HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-2013-14ORDINANCE #2013-14
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MOAB MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER
17.36.020, USE REQUIREMENTS, AMENDING THE LISTED USES OF THE I-1, INDUSTRIAL
ZONE, AND CHAPTER 17.36.050, LOCATION REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council ("Council') adopted the Moab Municipal Code ("Code") and
especially Chapter 17.00.00, also known as "The Zoning Ordinance of Moab City, Utah" in an effort to
encourage and facilitate orderly growth and development in the City of Moab ("City") as well as to
promote a more attractive and wholesome environment; and
WHEREAS, from time to time the City has determined that there is a need to amend the Code in
order to make the text more contemporary, align the language with Utah State Code, and provide for a use
that was not anticipated at the time of adoption; and
WHEREAS, the City has found that some types of uses would be appropriate uses in the I-1
Industrial Zone; and
WHEREAS, the City of Moab Planning Commission ("Commission") in a duly advertised
public hearing held on August 22, 2013, met to hear testimony and determine the merits of the changes to
Chapter 17.09.220 of the Moab Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS the Commission unanimously voted to recommend that Council adopt the amended
language and that adoption of Ordinance #2013-04 is in the best interests of the citizens of Moab; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission found that the proposed changes to said code chapter would
benefit the public at large and the City to insure that appropriate detailed site plans are submitted with a
development application; and
WHEREAS, Council agrees with the Planning Commission and found that the amendments to
the code are in the best interests of the City and residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Moab City Council hereby ordains that Ordinance #2013-04 is
hereby adopted to amend the Municipal Code to repeal section 17.36.020 Use requirements A-J in its
entirety and is replaced by with following::
17.36.020 Use requirements.
The following buildings, structures and uses of land shall be permitted in the I-1 industrial zone
upon compliance with requirements as set forth in this title:
A. Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, fabrication and warehousing of
goods and materials, but not to include processing of animal by-products, livestock feed
yards, or steel manufacturing, oil refineries, wallboard manufacturing and similar
establishments which emit offensive fumes, smoke, noise, odor, etc.
B. Asphalt and concrete mixing plants, coal yards, earthmoving equipment and equipment
storage, gas and oil wells, gas and oil storage facilities, public buildings and public utility
buildings, craft shops, tire recapping establishments, and accessory signs.
C. Automobile wrecking and salvage yards, when surrounded by a well -maintained sight -
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obscuring fence constructed to a height of at least eight feet so that the material stored in
the enclosure cannot be observed from any street adjacent to the yard.
D. Mines, gravel pits, sand pits, clay pits, rock quarries, rock crushers and buildings and
structures in connection therewith; also scenic railroads and railroad maintenance yards.
E. Agriculture, farm machinery storage sheds, self -serve warehouse storage facilities,
vegetable and fruit packing and processing plants, and livestock raising.
F. Water wells, utility transmission lines, dams, pumping plants, power plants, sewage
treatment plants subject to review and approval of the State Division of Health; solid
waste disposal sites.
G. Caretaker dwelling consisting of a maximum footprint of 800 square feet when associated
with a non-residential use.
H. Fitness center or gymnasium
I. Retail commercial uses and cafes.
J. Accessory buildings and parking lots incidental and accessory to other permitted uses.
AND, chapter 17.36.050, Location requirements, shall be amended to now read:
Front Setback. All buildings and structures shall be set back at least twenty-five feet from the
front lot line, or fifty-five feet from the centerline of the road, whichever is greater.
Passed and adopted by action of the Governing Body of the City of Moab in open session this 24th day of
September, 2013. f
City of Moab
Mayor David L. Sakrison
Rachel E. Stenta
City Recorder
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CITY OF MOAB
ORDINANCES #2013-14 and
#2013-19
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE CITY OF MOAB MUNICIPAL
CODE, CHAPTER 17.36,020,
USE REQUIREMENTS,
AMENDING THE LISTED USES
OF THE 1-1, INDUSTRIAL ZONE,
AND CHAPTER 17.36.050, LO-
CATION REQUIREMENTS;
AND
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE CITY OF MOAB MUNICIPAL
CODE, CHAPTER 12.08.060,
SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND
GUTTERS REQUIRED AT TIME
OF CONSTRUCTION,
AMENDING THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS,
CURB, GUTTER, AND
SIDEWALKS WHEN SINGLE
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS
ADJACENT TO PARTIALLY
DEVELOPED STREETS ARE
DEEMED EXCESSIVE IN
WIDTH.
Ordinances #2013-14 and
#2013-19 were adopted at a Reg-
ular City Council Meeting held on
September 24, 2013 at the Moab
City Council Chambers, 217 East
Center Street Moab, Utah 84532.
Complete copies of Ordinances
#2013-14 and #2013-19 are avail-
able 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 on October 3, 2013.
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City of Moab
Ordinances #2013-14 and #2013-19
which is made a part of this Affidavit of Publication, was
published in said newspaper for a period of 1 consecu-
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Residing in Moab, Utah
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