The purpose of the Light Industrial (LI) District is to:

1. allow light industrial and manufacturing Uses that will not create traffic hazard, noise, dust, fumes, odors, smoke, vapor, vibration, glare, or industrial waste disposal problems,
   
2. allow Conditional Uses to mitigate potential impacts, 
   
3. accommodate complementary and supporting Uses such as parking, child care, retail, offices, group care, and recreation facilities, and
   
4. allow new light industrial Development that is Compatible with and contributes to the distinctive character of Park City, through Building materials, architectural design and details, color range, massing, lighting, landscaping, and the relationship to Streets and pedestrian ways.

Uses in the LI District are limited to the following:

1. ALLOWED USES.
   
   1. Secondary Living Quarters
   2. Accessory Apartment¹
      
   3. Nightly Rental
      
   4. Home Occupation
      
   5. Child Care, In-Home Babysitting²
      
   6. Child Care, Family Group²
      
   7. Child Care Center²
      
   8. Agriculture
      
   9. Plant and Nursery Stock
      
   10. Office, General
       
   11. Office, Moderate Intensive
       
   12. Office, Intensive
       
   13. Financial Institution without drive-up window
       
   14. Retail and Service Commercial, Minor
       
   15. Retail and Service Commercial, Personal Improvement
       
   16. Retail and Service Commercial, Major
       
   17. Hospital, Limited Care
       
   18. Parking Area or Structure with four (4) or fewer spaces
       
   19. Food Truck Location⁸
       
   20. Enclosed Mobile Business Location⁹
2. CONDITIONAL USES.
   
   1. Multi-Unit Dwelling 
      
   2. Group Care Facility
      
   3. Child Care Center²
      
   4. Public and Quasi-Public Institution, Church, and School 
      
   5. Essential Municipal Public Utility Use, Facility, Service, and Structure
      
   6. Telecommunication Antenna³ 
      
   7. Satellite Dish Antenna, greater than thirty-nine inches (39") in diameter⁴ 
      
   8. Accessory Building and Use
      
   9. Raising, grazing of horses 
      
   10. Bed and Breakfast Inn
       
   11. Boarding House, Hostel
       
   12. Hotel, Minor
       
   13. Private Residence Club Project and Conversion⁶
       
   14. Office and Clinic, Medical and Veterinary Clinic
   15. Financial Institutions with Drive-Up Window⁵ 
   16. Retail and Service Commercial with Outdoor Storage
   17. Retail and Service Commercial, Auto-Related
   18. Transportation Services
   19. Retail Drive-Up Window⁵
   20. Service Station
   21. Café or Deli
   22. Restaurant, General
   23. Restaurant, Outdoor Dining 
   24. Restaurant, Drive-Up Window⁵
   25. Outdoor Event⁶ 
   26. Bar
   27. Hospital, General
   28. Light Industrial Manufacturing and Assembly Facility
   29. Parking Area or Structure with five (5) or more spaces
   30. Temporary Improvement⁶
   31. Passenger Tramway Station and Ski Base Facility
   32. Ski Tow Rope, Ski Lift, Ski Run, and Ski Bridge
   33. Recreation Facility, Public
   34. Recreation Facility, Commercial
   35. Recreation Facility, Private⁷
       
   36. Entertainment Facility, Indoor
   37. Commercial Stables, Riding Academy
   38. Heliports
       
   39. Commercial Parking Lot or Structure
   40. Temporary Sales Office, in conjunction with an active Building permit.
   41. Fences and Walls greater than six feet (6') in height from Final Grade⁶
   42. Household Pet, Boarding⁶
   43. Household Pet, Daycare⁶
   44. Household Pet, Grooming⁶
   45. Commercial, Resort Support
3. PROHIBITED USES. Any Use not listed above as an Allowed or Conditional Use is a prohibited Use.

¹Requires an Administrative Permit. See Section 15-4-7, Accessory Apartments.

²See Section 15-4-9, Child Care and Child Care Facilities. Family Group Child Care and Child Care Center Uses require an Administrative permit.

³See Section 15-4-14, Telecommunication Facilities.

⁴See Section 15-4-13, Placement of Satellite Receiving Antennas.

⁵See Section 15-2.19-8, Criteria for Drive-Up Windows.

⁶Subject to an Administrative Conditional Use permit.

⁷See Section 15-4-22, Outdoor Pickleball Courts in Residential Areas.

⁸The Planning Director or their designee shall, upon finding a Food Truck Location in compliance with Municipal Code Section 4-5-6, issue the property owner a Food Truck Location administrative approval letter.

