Hyde Park City Zoning Code

A. The purpose of this Chapter is to regulate parking and loading spaces, vehicle traffic and access in order to provide orderly and adequate development of these needed amenities, and in so doing promote the safety and well-being of the citizens of the City.  Consequently, there shall be provided at the time of the erection of any main building or at the time any main building is enlarged or increased, minimum off-street parking space with adequate provisions for ingress and egress by standard size automobiles. HPMC 12.170, Planned Commercial Zone supplements this Chapter.  

B. When measurements determining the number of required parking spaces result in a fractional space, any fraction up to one-half (<0.5) shall be disregarded, and any fraction including one-half and over (≥0.5) shall require one (1) parking space. 

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015

Adopted by Ord. 2023-16 on 11/08/2023

1. In all zones there shall be provided in a private garage or in an area properly located for a future garage:
2. For a single family dwelling, two (2) parking spaces.
3. For a two family dwelling, four (4) parking spaces.
4. For a three family dwelling, six (6) parking spaces.
5. For a four family dwelling, seven (7) parking spaces.

If any dwelling unit is increased after the original building permit is issued, the parking requirements noted above shall reflect that increase.

In addition to the above parking space requirements, one parking space shall be provided for every two paying guests residing in such a dwelling unit. “Paying guests” refers to the rental or sale of sleeping rooms within the dwelling unit.

Maximum Yard Area to be Used for Parking and Vehicle Access Lanes: For all uses permitted in a residential zone, no portion of the front and side yard area shall be used for parking. Access across and over the required front yard is allowed to the side or rear yards. In the instance of multiple family dwellings, no more than fifty percent (50%) of the required side and rear yards shall be used for parking or vehicular access lanes. In such cases where it is deemed necessary to utilize more than fifty percent (50%) of the required side and rear yards, and side yard area used in excess of said limits shall be provided in an equivalent amount of land area elsewhere on the same lot as the building, as either open (green) space, patios, play areas, courts or similar.

B. All multi-family or townhomes (non-apartment) developments shall include parking as follows

1. Each residential until shall have a minimum of 2 parking stalls. The stalls may be included in a private garage or in a community parking area.
2. A minimum of 1.5 visitor stalls per every 4 units shall be required. Visitor parking shall be dispersed throughout the development and not concentrated into a single area.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015

Adopted by Ord 2023-16 on 11/08/2023

Adopted by Ord 2024-24 on 10/23/2024

For new buildings or for any enlargement or increase in seating capacity, floor area or guest rooms of any existing building, the recommended parking standard is as provided.  Exceptions will be granted based on evidence presented to the Planning Commission, showing a lesser standard is sufficient.  

1. For all businesses or other uses not listed above, including multi-use facilities, the proponent is required to produce a proposed or anticipated parking load for their business to include parking for their employees.  The parking plan will be approved by conditional use permit.
2. For all businesses or industrial uses not listed above, not providing customer services on premises, two (2) parking space for each three (3) employees shall be required.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015

Amended by Ord. 2019-05 on 4/24/2019

Amended by Ord. 2023-16 on 11/08/2023

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015

(a)   Parking Lot Locations. Off-street parking spaces as required in this chapter shall be located on the same lot as the main building or, in the case of buildings used for purposes other than dwellings, may be located no farther than five hundred feet (500’) therefrom. When reviewing a land use application, the Land Use Authority shall review the placement of building and parking elements based on the following factors:

●       Relationship to other buildings both horizontally and vertically.

●       Natural land features, such as slopes or trees.

●       Physical features such as rail lines and controlled ingress and egress.

●       Visibility from vehicular approaches and distant highways.

●       Type of use and structure.

●       Building height.

(b)   Parking Lot Standards. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public parking area shall be paved with an asphalt or concrete surface and shall have appropriate bumper guards or curbs where needed, as determined by the Zoning Administrator or designee, to protect adjacent property owners or persons using a sidewalk. Catch basins and drains shall be provided to collect surface drainage of all paved areas according to the City’s design standards. Surface drainage is not allowed across pedestrian walkways.

(c)   Connection Of Interior Parking Lots Required. Parking lots within any development shall be required to provide interior access to adjacent parking lots and interior private roadways. Whenever new developments are being constructed adjacent to existing businesses or developments the proposed development shall be required to join existing drives and parking lots at property lines. Whenever new developments are proposed adjacent to undeveloped lands or underdeveloped businesses or developments the proposed development shall be required to construct connections, which will allow the future joining of future roads or parking lots. All access between interior lots and roads shall be open to the public for customer parking and access.

