within or without a street right-of-way, at grade, or grade separated from vehicular traffic. |
PERMANENT MONUMENT: | Any structure of concrete, masonry or metal, permanently placed on or in the ground placed for the surveying reference. |
PERMITTED USE: | A use of land which is allowed within a particular district without the necessity of obtaining a conditional use permit. |
PERSON: | A firm, association, authority, organization, partnership, company or corporation as well as an individual. |
PLACE OF WORSHIP: | A church, synagogue, temple, mosque or other place of religious worship, including any accessory use or structure used for religious worship. |
PLANNED DISTRICT: | A zoning district, the boundaries of which are to be shown on the zoning map, but the regulations for which shall be determined by a general development plan to be adopted by the City Council as part of the zoning ordinance, after public hearing, as required for other zoning districts. |
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD): | Is both a type of real estate development, as well as a regulatory process. For purposes of this title, a “PUD” shall mean: A. An integrated design for development of residential, commercial or industrial uses, or limited combinations of such uses, in which the density and location regulations of the district in which the development is situated may be varied or waived to allow flexibility and initiative in site and building design and location, in accordance with an approved plan and imposed requirements. Planned unit development regulations may govern the subdivision of land if it is proposed by the development to sell individual lots in the planned unit development. Thus, planned unit development regulations can be subdivision regulations which may be chosen by the developer as an alternative to specifically designated subdivision regulations of this Code, to become effective only through the planned unit development process. B. A coordinated, real estate development where a unit or the whole building is owned by an individual and where the ownership of common spaces is shared and maintained by other members of the homeowners’ association for the benefit of the owners. A PUD under this definition is treated as a subdivision and must comply with the subdivision regulations of this Code. |
PLANNING COMMISSION: | The Planning Commission of North Salt Lake City. |
PLANTING PLAN: | A planting plan shall clearly and accurately identify and locate new and existing trees, shrubs, ground covers, turf areas, driveways, sidewalks, hardscape features, and fences. |
PLAZA: | An open area which is available for public or private uses such as walking, seating, socializing, reading and eating. |
POP-UP SPRAY HEAD: | A sprinkler head that sprays water through a nozzle in a fixed pattern with no rotation. |
PRECIPITATION RATE: | The depth of water applied to a given area, usually measured in inches per hour. |
PRESCHOOL: | An educational facility operated on a residential premises, regularly providing an educational program of instruction for not more than eight (8) children, including the operator’s children less than six (6) years of age, at any one time. Such use shall be defined as a home occupation. |
PRESSURE COMPENSATING: | A drip irrigation system that compensates for fluctuating water pressure by only allowing a fixed volume of water through drip emitters. |
PRIMARY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: | The main building or structure on a parcel of land designed or used to accommodate the primary use to which the premises are devoted. |
PRIME AGRICULTURAL SOILS: | Areas of soils most suited for agriculture, those in capability units I, II or III, as indicated in the soil survey prepared by the soil conservation service which encompasses North Salt Lake City. |
PRINCIPAL USE: | Any use which is named and listed in the use regulations and other provisions of this title, except those uses specifically designated as accessory uses; any use which is or may be conducted on a lot independently, or any other use on the lot and not incidental or accessory to any other use on the lot; any use which establishes the primary activity on a lot. |
PRINTING PLANT: | A commercial establishment which contracts with persons for the printing and binding of written works. |
PRIVATE NONPROFIT RECREATIONAL GROUNDS AND FACILITIES: | Nonprofit recreational grounds and facilities operated by a nonprofit corporation, association or group. |
PROFESSIONAL TEAM, QUALIFIED: | An individual or group of individuals qualified by virtue of training, experience, State licensing, where appropriate, and membership in professional associations which pass upon qualifications prior to admittance to membership. A determination of whether or not a team is qualified shall be made solely by the Planning Commission. |
PROTECTION STRIP: | A strip of land between the boundary of a land development and a street within the land development, for the purpose of controlling the access to the street by property owners abutting the land development. |
PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES: | For the public convenience, certain infrastructure, including streets, water lines, sewer lines, public utilities and drainage facilities, may be allowed to serve various areas of the community, as public facilities. Possible additional facilities such as a substation for fire or police, Post Office or hospital may be determined to be in the public interest as public service facilities by North Salt Lake City. |
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE RECREATIONAL FACILITY: | A golf course, swimming pool, tennis club or other similar facility whose recreational use functions as the principal use of the property, whether under public or private control, operation or management. |
PUBLIC ZONE: | Building and other associated site improvements located on a lot which are within one hundred fifty feet (150') of a public right-of-way, or within the front half of the lot (as measured from the front property line to the midpoint of the lot depth) whichever is less. |
QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION: | An artificial person, private in ownership, individually created as a corporation by the State which has accepted from the State the grant of a franchise or contract involving the performance of a public purpose relating to the State or its citizens. |
RACQUET OR TENNIS CLUB: | An establishment providing facilities for racquetball or tennis. Facilities may include indoor or outdoor racquetball or tennis courts. Facilities may be open to the public for a fee or available only to persons holding a membership. |
RADIO, TELEVISION STATION: | Land, buildings, or structures used as a media production facility. Typically, structures involved in or with the production of, but not limited to: motion pictures; radio and television shows or movies; recording or broadcasting facilities; and other motion picture production and distribution service offices. |
RECEPTION CENTER: | An establishment which is rented by individuals or groups to accommodate private functions including, but not limited to, banquets, weddings, anniversaries and other similar celebrations or gatherings. Such a use may or may not include on site kitchen and catering facilities. In some cases, a bed and breakfast and/or a restaurant may be associated with a reception center. |
RECREATION (INDOOR): | Public or private recreation facilities, tennis or other racquet courts, swimming pools, bowling alleys, skating rinks, ball courts, video arcades, community centers, gymnasiums, health and fitness facilities, or similar uses which are enclosed in buildings primarily for the use of persons who do not reside on the same lot as that on which the recreational use is located. The term “recreation (indoor)” shall include any accessory uses, such as snack bars, pro shops, and locker rooms, which are designed and intended primarily for the use of patrons of the principal recreational use. The term “recreation (indoor)” shall not include theaters, cultural facilities, massage parlors, or any use which is otherwise listed specifically in the table of permitted and conditional uses. |
RECREATION (OUTDOOR): | Public or private golf courses, golf driving ranges, miniature golf, swimming pools, tennis courts, country clubs, ball fields, ball courts, fishing piers, skateboarding courses, water slides, mechanical rides, go-cart or motorcycle courses, raceways, drag strips, stadiums, marinas, overnight camping, or gun firing ranges, or other similar type uses which are not enclosed in buildings and are operated for the use of persons who do not reside on the same lot as that on which the recreational use is located. The term “recreation (outdoor)” shall include any accessory uses, such as snack bars, pro shops, and clubhouses which are designed and intended primarily for the use of patrons of the principal recreational use. |
RECREATION DWELLING (CABIN, RECREATION CABIN): | A dwelling designed for limited rather than primary occupancy and generally located adjacent to or with easy access to recreational areas. The primary purpose for the construction of such a dwelling is to provide shelter during those limited periods of time when recreation is sought in the adjacent areas. |
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RECREATIONAL COACH): | A vehicle, with or without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on public streets and designed for use as a human habitation of a temporary and recreational nature. |
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK (TRAVEL TRAILER PARK): | Any area or tract of land or a separately designated section within a mobile home park where lots are rented or held out for rent to one or more owners or users of recreational vehicles for a temporary time not to exceed thirty (30) consecutive days. |
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SPACE: | A plot of ground within a recreational vehicle park designated and intended for the accommodation of one recreational vehicle. |
REHABILITATED LANDSCAPING: | Altering, repairing, or adding to a landscape to make possible a compatible use, increase curb appeal, decrease maintenance, etc. |
RENEWABLE ENERGY: | The form of energy whose supply is natural, inexhaustible and not dependent upon fossil fuel supplies, including residential solar heat, wind power, geothermal power and other supply sources. |
RENTER: | A single person or group of people who provide compensation, in any form, in exchange for occupancy of a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, under one lease or rental agreement. |
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY: | A structure or group of structures used primarily for applied and developmental research, where product testing is an integral part of the operation and goods or products may be manufactured as necessary for testing, evaluation, and test marketing. |
*RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR ELDERLY PERSONS: | A. A single-family or multiple-family dwelling unit that meets the requirements of chapter 8 of this title and any ordinance adopted under authority of chapter 8 of this title, and Utah Code Annotated sections 10-9a-516, 10-9a-517, 10-9a-518 and 10-9a-519. B. “Residential facility for elderly persons” does not include a healthcare facility. |
*RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY: | A residence: A. In which more than one person with a disability resides; and B. 1. Is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under Utah Code Annotated title 62A, chapter 2, licensure of programs and facilities; or 2. Is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under Utah Code Annotated title 26, chapter 21, Healthcare Facility Licensing and Inspection Act. |
RESIDENTIAL SHORT TERM RENTAL (STR): | Any single-family or individual multi-family dwelling or portion thereof that is available for use for temporary sojourn or transient visit of guests, for direct or indirect remuneration, for a period of less than thirty (30) consecutive days. |