⁹See Section 15-4-24, Mobile Businesses.

Applicants must demonstrate the following:

1. The Industrial Use will not create glare, heat, odor, dust, smoke, noise, or physical vibrations perceptible outside of the Building.
   
2. Open yards used for storage or parking may not adjoin any public Right-of-Way and must be fully Screened from public Rights-of-Way and adjoining Properties.
   
3. Underground Utilities are provided.

A landscaped buffer Area is required to separate Residential Uses from existing or potential industrial Uses. This buffer Area must be a minimum of fifty feet (50') wide to provide adequate Screening, buffering, and separation of these Uses. The fifty foot (50') requirement may be divided between two adjoining Properties. In the case where one Property is already Developed, the adjoining Property must provide a buffer Area sufficient to meet the fifty foot (50') requirement. A detailed landscape plan must be submitted by the Applicant and approved by the Planning Commission and Staff prior to Conditional Use approval. The landscape plan must demonstrate that the fifty foot (50') buffer Area effectively Screens and buffers the existing and future Residential Uses from existing or future industrial Uses. In some cases additional Off-Site landscaping may be necessary to adequately mitigate impacts of these incompatible Uses. 

Except as may otherwise be provided in this Code, no Building permit shall be issued for a Lot unless such Lot has the Area, width, and depth as required, and Frontage on a Street shown as private or Public Street on the Streets Master Plan, or on a private easement connecting the Lot to a Street shown on the Streets Master Plan. 

Minimum Lot and Site requirements are as follows:

1. OPEN SPACE. At least thirty percent (30%) of the total Site Area, shall be Transferred Development Right (TDR) Open Space and may not be used for Streets, roads, driveways, or Parking Areas. 
   
2. LOT SIZE. The minimum Lot Area is 10,000 square feet. The minimum Lot width is fifty feet (50'). In the case of unusual Lot configurations, Lot Width measurements shall be determined by the Planning Director.
   
3. FRONT SETBACK. The minimum Front Setback is thirty feet (30'). 
   
4. FRONT SETBACK EXCEPTIONS. The Front Setback must be open and free of any Structure except:
   
   
   1. Fences, walls, and retaining walls not more than four feet (4') in height, or as permitted in Section 15-4-2. On Corner Lots, Fences more than three feet (3') in height are prohibited within twenty-five feet (25') of the intersection at back of curb.
      
   2. Uncovered steps leading to the Main Building; provided the steps are not more than four feet (4') in height from Final Grade, not including any required handrails, and do not cause danger or hazard to traffic by obstructing the view of the Street or intersection.
      
   3. Roof overhangs, eaves, and cornices projecting not more than three feet (3') into the Front Setback. 
      
   4. Sidewalks, patios, and pathways.
      
   5. Decks, porches, and Bay Windows not more than ten feet (10') wide, projecting not more than three feet (3') into the Front Setback.
      
   6. Driveway leading to a garage or Parking Area. No portion of a Front Yard except for driveways and/or allowed Parking Areas and sidewalks may be Hard-Surfaced or graveled. See Section 15-3.3 General Parking Area and Driveway Standards.
      
   7. Circular driveways meeting all requirements stated in Section 15-3-4.
      
5. REAR SETBACK. The minimum Rear Setback is ten feet (10'). 
   
6. REAR SETBACK EXCEPTIONS. The Rear Setback must be open and free of any Structure except: 
   
   1. Bay Windows and Chimneys not more than ten feet (10') wide projecting not more than two feet (2') into the Rear Setback. 
      
   2. Light wells and window wells projecting not more than four feet (4') into the Rear Setback. 
      
   3. Roof overhangs and eaves projecting not more than three feet (3') into the Rear Setback. 
      
   4. Window sills, belt courses, cornices, trim, or other ornamental features projecting not more than six inches (6') beyond the window or Structure to which it is attached.
      
   5. Detached Accessory Buildings not more than eighteen feet (18') in height and maintaining a minimum Rear Setback of five feet (5'). Such Structures must not cover more than fifty percent (50%) of the Rear Setback. See the following illustration:
      
   6. Hard-Surfaced Parking Areas subject to the same location requirements a detached Accessory Building meeting all landscaping requirements stated in LMC Chapter 15-3-3 and Title 14.
      
   7. Screened mechanical equipment, hot tubs, and similar Structures located at least five feet (5') from the Rear Lot Line.
      