(d)   Additional Provisions. The design and maintenance of off-street parking facilities shall be subject to the following provisions:

(a)   Each parking space shall encompass not less than one hundred and eighty (180) square feet of area. Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet (9’) wide by twenty feet (20’) in length, the width being measured at a right angle to the side lines of the parking space.

(b)   All off-street parking spaces and associated access lanes shall be effectively screened on any side when abutting any property in a residential zone or residential use by a masonry wall or fence not less than four feet (4’) tall nor more than seven feet (7’) high, except that hedge-row shrubs may be used in place of the wall or fence provided the hedge is continuous along adjoining property and at maturity (i.e. within five (5) years) is not less than five feet (5’) nor more than seven feet (7’) high. Hedge-row shrubs used in lieu of a masonry wall or fence shall be maintained and replaced where and whenever necessary. Should the hedge-row shrubs not be maintained as an effective screen to adjacent residential zones or uses, the City shall require their removal and replacement by a masonry wall or fence as described above at the owner’s expense. Front yard and corner lot fences or plantings shall maintain the height requirements of their respective zones.

(c)   All parking lot lighting and signs shall conform to the requirements set forth in this title.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015

(a)   Buildings and improvements upon lots shall be designed to accommodate loading, unloading, and refuse collection. On the same premises with every building or use involved in the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of streets or alleys. Public roads shall not be used directly for loading, unloading, or refuse collection.

(b)   Such loading space(s), unless otherwise adequately provided, shall be included at a minimum rate of a ten foot by twenty-five foot (10’x25’) space with a minimum of fourteen feet (14’) in height clearance for every twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet of land use for above-mentioned purposes.

(c)   Loading space(s), areas, and refuse collection areas shall not be permitted to front onto public streets and shall be screened from view of public roads.  

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015

(a)   Acceleration/Deceleration Lanes. On all State Highways the property owner shall [1] meet all requirements of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) regarding the design and construction of acceleration/deceleration lanes.

(b)   Roadway Access. 

                            (i)           The access approach or drive, which allows vehicles access to property(ies) shall be graded at a three percent (3%) or less vertical gradient from the existing roadway paving for a distance of forty feet (40’) from the property line. 

                          (ii)           Shared access approaches or drives are preferred. One (1) access approach or drive shall be allowed for each parcel or lot unless the access approach or drive will be shared at property lines where two (2) access approaches or drives will be allowed. 

                        (iii)           Shared access approaches and drives shall be centered on the adjoining property lines. The width of shared access approaches and drives shall be a total of not less than forty feet (40’), with a minimum of twenty feet (20’) width provided on each side of the shared property line. The total width of the shared access approach or drive shall not exceed eighty feet (80’). 

                         (iv)           On corner lots no more than one (1) access approach or drive shall be allowed on each frontage and access shall be at property lines or shall be located a minimum of three hundred feet (300’) from the intersecting property line which is closest to the corner, on Collector Roads, or one hundred fifty feet (150’) on Minor or Secondary Roads. 

                           (v)           If there are concerns regarding the safety of the proposed roadway access or drives, unless already provided by the applicant, a traffic study may be required by the city.

                         (vi)           Additional accesses at major streets such as the north/south collector road west of the highway (i.e. 200 West County) and collector roads at Center Street (i.e. Hyde Park Lane), 450 North/4200 North, 600 South/3100 North may be approved by the Land Use Authority at a rate of one (1) additional access for every four hundred feet (400’) or street frontage per lot or parcel.

(c)   Service stations, roadside stands, parking lots, and all other businesses requiring motor vehicle access shall meet the following requirements:

(a)   Access to service stations, roadside stands, or other similar structures or parking lots shall be accessible by not more than two (2) roadways for each one hundred feet (100’) or fraction thereof of frontage on any street.

(b)   No two of said roadways shall be closer to each other than twelve feet (12’).

(c)   Each of said roadways shall be not more than thirty-four feet (34’) in width and shall not be closer than twenty feet (20’) to the point of intersection of two property lines or at any street corner.

(d)   A curb, hedge, or fence of not more than two (2) feet in height shall be provided by the owner to limit access to the permitted roadway.

(e)   Gasoline pumps shall be set back at least twenty feet (20’) from any property line bordering a street, provided that a pump island parallel to and adjoining a street may be located not less than fifteen feet 15’) from the property line bordering said street.

(d) Industrial (I) zoned properties:

(f)    Required off-street parking for properties located within the Industrial (I) Zone may occur within the minimum forty foot (40’) front yard if a minimum fifteen foot (15’) landscaped strip is provided with an equivalent visual screen of thirty inch (30”) tall shrubs or equivalent.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015

Privately owned land within an area zoned for residential purposes shall not be used as a regular means of vehicular passage to and from property in commercial or manufacturing zones.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 2015-03 on 5/13/2015