RESIDUAL LAND: | Land which does not meet the minimum standards for a lot and therefore must be attached and become part of another parcel which does or will conform to lot minimum standards or be attached to public land for public purposes. |
RESTAURANT: | An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed, mostly within the principal building. |
RETAIL GOODS ESTABLISHMENT: | A building, property or activity, the principal use or purpose of which is the retail sale of physical goods, products or merchandise directly to the consumer. Retail goods establishment shall not include any use or other type of establishment which is otherwise listed specifically in the table of permitted and conditional uses found in this title. |
RETAIL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT: | A building, property or activity, the principal use or purpose of which is the provision of personal services directly to the consumer. The term “retail service establishment” shall include, but shall not be limited to, barbershops, beauty parlors, laundry and dry cleaning establishments (plant off premises), tailoring shops, shoe repair shops and the like. Retail service establishment shall not include any use or other type of establishment which is otherwise listed specifically in the table of permitted and conditional uses found in this title. |
RETAINING WALL: | A wall designed to resist the lateral displacement of soil or other materials. |
RIGHT-OF-WAY: | The portion of land dedicated to the public use for street or utility purposes or maintained in private use for similar purposes. |
ROADWAY WIDTH: | The horizontal distance from the lip of gutter to lip of gutter of street, otherwise, the width of actual paved surface where no curb and gutter exists. |
ROTOR SPRAY HEAD: | A sprinkler head that distributes water through a nozzle by the rotation of a gear or mechanical rotor. |
RUNOFF: | Irrigation water that is not absorbed by the soil or landscape area to which it is applied, and which flows onto other areas. |
SALES AND DISPLAY (OUTDOOR): | The use of open areas of a lot for sales or display of finished products for sale to the public. Outdoor sales and display shall include accessory sales and display areas, such as auto accessory items at a gas station, as well as principal sales and display areas, such as the sales yard of a garden center. Outdoor sales and display shall not include items sold in bulk quantities (e.g., sand, gravel, lumber), merchandise inventory not intended for immediate sale, or items not typically sold to the consuming public (e.g., pallets, construction equipment and supplies, industrial products). |
SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY: | An institution accredited by the State providing full time or part time education beyond the high school level for a BA, BS or associate degree, including any lodging rooms or housing for students or faculty. (See also definitions of school, public and school, private). |
SCHOOL, K-12 PRIVATE: | A private institution of learning or instruction primarily catering to minors, which is licensed as such facility by either the City or the State of Utah. This definition includes kindergarten, elementary schools, junior high schools, middle high schools, senior high schools or any special institution of learning under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Education, but not including professional and vocational schools, charm schools, dancing schools, music schools or similar limited schools nor public or private universities or colleges. School, K-12 private shall not include any use or other type of establishment which is otherwise listed specifically in the table of permitted and conditional uses found in this title. |
SCHOOL, K-12 PUBLIC: | A public institution of learning or instruction primarily catering to minors, which is licensed as such facility by either the City or the State of Utah. The definition includes kindergarten, elementary schools, junior high schools, middle high schools, senior high schools or any special institution of learning under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Education, but not including professional and vocational schools, charm schools, dancing schools, music schools or similar limited schools nor public or private universities or colleges. School, K-12 public shall not include any use or other type of establishment which is otherwise listed specifically in the table of permitted and conditional uses found in this title. |
SCHOOL, PRIVATE: | A school which is operated by a quasi-public or private group, individual or organization, for profit or nonprofit and which has a curriculum similar to that provided in any public school, whether or not a complete educational curriculum. |
SCHOOL, PUBLIC: | A school operated by a school district or other public agency in the State of Utah. |
SCHOOL, SEMINARY AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE: | An institution used for the purposes of educating students in theology. |
SEASONAL FARM STAND: | A sales table, area, or kiosk of food crops and/or nonfood, an ornamental crop, such as flowers, that is located off premises from the location where the food was grown, or when located in any Agricultural District, and operates during the time of year coinciding with the growing season. |
SECURITY SURVEILLANCE: | When security is a paramount concern to a project, it may require continuous and comprehensive surveillance of the private streets if access is only through a guarded gate. Under these circumstances, it is in the interests of the public to vary requirements sufficient to permit total control of a manager. |
SERVICES, CHILD AND YOUTH: | Nonresidential social assistance services for children and youth. These establishments provide for the welfare of children in such areas as adoption and foster care, drug prevention, life skills training, and positive social development. |
SERVICES, COMMUNITY FOOD: | Establishments primarily engaged in collecting, preparing, and delivering food for people in need. |