   8. Fences, walls, and retaining walls not more than six feet (6') in height, or as permitted in Section 15-4-2. Retaining walls may have multiple steps, however, each exposed face cannot exceed six feet (6') in height and the horizontal distance between the walls, front face to rear face, must be at least three feet (3') and planted with approved vegetation. The Planning Director may approve minor deviations to the height and stepping requirements based on Site specific review.¹
      
   9. Patios, decks, pathways, steps, and similar Structures not more than thirty inches (30") above Final Grade provided it is located at least five feet (5') from the Rear Lot Line.
      
7. SIDE SETBACK.
   
   1. The minimum Side Setback is ten feet (10').
      
   2. A Side Setback between connected Structures is not required where Structures are designed with a common wall on a Property Line, each Structure is located on an individual Lot, the Lots are burdened with a party wall agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney and Chief Building Official, all applicable Building and Fire Code requirements are met, and the Use is an Allowed or Conditional Use in the Zoning District.
      
      1. Exterior Side Setbacks shall be based on the required minimum Side Setback for each Lot; however the Planning Commission may consider increasing exterior Side Setbacks during Conditional Use Permit review to mitigate potential impacts on adjacent Property. Side Setback exceptions continue to apply.
         
   3. The minimum Side Setback for a detached Accessory Buildings not more than eighteen feet (18') in height, located a minimum of five feet (5') behind the front facade of the Main Building, is five feet (5').
      
   4. On Corner Lots, the Side Yard that faces a Street is considered a Front Yard and the Setback must not be less than twenty feet (20').
      
8. SIDE SETBACK EXCEPTIONS. The Side Setback must be open and free of any Structure except:
   
   1. Bay Windows and chimneys not more than ten feet (10') wide, projecting not more than two feet (2') into the Side Setback. 
      
   2. Window wells and light wells projecting not more than four feet (4') into the Side Setback.
      
   3. Roof overhangs and eaves projecting not more than three feet (3') into the Side Setback.
      
   4. Window sills, belt courses, cornices, trim, and other ornamental features projecting not more than six inches (6") beyond the window or main Structure to which it is attached.
      
   5. Patios, decks, pathways, steps, and similar Structures not more than thirty inches (30") above Grade, provided there is at least one foot (1') Setback from the Side Lot Line.
      
   6. Awnings over doorways and windows projecting not more than three feet (3') into the Side Setback. 
      
   7. Fences, walls, and retaining walls not more than six feet (6') in height, or as permitted in Section 15-4-2. Retaining walls may have multiple steps, however, each exposed face cannot exceed six feet (6') in height and the horizontal distance between the walls, front face to rear face, must be at least three feet (3') and planted with approved vegetation. The Planning Director may approve minor deviations to the height and stepping requirements based on Site specific review.¹
      
   8. Driveways leading to a garage or Parking Area maintaining a three foot (3') landscaped Setback to the Side Lot Line. 
      
   9. Paths and steps connecting to a City stairway, trail, or path.
      
   10. Screened mechanical equipment, hot tubs, and similar Structures located a minimum of five feet (5') from the Side Lot Line.

¹Fences and walls greater than six feet (6') in height require an administrative Conditional Use permit.

No Structure shall be erected to a height greater than thirty feet (30') from Existing Grade. This is the Zone Height. 

1. BUILDING HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS. The following height exceptions apply:
   
   1. Gable, hip, Barrel, and similar pitched roofs may extend up to five feet (5') above the Zone Height, if the roof pitch is 4:12 or greater.
      
   2. Antennas, chimneys, flues, vents, and similar Structures may extend up to five feet (5') above the highest point of the Building to comply with the International Building Code (IBC).
      
   3. Water towers, mechanical equipment, and associated Screening, when enclosed or Screened, may extend up to five feet (5') above the height of the Building.
      
   4. Church spires, bell towers, and like architectural features subject to LMC Chapter 15-5 Architectural Guidelines, may extend up to fifty percent (50%) above the Zone Height, but may not contain Habitable Space above the Zone Height. Such exceptions require approval by the Planning Director.
      
   5. An Elevator Penthouse may extend up to eight feet (8') above the Zone Height.
      
   6. Ski lifts and tramway towers may extend above the Zone Height subject to a visual analysis and approval by the Planning Commission.

Prior to the issuance of a Building permit for any Conditional or Allowed Use, the Planning Department must review the proposed plans for compliance with Architectural Review, Chapter 15-5.

Drive-up windows require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to consider traffic impacts on surrounding Streets. The Applicant must demonstrate that at periods of peak operation of the drive-up window, the Business patrons will not obstruct driveways or Streets and will not interfere with the intended traffic circulation on the Site or in the Area.

