Planned Zone
Purpose and Intent. The Master Planned Zone option is provided and designed to encourage flexibility and creativity in subdivision design and layout, provide a wide variety and choice of residential housing types, provide a functional transportation network that provides for the needs of pedestrians and cyclists, provide a mixture of accessible local shopping, employment, recreational, entertainment, and public service facilities, provide areas that are set aside to enhance the natural landscape, protect scenic views, provide for a wide variant of both active and passive users, and create significant landscape buffers, employ methods and technologies to reduce environmental impacts, and require design and building standards that reflect a variety of qualities from other communities, while incorporating modern planning techniques and new building technologies. To this end, the Master Planned Zone should be planned as a unified development with designated residential, commercial and mixed use areas rather than an aggregation of individual unrelated buildings located on separate unrelated lots. Full compliance with all the provisions of this Ordinance, the City Subdivision Ordinance and all other applicable requirements of local, state and federal laws is required.
Use Regulations. The Master Planned Zone may be allowed with approval of the City Council, following the receipt of a Planning Commission recommendation. The following table of uses identifies uses allowed within each designated pod area within the Master Planned Zone. Permitted uses are identified as "P" in the following table. Conditional uses are identified as "C" in the following table. Uses not identified as a permitted uses are deemed to be a prohibited use and are identified as "N" in the following table.
USES | Residential Areas | Commercial Areas | Mixed Use Areas |
| Accessory uses | P | P | P |
| Amphitheater (seating up to 500) | N | P | N |
Amphitheater (seating over 500) | N | C | N |
Amusement enterprises (indoor) up to 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | P |
Amusement enterprises (indoor) over 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Antique, import and souvenir shops | N | P | P |
Arts, crafts and hobby shops | N | P | P |
Bakeries, on-site retail only | N | P | P |
Banks and financial institutions | N | P | P |
Barber shops, beauty parlors | N | P | P |
Bed and Breakfast | N | P | P |
Book and stationary stores | N | P | P |
Camera store | N | P | P |
Caretaker’s dwelling (incidental to another permitted use of the land.) | N | P | P |
Carwash | N | P | P |
Churches | P | P | P |
Clinics, medical and dental | N | P | P |
Clothing and accessory store | N | P | P |
Convenience store with up to 2 fuel islands and 4 pumps | N | P | P |
Convenience store with more than 2 fuel islands and 4 pumps | N | P | N |
Conventional department store | N | P | P |
Customary household pets, but not including the boarding of animals or the breeding of animals for sale. | P | N | P |
Day care center | N | P | P |
Drug store | N | P | P |
Dry cleaning and laundry | N | P | P |
Electronic repair shop | N | P | P |
Fast food | N | P | P |
Floral shops | N | P | P |
Gift shops | N | P | P |
Grocery stores up to 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | P |
Grocery stores over 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Health clubs | N | P | P |
Health food store | N | P | P |
Home occupations as allowed by Parowan City ordinances | P | N | P |
Hotel and motel | N | P | P |
Ice cream parlor | N | P | P |
Interior decorating and design (retail) up to 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | P |
Interior decorating and design (retail) over 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Jewelry store (sales and service) | N | P | P |
Karate studio | N | P | P |
Liquor store | N | P | N |
Mixed residential and commercial uses | N | N | P |
Music store | N | P | P |
Nursery schools | N | P | P |
Nursing schools | N | P | P |
Nursing home up to 10,000 sq. ft. | C | P | P |
Nursing home over 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
One-family dwellings and accessory buildings and structures | P | N | P |
Performance arts facilities | N | P | P |
Photographic studios/film processing | N | P | P |
Private club | N | P | N |
Private schools | P | P | P |
Professional, business and administrative offices | N | P | P |
Public and private recreation buildings and grounds | P | P | P |
Public and private utility buildings up to 1,000 sq. ft. | P | P | P |
Public and private utility buildings over 1,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Public and private utility structures and facilities, but not including buildings | P | P | P |
Public schools, libraries, fire stations, police stations | P | P | P |
Residential Treatment Facility (Group Home) | N | P | N |
Restaurant | N | P | P |
Rest homes up to 10,000 sq. ft. | C | P | P |
Rest homes over 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Shoe sales and repair shops | N | P | P |
Tavern/lounge | N | P | N |
Temporary office building or model home used in connection with the sale of property within a subdivision under construction. | P | P | P |
Three and four-family dwellings, town homes, condominiums, apartment houses and other multiple family dwellings and accessory buildings and structures. | P | N | P |
Toy store | N | P | P |
Twin homes | P | N | P |
Two-family dwellings and accessory buildings and structures | P | N | P |
Uses not included above may be considered and approved with the zoning application when it can be shown that they are generally similar in nature and impact to those listed above, and/or would provide a desirable use within the project that would not be considered detrimental to surrounding areas. The particular uses to be allowed may be determined or limited as part of the approval of the zoning application. Any uses so approved shall be construed as included in the above table as permitted uses for all future zoning applications.