SERVICES, ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: | Nonresidential social assistance services to improve the quality of life for the elderly or persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. These establishments provide for the welfare of these individuals in such areas as daycare, non-medical home care or homemaker services, social activities, group support, and companionship. |
SERVICES, EMERGENCY AND OTHER RELIEF SERVICES: | Establishments primarily engaged in providing food, shelter, clothing, medical relief, resettlement, and counseling to victims of domestic or international disasters or conflicts. |
SERVICES, OTHER INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY: | Nonresidential and family social assistance services (except those specifically directed toward children, the elderly, or persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities). |
SERVICES, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION: | Establishments primarily engaged in providing vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services, such as job counseling, job training, and work experience, to unemployed and underemployed persons, persons with disabilities and persons who have a job market disadvantage because of lack of education, job skill, or experience. |
SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS: | As defined in section 3-8-5 of this Code. |
SIGN: | A presentation or representation of words, letters, figures, designs, picture or colors, publicly displayed so as to give notice relative to a person, a business, an article of merchandise, a service, an assemblage, a solicitation, or a request for aid; also, the sign structure supports lighting systems and any attachments, ornaments or other features used to draw the attention of observers. |
SIGN, ANIMATED: | A sign which involves motion or rotation of any part, created by artificial means, or which displays flashing, revolving or intermittent lights. |
SIGN AREA: | The entire background area of a sign upon which copy could be placed. In computing area of a sign background, only that face or faces which can be seen from one direction at one time shall be counted. The supporting incidental structure of the sign shall not be used in computing sign area. |
SIGN, AWNING: | A sign which is integral with or placed on a translucent awning or other “fabric” covering a framework and which is backlit. |
SIGN, CANOPY: | A sign which is mounted on and supported by a canopy and may be found either above the canopy or hanging beneath the canopy, but in all cases mounted perpendicular to the building. |
SIGN, CHANGEABLE COPY: | A sign on which the advertising message, lettering or other graphic representation is intermittently changed by rotation or means similar thereto. |
SIGN, FASCIA, FLAT OR WALL: | A sign which is in any manner affixed to any exterior wall of a building and which projects not more than eighteen inches (18") and does not extend more than six inches (6") above the parapet, eaves or building facade. A fascia sign may also be mounted above or below a canopy, not necessarily flush with the wall, but in all cases only one side has copy. In the manner described for the fascia unit, individual letter units may also be installed as opposed to a box type sign. Flat or wall signs may be painted or applied to the wall without projection. |
SIGN, FLASHING: | A sign which contains or is illuminated by lights which are intermittently cut on or off, change in intensity or otherwise create the illusion of flashing or movement. |
SIGN, FREESTANDING: | A sign which is supported by one or more upright columns, poles or braces, in or upon the ground. |
SIGN, HEIGHT OF: | The vertical distance measured from the nearest finished grade to the top of the sign, excluding any superficial trim. |
SIGN, IDENTIFICATION AND INFORMATION: | A sign displayed to indicate the name or nature of a building, or of a use. |
SIGN, ILLUMINATED: | A sign in which a source of light is used in order to make the message readable. This definition shall include internally and externally lighted signs. |
SIGN, LOW PROFILE: | A low sign where the extent of the sign surface is attached to the ground or a foundation in the ground, and where there are no poles, braces or other visible means of support and other than attachment to the ground. |
SIGN, MARQUEE: | Any sign attached to or made an integral part of a marquee. |
SIGN, OFF PREMISES: | A sign which advertises a product or service not available on the premises where the sign is located. |
SIGN, ON PREMISES: | A sign which advertises products or services available on the premises where the sign is located. |
SIGN ORDINANCE: | The sign ordinance of North Salt Lake City (chapter 4 of this title). |
SIGN, PROJECTING WALL: | A sign which is affixed to an exterior wall or building or structure and which projects more than eighteen inches (18") from the building or structure wall, and which does not extend above the parapet, eaves or building facade of the building upon which it is placed. |
SIGN, ROOF: | A sign which is erected on or above the roofline of a building and which is wholly or partially supported by the building. |
SIGN, ROTATING: | A sign which revolves three hundred sixty degrees (360°) with continuing motion. |
SIGN, TEMPORARY: | A banner, pennant, valance or advertising display constructed of paper, cloth, canvas, light fabric, cardboard, wallboard or other materials, with or without frames, intended to be displayed in or out of doors for a short period of time. |
SITE: | A parcel or parcels of land intended to have one or more buildings or intended to be subdivided into one or more lots. |
SITE AREA: | All land area within the site as defined in the deed. Area shall be determined from an actual survey rather than from a deed description. |
SITE PLAN: | A scaled drawing of and information pertaining to a proposed development site. A “site plan” shall include the following: A. The name and business address of the developer; B. The name and business address of the project designer; C. The dimensions of the site; D. North point; E. Locations and names of existing and proposed buildings; F. Locations and names of existing and proposed streets; G. Public and private easements related to site; H. Survey monuments; I. Watercourses and impoundments; J. Location and description of existing and proposed vegetation; K. Location of proposed parking; L. Location and size of utility service (water, sewer, power, gas, telephone cable) lines; M. Location of proposed septic or sewer connection; N. Location of all other proposed on site and off site improvements. |