All exterior mechanical equipment must be Screened to minimize noise infiltration to adjoining Properties and to mitigate visual impacts on nearby Properties and general public view. All mechanical equipment must be shown on the plans prepared for Conditional Use Permit and/or architectural review. All Structures must provide a means of storing refuse generated by the Structure’s occupants. All refuse storage facilities must be shown on the plans prepared for Conditional Use Permit and/or architectural review. Refuse storage must be Screened, enclosed, and properly ventilated.

The loading and unloading of goods must take place entirely on the Site. Loading areas must be Screened from general public view. All loading areas shall be shown on the plans prepared for Conditional Use Permit and/or architectural review.

A Bed and Breakfast Inn is a Conditional Use subject to a Conditional Use review. No Conditional Use permit may be issued unless the following criteria are met: 

1. If the use is in an Historic Structure, the Applicant will make every attempt to rehabilitate the Historic portion of the Structure. 
   
2. The Structure has at least two (2) rentable rooms. The maximum number of rooms will be determined by the Applicant's ability to mitigate neighborhood impacts.
   
3. In Historic Structures, the size and configuration of the rooms are Compatible with the Historic character of the Building and neighborhood.
   
4. The rooms are available for Nightly Rental only. 
   
5. An Owner/manager is living on-Site, or in Historic Structures there must be twenty-four (24) hour on-Site management and check-in.
   
6. Food service is for the benefit of overnight guests only. 
   
7. No Kitchen is permitted within rental rooms.
   
8. Parking is provided on-Site at a rate of one (1) space per rentable room.
   
9. The Use complies with Section 15-1-10.

1. OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF GOODS PROHIBITED. Unless expressly allowed as an Allowed or Conditional Use, all goods, including food, beverage, and cigarette vending machines, must be within a completely enclosed Structure. New construction of enclosures for the storage of goods shall not have windows and/or other fenestration that exceeds a wall-to-window ratio of thirty percent (30%). This section does not preclude temporary sales in conjunction with a Master Festival license, sidewalk sale, or seasonal plant sale. See Section 15-2.19-11(B)(3) for outdoor display of bicycles, kayaks, and canoes.
   
2. OUTDOOR USES PROHIBITED/EXCEPTIONS. The following outdoor Uses may be allowed by the Planning Department upon issuance of an Administrative Permit. The Applicant must submit the required application, pay all applicable fees, and provide all required materials and plans. Appeals of departmental actions are heard by the Planning Commission.
   
   1. OUTDOOR DINING. Outdoor dining is subject to the following criteria:
      
      1. The proposed seating Area is located on private Property or leased public Property, and does not diminish parking or landscaping.
         
      2. The proposed seating Area does not impede pedestrian circulation.
         
      3. The proposed seating Area does not impede emergency Access or circulation.
         
      4. The proposed furniture is Compatible with the Streetscape.
         
      5. No music or noise in excess of the City Noise Ordinance, Title 6.
         
      6. No Use after 10:00 p.m.
         
      7. No net increases in the Restaurant’s seating capacity without adequate mitigation of the increased parking demand.
         
   2. OUTDOOR GRILLS/BEVERAGE SERVICE STATIONS. Outdoor grills and/or beverage service stations are subject to the following criteria:
      
      1. The Use is on private Property or leased public Property, and does not diminish parking or landscaping.
         
      2. The Use is only for the sale of food or beverages in a form suited for immediate consumption.
         
      3. The Use is Compatible with the neighborhood.
         
      4. The proposed service station does not impede pedestrian circulation.
         
      5. The proposed service station does not impede emergency Access or circulation.
         
      6. Design of the service station is Compatible with the adjacent Buildings and Streetscape.
         
      7. No violation of the City Noise Ordinance, Title 6.
         
      8. Compliance with the City Sign Code, Title 12.
         
   3. OUTDOOR STORAGE AND DISPLAY OF BICYCLES, KAYAKS, MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, AND CANOES. Outdoor storage and display of bicycles, kayaks, motorized scooters, and canoes is subject to the following criteria:
      
      1. The Area of the proposed bicycle, kayak, motorized scooter, and canoe storage or display is on private Property and not in Areas of required parking or landscaped planting beds.
         
      2. Bicycles, kayaks, and canoes may be hung on Buildings if sufficient Site Area is not available, provided the display does not impact or alter the architectural integrity or character of the Structure.
         