| Land Use / Dwelling Type | Number of Dwelling Units | Number of Lots | Number of Owners |
| Single Family Detached | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Duplex | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Twin Home | 2 | 2 | 1 or 2 |
Multi-Family (Townhouse, Condo, Apartment, etc.) | 3 or more | 1 or more | 1 or more |
| Land use | Lot Size | Min Lot Width *** | Front Min/Max | Side Min | Side Corner Min** | Rear Min | Bldg. Separation Min | Height Max |
| Detached single family dwelling | 5,000 - 7,000 sq. ft. | 50 | 23/28 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Duplex | 5,000 - 7,000 sq. ft. | 55 | 23/28 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Detached single family dwelling | 7001 - 12,000 sq. ft. | 55 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Duplex | 7001 - 12,000 sq. ft. | 60 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Detached single family dwelling | 12,001 sq. ft. + | 80 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Duplex | 12,001 sq. ft. + | 90 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Twin home | 8,000 sq. ft. per total two lots | 90 total width (2 lots) | 23/28 | 8/8* | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Multi-family dwellings (3 - 14 units) | 9,000 sq. ft. | 90 | 23/28 | 8/8* | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Multi-family dwellings (15 +) | 17,500 sq. ft. | 100 | 23/28 | 8/8* | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Mixed use | No min | No min | 0/15 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 15 (25) next to res. | 35 |
| Commercial | No min | No min | 0/15 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 15 (25) next to res. | 35 |
| Accessory building | NA | NA | See above | 5 | See above | 5 | See above | 35 |
** On corner lots, one lot frontage may be no more than 10% less than the required width when the remaining lot frontage meets the minimum frontage requirement and all required setbacks are met.
*** Lot width is measured at the front property line (not at the setback line).
Performance Criteria and Bonus Densities. Performance points can be earned by qualification of established values as described below. Interpretation is given to the City Manager for the purpose of processing the application and later approved by the City Council after receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission.
| Value | Scoring | Points Possible |
| Maintenance of natural or historic features | 1 | |
| Landscaping improvements | Large Trees (on Lots) Large Trees (in common area) Soften Fence Appearance | 3 |
| Water conservation measures | Mandated planting restricts Incorporate reuse system Surface water irrigation Drainage water irrigation Underground water irrigation | 12 |
| Public Facilities (Church, school, fire station, etc) | 3 | |
| Public Streets | 2 | |
| Design Theme | Installed Landscaping Theme Lighting Fencing Special Features | 4 |
| Building Design | Facade Material Roof Materials | 2 |
| Other | Workforce Housing Theme Design Drainage Open space used as buffer Mixed Use Area - Commercial Common parking/storage areas for recreational vehicles | 11 |
| Open space/preservation lands 10 % 15 % 20+ % | ||
| (Private) | 3 | |
| (Public access) | 4 | |
| or, Production agriculture lands | 3 | |
| private public access | ||
| Trails system & tie-in | 3 | |
| Parks / Playgrounds | 3 | |
| Recreational amenities | 3 | |
| TOTAL 57 |
Improvements. The improvement requirements set forth in the City Design and Construction Standards may be altered for the following improvements, when recommended by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council.
