HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1994-01ORDINANCE #94-01
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 17.09.330 AND 17.09.410 OF
CHAPTER 17.09, TITLE 17, OF THE MOAB MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES
REGARDING SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
APPLICABLE WITHIN ZONES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MOAB CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
That Sections 17.09.330 and 17.09.410 of Chapter 17.09, Title 17, of the Moab
Municipal Ordinances be and the same are hereby amended and shall read as follows:
17.09.330 Off-street parking and loading --Landscaping. A. All off-street parking lots
shall be bordered by a curb. Landscaped areas shall be provided for parking lots so as to provide
visual and climatic relief from broad expanses of pavement and to channelize and define logical
areas for pedestrian and vehicular circulation. Landscaped areas shall include trees to maximize
the amount of shade on the parking lot at noon during summer months.
B. For parking lots designed for over 5 vehicle spaces, shade trees shall be appropriately
spaced around the perimeter of parking lots to provide a solid canopy of shade when the trees
mature. Irrigation systems shall be installed for landscaped areas.
C. For parking lots over 4,000 square feet, at least 5 percent of the interior of the lot shall
be landscaped so as to define aisles and limit unbroken rows of parking. End of aisles and corner
areas shall be curbed and landscaped. Unbroken parking rows in interior parking lots shall not
exceed 150 feet except when such landscaped areas seriously limit functions of the building site;
D. To provide for a pleasant, pedestrian environment in the central commercial district, a
landscaped strip at least 10 feet in width shall be provided along the edge of any parking lot
adjacent to a public street right-of-way. This landscaped strip shall not be required if the
building is located at the front of the property line abutting a right-of-way and parking is located
entirely in the interior of the block.
E. If the specific application of the interior landscape requirements will seriously limit
functions of the building site, the zoning administrator may permit consolidation and relocation
of these landscaped areas on the building site.
F. During the winter and summer months a bond may be collected by the city for new
developments where landscaping is required. The type, amount, and forfeiture of the bond shall
be determined by the city administrator or manager. The bond is collected when a building
permit is issued.
17.09.410 Landscaping --Screening requirements (shrubs). Where landscaped screening is
required, said screening shall consist of evergreen shrubs, walls, berms, opaque fences, or other
densely planted shrubs or vegetation, closely spaced and maintained at substantially the specified
height of said required screening. When not otherwise specified, natural screening shall be
maintained at a height of from four feet to six feet.
A buffer of 10 feet of landscaping and an opaque screen or fence shall be installed and
maintained along commercial zoning boundaries (other than streets) that abut residential zones.
The opaque screen or fence shall have a total height of six feet. Where there is a difference in
elevation on the opposite sides of the screen, the height shall be measured from the highest
elevation. Under special conditions where it has been determined that the development may
create unique impacts on an adjoining residential zone, such as in the case of parking lots,
extended business hours, or hillside developments, the Zoning Administrator may review and
approve other methods of screening such as bermed landscaping, screen height, placement of
screening, or other types of screening.
Screening of mechanical equipment, loading areas, dumpsters or structures built to
accommodate the storage of trash and garbage shall be required.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage.
DONE IN OPEN COUNCIL this 11th day of January, A.D., 1994.
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Thomas A. Stocks,
Mayor of Moab City
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