SKYSPACE: | The portion of the sky that must remain unobstructed for a solar collector to operate effectively. The skyspace can be measured for specific time of year use and location. |
SMART AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION CONTROLLER: | An automatic timing device used to remotely control valves in the operation of an irrigation system using the internet to connect to a real time weather source or soil moisture sensor. Smart automatic irrigation controllers schedule irrigation events using either evapotranspiration or soil moisture data to control when and how long sprinklers or drip systems operate and will vary based on time of year and weather/soil moisture conditions. |
SOLAR ACCESS: | The availability of sunlight to solar collectors and solar energy systems. Solar access to a site depends upon the specific system type and most often demands rooftop, south wall, south lot or detached collector protection. |
SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM: | Includes active, passive or photovoltaic solar systems which when placed on a structure supply energy to that structure. |
SOLAR GREENHOUSE/SUNS PACE/SUNPARLOR: | An attached space to a building or residence which may provide heat or food to users as part of a passive solar energy system. |
*SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT: | All entities established under authority of Utah Code Annotated title 17D and any other governmental or quasi-governmental entity that is not a county, municipality, school district or unit of the State. |
SPRAY SPRINKLER: | An irrigation head that sprays water through a nozzle. |
STABLE, PRIVATE: | A detached accessory building for the keeping of livestock owned by the occupants of the premises and not kept for hire, remuneration or sale. |
STABLE, PUBLIC: | A detached accessory building where horses are boarded or kept for hire. |
STEEP SLOPES: | Areas where the average slope exceeds eight percent (8%) which, because of this slope, are subject to high rates of stormwater runoff and therefore erosion. |
STORAGE (OUTDOOR): | Any equipment, materials, goods, wares, merchandise, commodities, junk, debris or any other item located outside of a completely enclosed building which is not displayed for sale or lease for a continuous period in excess of one business day. See also definition of sales and display (outdoor). |
STORAGE, SELF: | A retail service establishment providing off site storage space to residents and businesses, offering convenience storage and limited warehousing services primarily for personal effects and household goods within enclosed structures having individual access, but excluding use as workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing or commercial activity. |
STORE, CONVENIENCE: | A retail establishment that offers for sale a limited line of groceries and household items intended for the convenience of the neighborhood and may or may not include gasoline sales. |
STORE, CONVENTIONAL DEPARTMENT: | A retail business which offers a broad range of merchandise lines at moderate level price points, consisting of primarily apparel and home goods. No merchandise line predominates and goods are displayed in a departmentalized format. Customer assistance is provided in each department, but checkout facilities can be either departmentalized or centralized. |
STORE, PAWNSHOP: | A commercial establishment which lends money at interest in exchange for valuable personal property left with it as security. |
STORE, SPECIALTY: | A retail business specializing in a broad range of a single category of goods at competitive prices. The categories usually included are home improvement, consumer music and electronics, office supply, auto aftermarket, computers, toys, books, home/bed/bath, pet supply, craft/hobby, or sporting goods. They often have departments, centralized and/or exit checkout stations and operate in various physical formats. |
STORE, SUPERSTORE: | A retail business primarily engaged in retailing a general line of groceries in combination with general lines of new merchandise, such as apparel, furniture, and appliances, sold at discount prices. They have centralized exit checkout stations, and utilize shopping carts for customers. |
STORE, WAREHOUSE CLUB: | A retail business requiring patron membership and selling packaged and bulk foods and general merchandise. They are characterized by high volume and a restricted line of popular merchandise in a no frills environment. They have centralized exit checkout stations, and utilize shopping carts for customers. |
STORY (FLOOR): | The vertical distance between the finished floor of one level and the finished floor of the level above or below. |
STORY, HALF: | A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which are on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls, do not extend more than four feet (4') above the floor of such story, and the ceiling area of which does not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the floor area of the same half story. |
STREAM SPRINKLER: | An irrigation head that projects water through a gear rotor in single or multiple streams. |
*STREET: | A public right-of-way, including highways, avenues, boulevards, parkways, roads, lanes, walks, alleys, viaducts, subways, tunnels, bridges, public easements and other ways. |
STREET (FRONTAGE): | A street which is parallel to and adjacent to a limited access street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic. |
STREET (HALF): | A street parallel and contiguous to a property line and of lesser right-of-way width than will eventually be required; the additional needed right-of-way width to be obtained in the future from the abutting property owner prior to development as a frontage.
