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Home My Public Portal AboutORD-CC-2013-10ORDINANCE # 2013-10 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MOAB CODE TITLE 16.00, SUBDIVISIONS, AND ESPECIALLY CHAPTER 16.24.020, DESIGN STANDARDS SPECIFIED WHEREAS, the Moab City Council ("Council") adopted Title 17.00.00, also known as "The Zoning Ordinance of Moab City, Utah" ("Code") on May 19, 1954, in an effort to encourage and facilitate orderly growth and development, promote a more attractive and wholesome environment, and to protect the public health, safety and general welfare; and WHEREAS, Title 16, Subdivisions, was adopted to establish the requirements and review procedures for subdivisions within the corporate limits of the City of Moab; and WHEREAS, the City of Moab ("City) from time to time has found it necessary to amend the Code to provide contemporary planning concepts and terminology and to correct language that is outdated or was adopted in error in an effort to make the code more usable by the general public for development within the incorporated city limits; and WHEREAS, Chapter16.24.020, establishes the design standards for subdivision development within the City of Moab; and WHEREAS, the Grand County Non -motorized Master Trails Plan was adopted by Council in an effort to provide alternative means of accessing all parts of the city and adjacent areas in Grand County; and WHEREAS, City Staff has identified issues with the adopted code that must be addressed by the amendment of Chapter 16.24.020, Design standards specified, with regards to all subdivisions; and, WHEREAS, the City of Moab Planning Commission (the "Commission") reviewed ordinance #2010-10 during a duly advertised public hearing held on August 8, 2013, to hear testimony and review the merits of the proposed Code amendment and subsequently recommended to Council adoption of said ordinance; and WHEREAS, due notice was given that the Moab City Council ("Council') would meet to hear and consider this ordinance on August 13, 2013, to decide the merits of the proposed amendments; and WHEREAS, the City Council has heard and considered all evidence and testimony presented with respect to the changes and has determined, subsequent to said public hearing that the adoption of this ordinance is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Moab, Utah. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MOAB CITY COUNCIL THAT, Chapter 16.24.020, Design standards specified, subsections B, C, and L as written are repealed and replaced with the following language to read: 16.24.020 Design standards specified. The design of the preliminary and final plats of the subdivision in relation to streets, blocks, lots, open spaces and other design factors shall be in harmony with design standards recommended by the planning commission, the highway department and other departments and agencies of city government. Design standards shall be approved by the city council and shall include provisions as follows: A. Blocks shall not exceed one thousand feet in length; B. Blocks shall be wide enough to adequately accommodate two tiers of lots; C. Dedicated easements for non -motorized trails throughout a development are required to provide access to existing trails and future trails indicated on the Grand County Non - motorized Master Trails Plan as adopted by Council. 1. Specific trail alignments shall be negotiated and as individual properties develop, proposed trail routes shown in the plan may be reconfigured to the proposed or greater level of connectivity to adjacent properties. 2. Such easements shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width, but may be required to be wider for slopes in areas requiring fill as determined necessary by the planning commission with the recommendation of the city engineer. 3. The subdivider shall provide, at a minimum, a compacted road base surface of four (4) inches in thickness and spanning the full width of the trail in accordance with the design standards for trails as established by the Community Development Director. 4. The finish surface material shall include but not be limited to asphalt concrete, pavers, or cobbles as recommended by the Community Development Director and approved by Council. 5. Design and construction shall be approved, in writing, by the Community Development Director, Public Works Director, and the City Engineer. 6. Appropriate barriers shall be installed at each walkway entrance to prevent the use of the walkway by any motor vehicle or by any non -motorized vehicle wider than three feet; D. Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles, or radial to the street lines. However, if energy design conditions dictate otherwise, the planning commission may permit exemptions; E. All remnants of lots below minimum size must be added to adjacent lots, rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels; F. Minimum street widths shall be as follows: 1. Arterial streets shall be eighty feet wide; sixty-six feet curb to curb, 2. Secondary streets shall be sixty feet wide; forty feet curb to curb, 3. Minor streets shall be fifty feet wide; thirty feet curb to curb; G. Dead end streets shall not exceed four hundred feet in length and must have a cul-de- sac with a minimum radius of fifty feet and a diameter of eighty feet curb to curb; H. The subdivider shall install the following improvements in all streets within the subdivision in accordance with the Construction Design Standards as established by the Public Works Director and the City Engineer: 1. Street grading and surfacing, 2. Curbs and gutters, 3. Street lighting 4. Drive approaches, 5. Fire hydrants, 6. Sidewalks, All sidewalks shall be constructed with the widths indicated in the table below along both sides of public streets in accordance with the City Construction Standards for public works projects. Other standards exist for sidewalks and trails in specific types of developments as found elsewhere in this Code and in the Construction Standards. Zoning District Minimum Width* R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 5 feet (wider if schools present) C-1, C-2, C-5 9 feet C-3 9 feet C-4 6 feet I 6 feet MH/RV-1 5 feet A-2 NIA RA-1 5 feet Resort Commercial (RC)** Refer to Code Chapter 17.31 Sensitive Area Resort Zone (SAR)** Refer to Code Chapter 17.32 Master Planned Developments** Refer to Code Chapter 17.65 Planned Unit Developments** Refer to Code Chapter 17.66 'The minimum width of any sidewalk shall be approved by the Public Works Director. "Upon the recommendation by the Planning Commission and the discretionary approval by Council, sidewalks may be eliminated if a comprehensive trail plan providing access to and from all structures and adjacent properties is proposed. IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE. PASSED AND APPROVED in open Council by a majority vote of the Governing Body of Moab City Council on 131h of August, 2013. SIG ?Z:00,Ltio 5-1,,„,k_c__ Rachel E. Stenta, City Recorder avid L. Sakrison, Mayor CITY OF MOAB ORDINANCES #2013-08, #2013-09 and #2013-10 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MOAB MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTION 17,72.070, CERTIFICATE OF ZONING COMPLIANCE REQUIRED, SUBSECTIONS A AND B, AMENDING THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND CERTIFICATES OF ZONING COMPLIANCE WITH AN APPROVED BOND: AND AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MOAB MUNICIPAL CODE, ESPECAILLY CHAPTERS 16.24.020, DESIGN STANDARDS SPECIFIED, 17.09.660, SITE PLAN REQUIRED, 17.65,060, SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS FOR MIXED USE MPD DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN COMMERICAL ZONES, AND 17.66.150, FINAL PLAN AND APPROVAL, AND REFERENCING CHAPTER 12.24, TREE STEWARDSHIP; AND AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MOAB CODE TITLE 16.00, SUBDIVISIONS AND ESPECIALLY CHAPTER 16.24.020 DESIGN STANDARDS SPECIFIED. Ordinances #2013-08, #2013- 09 and #2013-10 were adopted at a Regular City Council Meeting held on August 13, 2013 at the Moab City Council Chambers, 217 East Center Street Moab, Utah 84532. Complete copies of Ordinances #2013-08, #2013-09 and #2013-10 are available online at www.moabcity.org or at the City of Moab Recorder's Office at 217 East Center Street Moab, Utah 84532. /s/ Rachel E. Stenta City Recorder/Assistant City Manager Published in The Times -Inde- pendent, Moab, Utah September 12, 2013. Proof of Publication STATE OF UTAH, ) ) ss. County of Grand, ) Zane W. Taylor, being first duly sworn accord- ing to law, deposes and says: That he is the pubisher of The Times -Independent, a weeldy newspaper of general circulation, published every Thursday at Moab, Grand County, State of Utah, and a designated agent of the Utah Press Association; that the notice attached hereto and which is a copy of a City of Moab Ordinances 42013-08, 09, & 10 which is made a part of this Affidavit of Publication, was published in said newspaper for a period ofj consecutive issues, the first publication date having been made September 12, 2013 ; and the last on ; and the said notice was published in each and every copy of said newspaper during the period and time of publica- tion, and that it was published in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof, and that said notice was published on Utahlegals.com on the same day as the first newspaper publication and the notice remained on Utah- legals.com throughout the period and time of print pub- lication. 7 z Publisher Subscribed and sworn before me this lik-N Notary Public Residing in Moab, Utah My Commission Expires