Enoch City Zoning Code

The purpose and intent of design review is to secure the general purposes of this Ordinance and the General Plan and to insure that the general appearance of buildings and structures and the development of the land shall in no case be such as would impair the orderly and harmonious development of the neighborhood or impair investment in and occupation of the neighborhood.

It shall not be the intent of this Chapter to restrict or specify the particular architectural design proposed or to specify the exterior detail or design, color or materials proposed by the applicant, except as such detail is of magnitude as to affect the general appearance and compatibility of the development with its surroundings.

All applications for occupancy permits or building permits for all buildings and structures, except for single-family dwellings and their accessory buildings, shall be accompanied by architectural and site development plans to scale, which shall show building locations, landscaping, prominent existing trees, ground treatment, fences, off-street parking and circulation, location and size of the adjacent streets, north arrow and property lines, drawings of the major exterior elevations, existing grades and proposed new grades. All such drawings and sketches shall be reviewed by the City Manager or designee. All of the above required architectural and site development plans shall have been reviewed and approved prior to the issuing of a building permit.

For buildings and uses covered by conditional use permits, design review shall be incorporated within such conditional use permit and need not be a separate application, provided the requirements of this Chapter are met. Agricultural buildings are exempt.

The City Manager or designee shall determine whether the proposed architectural and site development plans submitted are consistent with Enoch City Ordinances and shall give or withhold approval accordingly. Denial of approval by the City Manager or designee may be appealed to the Planning Commission and denial by the Planning Commission may be appealed to the local Governing Body, as provided for appeals in this Ordinance.

The City Manager or designee shall consider the following matters, and others when applicable, in their review of applications.

A. Considerations relating to traffic safety and traffic congestion:

1. The effect of the site development plan on traffic conditions on abutting streets.
2. The layout of the site with respect to locations and dimensions of vehicular and pedestrian entrances, exits, drives and walkways.
3. The arrangement and adequacy of off-street parking facilities to prevent traffic congestion.
4. The location, arrangement, and dimensions of truck loading and unloading facilities.
5. The circulation patterns within the boundaries of the development.
6. The surfacing and lighting of off-street parking facilities.

B. Considerations relating to outdoor advertising:

1. The number, location, color, size, height, lighting and landscaping of outdoor advertising signs and structures in relation to the creation of traffic hazards and the appearance and harmony with adjacent development as follows:

C. Considerations relating to landscaping:

1. The location, height and materials of walls, fences, hedges and screen planting to insure harmony with adjacent development, or to conceal storage areas, utility installations or other unsightly development.
2. The planting of ground cover or other surfacing to prevent dust and erosion.
3. The unnecessary destruction of existing healthy trees.

D. Considerations relating to buildings and site layout:

1. Consideration of the general silhouette and mass, including location on the site, elevations, and relation to natural plant coverage, all in relationship to the neighborhood.
2. Consideration of exterior design in relation to adjoining structures in height, bulk, and area openings, breaks in facade facing on the street (or streets), in line and pitch of roofs, and the arrangement of structures on the parcel.

Design approval shall include such conditions consistent with the consideration of Enoch Ordinances. 

Upon a finding by the City Manager or designee that the application meets the intent of this Chapter, the design approval shall be granted otherwise, approval shall be denied.

Upon the granting of design approval, the City Manager or designee shall prepare and mail or deliver to the applicant a formal statement thereof, stating the fact of the grant and any conditions attached thereto, or the fact of denial and the reasons therefore.

If construction, in harmony with the permit for any development for which design approval has been granted, has not been commenced within one (1) year from date of notification of approval, the approval shall be deemed automatically revoked. Upon application, an extension of time may be granted by the City Manager or designee.

Design approval shall be deemed revoked if the building erected or the classification of their use or the classification of the use of land for which the approval was granted is changed, unless the approval is transferred by the City Manager or designee to do so. If the transfer is not approved, a new application must be filed.

Development for which design approval has been granted shall conform to the approval and any conditions attached thereto.

Upon request of the applicant, modifications in the approved plan may be made by the City Manager or designee to do so, if it is found that the modification will meet requirements of this Chapter. The City Manager or designee may revoke or modify a design approval which does not conform to any requirements of the approved permit.