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STREET, STUB: | A street extending from within a subdivision boundary and temporarily terminating there with no permanent vehicular turnaround. Stub streets are provided to permit adjacent undeveloped parcels of land to be developed later by continuing the stub street to the extended connecting street system. |
STREET TREES: | Trees located in the landscape area within a street right of way located between the back of the street curb and the sidewalk, or in absence of the sidewalk, the right-of-way line. |
STREETSCAPE: | All public rights-of-way, all front yards to the plane of the front of the house, and on corner lots, all side yards to the plane of the side of the house. |
STRUCTURE: | Anything constructed, the use of which requires fixed location on the ground, or attachment to something having a fixed location upon the ground. |
STUDIO, ART: | A building or portion of a building where an artist or photographer creates works of art or where instruction in art is given such as a dance or music studio. |
STUDIO, MOTION PICTURE: | A facility for the production of motion pictures and television film and tape, including motion picture and television stages; exterior sets; construction, repair, and storage facilities; caretaker and temporary housing; all vehicles used to transport this equipment and other related commercial vehicles; and accessory fabrication activities. |
*SUBDIVISION: | A. Any land that is divided, resubdivided or proposed to be divided into two (2) or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots or other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, for offer, sale, lease or development, either on the installment plan or upon any and all other plans, terms and conditions.B. “Subdivision” includes: 1. The division or development of land, whether by deed, metes and bounds description, devise and testacy, map, plat or other recorded instrument; and 2. Except as provided in subsection C of this definition, divisions of land for residential and nonresidential uses, including land used or to be used for commercial, agricultural and industrial purposes. C. “Subdivision” does not include: 1. A bona fide division or partition of agricultural land for the purpose of joining one of the resulting separate parcels to a contiguous parcel of unsubdivided agricultural land, if neither the resulting combined parcel nor the parcel remaining from the division or partition violates an applicable land use ordinance; 2. A recorded agreement between owners of adjoining unsubdivided properties adjusting their mutual boundary if: a. No new lot is created; and b. The adjustment does not violate applicable land use ordinances; 3. A recorded document, executed by the owner of record: a. Revising the legal description of more than one contiguous unsubdivided parcel of property into one legal description encompassing all such parcels of property; or b. Joining a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not been subdivided, if the joiner does not violate applicable land use ordinances; 4. A recorded agreement between owners of adjoining subdivided properties adjusting their mutual boundary if: a. No new dwelling lot or housing unit will result from the adjustment; and b. The adjustment will not violate any applicable land use ordinance; or 5. A bona fide division or partition of land by deed or other instrument where the land use authority expressly approves in writing the division in anticipation of further land use approvals on the parcel or parcels. D. The joining of a subdivided parcel of property to another parcel of property that has not been subdivided does not constitute a “subdivision” under this definition as to the unsubdivided parcel of property or subject the unsubdivided parcel to the City subdivision ordinance. |
SWIMMING POOL1: | Any structure intended for swimming, recreational bathing or wading that contains water over twenty four inches (24") deep. This includes inground, aboveground and onground pools, and any that are not secure, hot tubs, spas and fixed in place wading pools. |
TECHNOLOGY BASED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: | An establishment that engages in, as a principal function, research and development of products or services using specific or innovative technology based means. This use may include conceptual design and testing of a product, prototype, and end user manufacturing, trials, storage and distribution of the product(s). Preferred types of technology based research and development may include, but are not limited to, medical device and medical product, bioscience and information technology manufacturing, plastic/resin type injection molding or thermoforming, information technology and other types of outputs that typically require highly skilled inputs as component(s) to the end product or service. |
TEMPORARY USE: | Any use of land which, in the determination of the Planning Commission, and approved by the City Council, shall not extend beyond two (2) years from inception of such land use. A determination as to whether or not a land use is temporary shall be based solely upon facts submitted to the Planning Commission at the time of application for a conditional use permit for a temporary use. Unless found to be temporary, any use of the land shall be presumed to be permanent. Such uses include construction facilities, emergency facilities as well as interim uses of land and buildings awaiting ultimate use, i.e., pasture for a few months before construction begins, a carnival, fair, sports field, staging area, etc
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THEATER, LIVE PERFORMANCE: | An establishment for musical, theatrical, dance or any other combination thereof, performed by one or more persons, whether or not they are compensated for the performance, in a privately owned premises that is open to the public, whether or not admission is charged. |
THEATER, MOVIE: | An establishment for showing movies or motion pictures. |