Open space means a planned open area, not part of a development lot, suitable for relaxation, recreation or landscaping which may be held in common, private or governmental ownership that is unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings and hard surface, such as asphalt or cement, except that such open spaces may include walkways, trails, park strips, patios, recreational activity areas, picnic pavilions, gazebos, and water features so long as such surfaces do not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the overall established open space. Open space approved as such in connection with Master Planned Zone must be held and maintained in perpetuity.
The design of an open space area should encourage the following:
All areas to be preserved for open space areas within the Master Planned Zone shall be preserved, improved and maintained as common area, owned by owners of the subdivision lots or an owners association or governmental or nonprofit entity.
An application for a Master Planned Zone shall be submitted to, and reviewed and approved by, the City in accordance with the City Zoning Ordinance and this Ordinance.
Upon application and payment of the appropriate fee, an amendment to a previously approved Project Master Plan may be considered through a procedure that is determined by the extent of the proposed amendment(s). The following classifications shall be used to determine the proper amendment procedure.
The City will use reasonable efforts to provide qualified staff to review the zone change request and subsequent subdivision and permit applications for development in the project within a reasonable time after the applications are filed. The City may establish and amend from time to time a non-discriminatory fee structure to compensate the City for the costs of processing a zone change and project’s subdivision and permit applications. If a temporary backlog in the processing of applications within the City occurs and the project developer offers to pay to the City the full cost of providing one or more qualified outside subdivision and/or building permit reviewers on a temporary basis plus a 10% administrative charge, the City agrees to retain the services of qualified outside subdivision and/or building permit reviewers as may be necessary to remove any backlog in the processing of subdivision and permit applications for development in the project. If the developer elects to pay the total cost of hiring one or more such reviewers, the reviewer or reviewers shall be dedicated exclusively to review the project zone change, subdivision and permit applications for development in the specified project, and the developer shall receive a full credit against review and permit application fees otherwise payable for development activity reviewed by the dedicated reviewer or reviewers.
Planned Zone
Purpose and Intent. The Master Planned Zone option is provided and designed to encourage flexibility and creativity in subdivision design and layout, provide a wide variety and choice of residential housing types, provide a functional transportation network that provides for the needs of pedestrians and cyclists, provide a mixture of accessible local shopping, employment, recreational, entertainment, and public service facilities, provide areas that are set aside to enhance the natural landscape, protect scenic views, provide for a wide variant of both active and passive users, and create significant landscape buffers, employ methods and technologies to reduce environmental impacts, and require design and building standards that reflect a variety of qualities from other communities, while incorporating modern planning techniques and new building technologies. To this end, the Master Planned Zone should be planned as a unified development with designated residential, commercial and mixed use areas rather than an aggregation of individual unrelated buildings located on separate unrelated lots. Full compliance with all the provisions of this Ordinance, the City Subdivision Ordinance and all other applicable requirements of local, state and federal laws is required.
Use Regulations. The Master Planned Zone may be allowed with approval of the City Council, following the receipt of a Planning Commission recommendation. The following table of uses identifies uses allowed within each designated pod area within the Master Planned Zone. Permitted uses are identified as "P" in the following table. Conditional uses are identified as "C" in the following table. Uses not identified as a permitted uses are deemed to be a prohibited use and are identified as "N" in the following table.