      3. No more than a total of fifteen (15) pieces of equipment may be displayed.
         
      4. Outdoor display is only allowed during business hours.
         
      5. Additional outdoor bicycle storage Areas may be considered for rental bicycles or motorized scooters, provided there are no or only minimal impacts on landscaped Areas, Parking Spaces, and pedestrian and emergency circulation.
         
   4. OUTDOOR EVENTS AND MUSIC. Outdoor events and music require an Administrative Conditional Use permit. The use must also comply with Section 15-1-10, Conditional Use review. The Applicant must submit a Site plan and written description of the event, addressing the following:
      
      1. Notification of adjacent Property Owners.
         
      2. No violation of the City Noise Ordinance, Title 6.
         
      3. Impacts on adjacent Residential Uses.
         
      4. Proposed plans for music, lighting, Structures, electrical, signs, etc.
         
      5. Parking demand and impacts on neighboring Properties.
         
      6. Duration and hours of operation.
         
      7. Impacts on emergency Access and circulation.
         
   5. DISPLAY OF MERCHANDISE. Display of outdoor merchandise is subject to the following criteria:
      
      1. The display is immediately available for purchase at the Business displaying the item.
         
      2. The merchandise is displayed on private Property directly in front of or appurtenant to the Business which displays it, so long as the private Area is in an alcove, recess, patio, or similar location that provides a physical separation from the public sidewalk. No item of merchandise may be displayed on publicly owned Property including any sidewalk or prescriptive Right-of-Way regardless if the Property Line extends into the public sidewalk. An item of merchandise may be displayed on commonly owned Property; however, written permission for the display of the merchandise must be obtained from the Owner’s association.
         
      3. The display is prohibited from being permanently affixed to any Building. Temporary fixtures may not be affixed to any Historic Building in a manner that compromises the Historic integrity or Façade Easement of the Building as determined by the Planning Director.
         
      4. The display does not diminish parking or landscaping.
         
      5. The Use does not violate the Summit County Health Code, the Fire Code, or International Building Code. The display does not impede pedestrian circulation, sidewalks, emergency Access, or circulation. At minimum, forty-four inches (44”) of clear and unobstructed Access to all fire hydrants, egress and Access points must be maintained. Merchandise may not be placed so as to block visibility of or Access to any adjacent Property.
         
      6. The merchandise must be removed if it becomes a hazard due to wind or weather conditions, or if it is in a state of disrepair, as determined by either the Planning Director or Building Official.

The raising and grazing of horses may be approved as a Conditional Use by the Planning Commission. In making a determination whether raising and grazing of horses is appropriate, the Planning Commission shall consider the following criteria:

1. Any barn must be located a minimum of seventy-five feet (75') from the nearest neighboring Dwelling Unit.
   
2. There shall be a maximum of two (2) horses per acre.
   
3. Terrain and Slope of the Property must be suitable for horses.
   
4. The Applicant must submit an Animal Management Plan outlining the following:
   
   1. waste removal/odors;
      
   2. drainage and runoff;
      
   3. bedding materials;
      
   4. flies; and
      
   5. feed/hay.

The Property Owner must protect Significant Vegetation during any Development activity. Significant Vegetation includes large trees six inches (6") in diameter or greater measured four and one-half feet (4.5') above the ground, groves of smaller trees, or clumps of oak and maple covering an Area fifty square feet (50 sq. ft.) or more measured at the drip line. 

Development plans must show all Significant Vegetation within twenty feet (20') of a proposed Development. The Property Owner must demonstrate the health and viability of all large trees through a certified arborist. The Planning Director shall determine the Limits of Disturbance and may require mitigation for loss of Significant Vegetation consistent with Landscape Criteria in Sections 15-3-3 and 15-5-5(N), and Title 14.

Signs are allowed in the Limited Industrial (LI) District as provided in the Park City Sign Code, Title 12. 

• Fences and Walls. Section 15-4-2.
  
• Accessory Apartments. Section 15-4.
  
• Satellite Receiving Antenna. Section 15-4-13. 
• Telecommunication Facility. Section 15-4-14.
  
• Parking. Chapter 15-3.
  
• Landscaping. Title 14; Sections 15-3-3 and 15-5-5(N)
  
• Lighting. Sections 15-3-3 and 15-5-5(J).
  
• Historic Preservation. Chapters 15-11 and 15-13.
  
• Park City Sign Code. Title 12.
  
• Architectural Review. Chapter 15-5.
  
• Snow Storage. Section 15-3-3.
  
• Parking Ratio Requirements. Section 15-3-6.