TIRE DISTRIBUTION RETAIL/WHOLESALE : | An establishment where the principal business is the sale or installation of new, used, or retread tires and tubes. |
TRUCK FREIGHT TERMINAL: | A premises used by a motor freight company as a carrier of goods, which is the origin or destination point of goods being transported, for the purpose of storing, transferring, loading, and unloading goods. |
TRUCK STOP: | A building site and structures where the business of maintenance, servicing, storage or repair of trucks, tractor-trailer rigs, eighteen (18) wheel tractor-trailer rigs, buses and similar commercial or freight vehicles is conducted, including the sale and dispensing of motor fuel or other petroleum products and the sale of accessories or equipment for trucks and similar commercial vehicles. A truck stop may also include overnight sleeping accommodations and restaurant facilities. |
TURF: | A surface layer of earth containing grass species with full root structures that are maintained as mowed grass. |
*UNINCORPORATED : | The area outside of the incorporated boundaries of cities and towns. |
URBAN SERVICES: | Services normally associated with urban living, including, but not limited to, the following: electricity, natural gas, streets, schools, culinary water, sewage collection and treatment facilities, and police and fire protection. |
USE, ACCESSORY: | A use that: A. Is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to, and serves a principal use; B. Is customarily found as an incident to such principal use; C. Contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of those occupying, working at or being serviced by such principal use; D. Is located on the same building lot as such principal use; and E. Is under the same ownership or control as the principal use. |
USE, PRINCIPAL: | “Principal use” means the main use of land and/or buildings on a lot as distinguished from an accessory use. |
UTILITY, BUILDING OR STRUCTURE: | A building or structure used in conjunction with the provision of public or private utilities. |
UTILITY, ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITY: | An electric generating facility that uses natural gas, coal, solar energy, steam, wind or other means to produce electricity for exclusive delivery to the local or regional high voltage electric transmission grid. |
UTILITY, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT: | A licensed facility that purifies sanitary sewer effluent to a minimum level as established by State and/or Federal environmental protection agencies. |
UTILITY, SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION: | A facility used to combine and compact loads of solid waste into larger units of waste, which are then loaded onto trucks for delivery to landfill sites. |
VACANT LOT: | A lot in an established area or neighborhood which at the present time contains no structures or other aboveground improvements. |
VARIANCE: | An official permit to use property in a manner that departs from the way in which other property in the same locality can be used; as regulated by Utah State Code section 10-9a-702. |
VEGETATION: | Living plant material including, but not limited to, trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses, herbs and ground cover. |
VEHICLE AUCTION: | A place where vehicles, operable or inoperable, are offered for sale to persons who bid on the vehicles in competition with each other. |
VEHICLE, AUTOMOBILE PART SALES: | An establishment that sells new automobile parts, tires, and accessories. May also include minor parts installation. Does not include tire recapping establishments or businesses dealing exclusively in used parts. |
VEHICLE, AUTOMOBILE RENTAL AGENCY: | Leasing or renting of automobiles, motorcycles, and light load vehicles including incidental parking and servicing of vehicles for rent or lease. |
VEHICLE, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MAJOR: | A use principally engaged in repairing of automobiles, where all repairs are performed within an enclosed building, including any activities excluded in the definition of “vehicle, automobile repair, minor”. |
VEHICLE, AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR: | A use engaged in the repair of automobiles involving the use of three (3) or fewer mechanics’ service bays, where all repairs are performed within an enclosed building, and where not more than ten (10) automobiles, plus one automobile per employee, are parked on site at any one time including, but not limited to, those permitted as gas stations. Auto body repairs and drive train repair are excluded from this definition. |
VEHICLE, AUTOMOBILE SALES/RENTAL AND SERVICE: | A business establishment that uses any building, land area, or other premises or portion thereof, that sells or leases new or used automobiles, trucks, and/or vans. An automobile dealership may maintain an inventory of the vehicles for sale or lease either on site or at a nearby location and may provide on site facilities for the repair and service of the vehicles sold or leased by the dealership. |
VEHICLE, AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE AND RECYCLING (INDOOR): | The dismantling of automobiles, including the collection and storage of parts for resale, and/or the storage of inoperative automobiles for future salvage or sale. Such activities shall be conducted within fully enclosed buildings. |
VEHICLE, AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE AND RECYCLING (OUTDOOR): | The dismantling of automobiles, including the collection and storage of parts for resale, and/or the storage of inoperative automobiles for future salvage or sale. Such activities may be conducted outdoors or within fully enclosed buildings. |
VEHICLE, BOAT/ RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SALES AND SERVICE: | A business establishment that uses any building, land area, or other premises or portion thereof, that sells or leases new or used recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, motorcycles or other similar motorized transportation vehicles. A boat/recreational vehicle dealership may maintain an inventory of the boats and vehicles for sale or lease either on site or at a nearby location and may provide on site facilities for the repair and service of the boats and vehicles sold or leased by the dealership. |