USES | Residential Areas | Commercial Areas | Mixed Use Areas |
| Accessory uses | P | P | P |
| Amphitheater (seating up to 500) | N | P | N |
Amphitheater (seating over 500) | N | C | N |
Amusement enterprises (indoor) up to 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | P |
Amusement enterprises (indoor) over 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Antique, import and souvenir shops | N | P | P |
Arts, crafts and hobby shops | N | P | P |
Bakeries, on-site retail only | N | P | P |
Banks and financial institutions | N | P | P |
Barber shops, beauty parlors | N | P | P |
Bed and Breakfast | N | P | P |
Book and stationary stores | N | P | P |
Camera store | N | P | P |
Caretaker’s dwelling (incidental to another permitted use of the land.) | N | P | P |
Carwash | N | P | P |
Churches | P | P | P |
Clinics, medical and dental | N | P | P |
Clothing and accessory store | N | P | P |
Convenience store with up to 2 fuel islands and 4 pumps | N | P | P |
Convenience store with more than 2 fuel islands and 4 pumps | N | P | N |
Conventional department store | N | P | P |
Customary household pets, but not including the boarding of animals or the breeding of animals for sale. | P | N | P |
Day care center | N | P | P |
Drug store | N | P | P |
Dry cleaning and laundry | N | P | P |
Electronic repair shop | N | P | P |
Fast food | N | P | P |
Floral shops | N | P | P |
Gift shops | N | P | P |
Grocery stores up to 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | P |
Grocery stores over 35,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Health clubs | N | P | P |
Health food store | N | P | P |
Home occupations as allowed by Parowan City ordinances | P | N | P |
Hotel and motel | N | P | P |
Ice cream parlor | N | P | P |
Interior decorating and design (retail) up to 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | P |
Interior decorating and design (retail) over 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Jewelry store (sales and service) | N | P | P |
Karate studio | N | P | P |
Liquor store | N | P | N |
Mixed residential and commercial uses | N | N | P |
Music store | N | P | P |
Nursery schools | N | P | P |
Nursing schools | N | P | P |
Nursing home up to 10,000 sq. ft. | C | P | P |
Nursing home over 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
One-family dwellings and accessory buildings and structures | P | N | P |
Performance arts facilities | N | P | P |
Photographic studios/film processing | N | P | P |
Private club | N | P | N |
Private schools | P | P | P |
Professional, business and administrative offices | N | P | P |
Public and private recreation buildings and grounds | P | P | P |
Public and private utility buildings up to 1,000 sq. ft. | P | P | P |
Public and private utility buildings over 1,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Public and private utility structures and facilities, but not including buildings | P | P | P |
Public schools, libraries, fire stations, police stations | P | P | P |
Residential Treatment Facility (Group Home) | N | P | N |
Restaurant | N | P | P |
Rest homes up to 10,000 sq. ft. | C | P | P |
Rest homes over 10,000 sq. ft. | N | P | N |
Shoe sales and repair shops | N | P | P |
Tavern/lounge | N | P | N |
Temporary office building or model home used in connection with the sale of property within a subdivision under construction. | P | P | P |
Three and four-family dwellings, town homes, condominiums, apartment houses and other multiple family dwellings and accessory buildings and structures. | P | N | P |
Toy store | N | P | P |
Twin homes | P | N | P |
Two-family dwellings and accessory buildings and structures | P | N | P |
Uses not included above may be considered and approved with the zoning application when it can be shown that they are generally similar in nature and impact to those listed above, and/or would provide a desirable use within the project that would not be considered detrimental to surrounding areas. The particular uses to be allowed may be determined or limited as part of the approval of the zoning application. Any uses so approved shall be construed as included in the above table as permitted uses for all future zoning applications.
| Land Use / Dwelling Type | Number of Dwelling Units | Number of Lots | Number of Owners |
| Single Family Detached | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Duplex | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Twin Home | 2 | 2 | 1 or 2 |
Multi-Family (Townhouse, Condo, Apartment, etc.) | 3 or more | 1 or more | 1 or more |
| Land use | Lot Size | Min Lot Width *** | Front Min/Max | Side Min | Side Corner Min** | Rear Min | Bldg. Separation Min | Height Max |
| Detached single family dwelling | 5,000 - 7,000 sq. ft. | 50 | 23/28 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Duplex | 5,000 - 7,000 sq. ft. | 55 | 23/28 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Detached single family dwelling | 7001 - 12,000 sq. ft. | 55 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Duplex | 7001 - 12,000 sq. ft. | 60 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Detached single family dwelling | 12,001 sq. ft. + | 80 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Duplex | 12,001 sq. ft. + | 90 | 23/38 | 8/8 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Twin home | 8,000 sq. ft. per total two lots | 90 total width (2 lots) | 23/28 | 8/8* | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Multi-family dwellings (3 - 14 units) | 9,000 sq. ft. | 90 | 23/28 | 8/8* | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Multi-family dwellings (15 +) | 17,500 sq. ft. | 100 | 23/28 | 8/8* | 23 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| Mixed use | No min | No min | 0/15 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 15 (25) next to res. | 35 |
| Commercial | No min | No min | 0/15 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 15 (25) next to res. | 35 |
| Accessory building | NA | NA | See above | 5 | See above | 5 | See above | 35 |
** On corner lots, one lot frontage may be no more than 10% less than the required width when the remaining lot frontage meets the minimum frontage requirement and all required setbacks are met.
