The shared housing use, as defined in Chapter 21A.62 of this title, shall be allowed in zoning districts as provided in Chapter 21A.33 "Land Use Tables," and are subject to the following provisions:
A. The shared housing use shall be subject to the same lot and bulk requirements as the multi-family dwelling use, but not the density requirements of the underlying zone.
B. Maximum Occupancy of Sleeping Rooms: Each sleeping room contained within the individual shared housing unit shall house a maximum of two (2) people.
C. Minimum Floor Area of Sleeping Rooms: Each sleeping room contained within the individual shared housing unit shall include a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet of floor area for a single tenant, or a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) square feet of floor area for two (2) tenants.
1. The floor area of each sleeping room shall be calculated as the sum of the gross horizontal area of the unit measured from the interior face of interior walls.
2. Calculation of this area shall not include spaces consumed by closets/storage, mechanical equipment, or appliances.
D. Communal Areas: In an effort to provide sufficient accommodations for socializing and meeting, communal areas are required in shared housing developments. Communal areas may include, but not be limited to: libraries, lounges, recreation rooms, dining rooms, and laundry rooms that are accessible to all residents of the shared housing development shall be included, and shall meet the following requirements:
1. The total amount of communal area shall have a minimum of twenty (20) square feet per sleeping room.
2. Areas such as kitchens and bathrooms shared between multiple units, hallways and corridors, storage areas (including bicycle storage), operations and maintenance areas, or management areas and offices may not be counted toward the communal area requirement.
E. Management:
1. A shared housing development may include an office for the purpose of managing the living units and common facilities, and/or one self-contained living unit with private kitchen and bathroom facilities for a manager or caretaker.
2. A property manager, who will be responsible for the conduct, operation, and maintenance of the shared housing development, shall be on site twenty-four (24) hours a day.
3. All communal areas, with the exception of bathrooms, shall be continuously monitored by security cameras.
4. A twenty-four (24) hour phone number for the on site manager shall be posted on the property in a location where the phone number is clearly visible from the public sidewalk and within communal areas.
5. A management plan shall be approved by the Department of Community and Neighborhoods and recorded with the Salt Lake County Recorder's office. The management plan shall include the signatures of the directors or designee of the Planning Division, Housing Stability, and Building Services. The department may require modifications to the plan to comply with requirements of this section. The signatures shall be on the document before the document is recorded. The facility shall not be occupied until the document is recorded. The management plan shall include at least the following details:
a. A process for a member of the facility's management to meet with neighbors upon request in order to attempt to resolve any neighborhood complaints regarding the operations of the facility;
b. A plan to address nuisances that may be generated by the use that includes a time frame for responding to city notices related to the existence of a nuisance;
c. A maintenance plan for communal areas, including shared kitchens and bathrooms, within the shared housing facility and the subject property;
d. A plan to address tenant grievances regarding the condition of common areas, disturbances caused by other tenants and/or their guests;
e. A security plan that addresses entrance to the facility, the use of the facility for guests, the safety of communal and shared areas, and how the operators of the use will address safety concerns raised by building occupants; and
F. Accessibility: All areas of a shared housing development shall be designed to be universally accessible as required by the construction codes adopted by the Utah Building Code Commission to be used statewide, by the political subdivisions of the State. Individual units and sleeping rooms required to be universally accessible by the adopted building code shall be located on the ground floor. If more units and sleeping rooms are required than what can be accommodated on the ground floor, the units may be located on other floors within the building if an elevator is provided.
G. Designation of a location for smoking tobacco outdoors shall be in conformance with state law and located a minimum of thirty feet from a property line of the subject property;
H. Any trash or litter located on the premise or in the public right of way adjacent to the subject property shall be picked up by 8:00 A.M. each day. Any trash receptacle on the premise shall be emptied on a regular basis to prevent overflow; and
I. Shared Bathrooms and Kitchens: Shared bathrooms and kitchens shall be subject to the following requirements:
1. Shared bathrooms: No more than two (2) sleeping rooms shall share one bathroom. All shared bathrooms shall have doors that can be locked by a resident while in use.
2. Shared Kitchens: No more than four (4) sleeping rooms shall share a kitchen.
3. Reuse of Existing Buildings: If an existing building is converted to a shared housing use, the provision limiting the number of sleeping rooms per shared kitchen is not applicable. All shared bathrooms shall have doors that can be locked by a resident while in use.
J. Reporting: The planning division shall provide an annual report to the city council detailing the number of applications for shared housing uses, the address of each shared housing use for which an application was submitted, a brief explanation of reasons why an application was denied, and a map showing approved shared housing uses. The report shall be included as part of the city's moderate income housing report required under Utah Code 10-9a-408 or its successor. (Ord. 66-22, 2022)