VEHICLE, TRUCK REPAIR (HEAVY): | A use engaged in the repair of heavy trucks. |
VEHICLE, TRUCK SALES AND RENTAL (HEAVY): | A business establishment that uses any building, land area, or other premises or portion thereof, that sells or leases new or used trucks that are classified as “heavy” by the Federal Highway Administration. A heavy truck dealership may maintain an inventory of the vehicles for sale or lease either on site or at a nearby location and may provide on site facilities for the repair and service of the vehicles sold or leased by the dealership. |
VICINITY MAP: | A map or drawing, not necessarily to scale, showing where a subdivision, or proposed subdivision, PUD, commercial development, or other property is located. |
VICINITY PLAN: | A map or drawing to scale of any area proposed for development, showing existing and proposed streets, buildings, public facilities and utilities within the general influence area of the proposed project (1 mile radius); boundaries of zoning districts, taxing districts, and other special districts on and in the immediate vicinity of the land proposed for project; watercourses, impoundments, streams, springs, wells and areas subject to continuous or occasional flooding on and in the immediate vicinity of the land proposed for project and significant vegetative patterns on and in the immediate vicinity of the land proposed for development. |
WAREHOUSE: | A structure, or part thereof, or area used principally for the storage of goods and merchandise. |
WASTE OF WATER: | Shall include, but not necessarily limited to: The use of water for any purpose, including outdoor irrigation, that consumes, or for which is applied substantial excess water beyond the reasonable amount required by the use, whether such excess water is lost due to evaporation, percolation, discharges into the sewer system, or is allowed to run into the gutter or street. Washing sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios, or other paved areas except to alleviate immediate health or safety hazards. |
WATER-CONSERVIN G PLANT: | A plant that can generally survive with available rainfall once established although supplemental irrigation may be needed or desirable during spring and summer months. |
WBWCD: | Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. |
WELDING SHOP: | A business in which metal is joined, united, repaired, produced, or created by heating and allowing the parts to flow together, or by hammering or compressing with or without previous heating. |
WETLANDS: | Areas known as marshes, swamps or wetlands, including any area greater than one-fourth (1/4) acre where standing water is retained for a portion of the year and unique vegetation has adapted to the area, or as regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. |
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION: | A business that maintains an inventory of materials, supplies and goods related to one or more industries and sells bulk quantities of materials, supplies and goods from its inventory to companies within the industry. A wholesale distributor is not a retail goods establishment. |
WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS: | Includes any structure or apparatus to utilize wind to drive generators. |
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM, LARGE: | A “large wind energy system” is a wind energy conversion system consisting of a wind turbine or group of wind turbines, tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, which has rated capacity of more than one hundred kilowatts (100 kW). |
WIRELESS TELE- COMMUNICATION FACILITY: | An unmanned structure which consists of equipment used primarily for the transmission, reception or transfer of voice or data through radio wave or (wireless) transmissions. Such sites typically require the construction of transmission support structures to which antenna equipment is attached. Low power radio services facilities include “cellular” or “PCS” (personal communications system) communications and paging systems. |
YARD: | A required open space on a lot, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as permitted elsewhere in this title. |
YARD, FRONT: | A. A space on the same lot with a building, between the front line of the building and the front lot line, and extending across the full width of the lot. The “depth” of the front yard is the minimum distance between the front lot line and the front line of the building. B. On a corner lot, there are two (2) front yards. |
YARD, REAR: | A space on the same lot with a building, between the rear line of the building and the rear lot line, and extending the full width of the lot. |
YARD, SIDE: | A yard, extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the nearest part of any building or structure on the lot. |
ZONING DISTRICT: | An area of the City designated in the text of this title in which requirements and standards for the use of land and buildings are prescribed. |
ZONING MAP: | A map adopted as part of a land use ordinance that depicts land use zones, overlays or districts. |
(Ord. 93-5, 7-6-1993, eff. 7-15-1993; amd. Ord. 00-3, 2-1-2000; Ord. 05-14, 12-13-2005; Ord. 06-9, 7-11-2006; Ord. 07-03, 1-9-2007; Ord. 09-17, 12-1-2009; Ord. 2011-03, 5-3-2011; Ord. 2011-06, 5-3-2011; 2012 Code; Ord. 2012-02, 1-3-2012; Ord. 2014-08, 9-2-2014; Ord. 2014-11, 9-2-2014; Ord. 2014-15, 9-2-2014; Ord. 2014-16, 10-21-2014; Ord. 2015-04, 4-21-2015; Ord. 2016-06, 5-17-2016; Ord. 2017-02, 1-3-2017; Ord. 2018-02, 3-6-2018; Ord. 2018-11, 10-2-2018; Ord. 2018-12, 10-2-2018; Ord. 2018-14, 11-20-2018; Ord. 2019-02, 3-19-2019; Ord. 2020-06, 2-4-2020; Ord. 2022-01, 4-5-2022; Ord. 2022-03, 6-7-2022; Ord. 2023-07, 5-30-2023; Ord. 2024-01, 1-16-2024; Ord. 2024-02, 5-7-2024)