*** Lot width is measured at the front property line (not at the setback line).
Performance Criteria and Bonus Densities. Performance points can be earned by qualification of established values as described below. Interpretation is given to the City Manager for the purpose of processing the application and later approved by the City Council after receiving a recommendation from the Planning Commission.
| Value | Scoring | Points Possible |
| Maintenance of natural or historic features | 1 | |
| Landscaping improvements | Large Trees (on Lots) Large Trees (in common area) Soften Fence Appearance | 3 |
| Water conservation measures | Mandated planting restricts Incorporate reuse system Surface water irrigation Drainage water irrigation Underground water irrigation | 12 |
| Public Facilities (Church, school, fire station, etc) | 3 | |
| Public Streets | 2 | |
| Design Theme | Installed Landscaping Theme Lighting Fencing Special Features | 4 |
| Building Design | Facade Material Roof Materials | 2 |
| Other | Workforce Housing Theme Design Drainage Open space used as buffer Mixed Use Area - Commercial Common parking/storage areas for recreational vehicles | 11 |
| Open space/preservation lands 10 % 15 % 20+ % | ||
| (Private) | 3 | |
| (Public access) | 4 | |
| or, Production agriculture lands | 3 | |
| private public access | ||
| Trails system & tie-in | 3 | |
| Parks / Playgrounds | 3 | |
| Recreational amenities | 3 | |
| TOTAL 57 |
Improvements. The improvement requirements set forth in the City Design and Construction Standards may be altered for the following improvements, when recommended by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council.
Open space means a planned open area, not part of a development lot, suitable for relaxation, recreation or landscaping which may be held in common, private or governmental ownership that is unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings and hard surface, such as asphalt or cement, except that such open spaces may include walkways, trails, park strips, patios, recreational activity areas, picnic pavilions, gazebos, and water features so long as such surfaces do not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the overall established open space. Open space approved as such in connection with Master Planned Zone must be held and maintained in perpetuity.
The design of an open space area should encourage the following:
All areas to be preserved for open space areas within the Master Planned Zone shall be preserved, improved and maintained as common area, owned by owners of the subdivision lots or an owners association or governmental or nonprofit entity.
An application for a Master Planned Zone shall be submitted to, and reviewed and approved by, the City in accordance with the City Zoning Ordinance and this Ordinance.
Upon application and payment of the appropriate fee, an amendment to a previously approved Project Master Plan may be considered through a procedure that is determined by the extent of the proposed amendment(s). The following classifications shall be used to determine the proper amendment procedure.
The City will use reasonable efforts to provide qualified staff to review the zone change request and subsequent subdivision and permit applications for development in the project within a reasonable time after the applications are filed. The City may establish and amend from time to time a non-discriminatory fee structure to compensate the City for the costs of processing a zone change and project’s subdivision and permit applications. If a temporary backlog in the processing of applications within the City occurs and the project developer offers to pay to the City the full cost of providing one or more qualified outside subdivision and/or building permit reviewers on a temporary basis plus a 10% administrative charge, the City agrees to retain the services of qualified outside subdivision and/or building permit reviewers as may be necessary to remove any backlog in the processing of subdivision and permit applications for development in the project. If the developer elects to pay the total cost of hiring one or more such reviewers, the reviewer or reviewers shall be dedicated exclusively to review the project zone change, subdivision and permit applications for development in the specified project, and the developer shall receive a full credit against review and permit application fees otherwise payable for development activity reviewed by the dedicated reviewer or reviewers.