Taylorsville City Zoning Code

The city designates land use zone districts to promote compatibility between land uses, buildings and structures, efficient use of land, transportation options and accessibility, and crime prevention and safety. The districts classify, regulate, and restrict uses, as well as combine uses and encourage the location of compatible land uses close to one another. The district regulations provide development standards pertaining to the intensity of land uses and development, density, height, bulk of buildings and structures, area of yards, and other open areas between buildings and structures. (Ord. 12-15, 7-11-2012)

   A.   Single-family residential:

 

   B.   Multi-family residential:

 

 

(Ord. 12-15, 7-11-2012)

 

 

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(Ord. 12-15, 7-11-2012)

 

(Ord. 18-15, 8-1-2018)

 

(Ord. 12-15, 7-11-2012; amd. Ord. 22-02, 4-6-2022)

The locations and boundaries of the zone districts are established as they are shown on the map entitled zoning map, City of Taylorsville, Utah. Where uncertainty exists to the boundaries of districts as shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:

   A.   Roads, Streets, Highways, Or Alleys: Boundaries indicated as approximately following the centerlines of roads or streets, highways, or alleys shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

   B.   Platted Lot Lines: Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.

   C.   City Limits: Boundaries indicated as approximately following City limits shall be construed as following such City limits.

   D.   Streams Or Canals: Boundaries indicated as approximately following centerlines of streams or canals shall be construed to follow such centerlines.

   E.   Extensions And Distances: Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in subsections A through D of this section shall be so construed. Distances not specifically indicated on the zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the map. (Ord. 12-15, 7-11-2012)

Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are different than shown on the zoning map or in other circumstances not covered by subsection 13.04.100A of this chapter, the Director shall interpret the district boundaries. Any appeal of boundary interpretation shall be made to the Hearing Officer. (Ord. 18-09, 2-28-2018)

The standard commercial, office, and industrial districts are defined as follows:

   A.   Regional Commercial District (RC): This district is established to stimulate economic development by allowing for a diversity of land uses in areas of the City that are accessible to regional transportation facilities and developed within planned commercial centers. This district is intended to stimulate creative development and site design for highway commercial uses.

   B.   Regional Commercial-Planned Unit Development District (RC-PUD): This district is established to provide for an area of diverse but integrated commercial and nonindustrial uses. Emphasis is placed on achieving an aesthetically attractive, functional area of wide ranging commercial and industrial activity.

   C.   Community Commercial District (CC): This district is established to allow for retail businesses and related uses to be grouped together into well planned and designed planned commercial centers.

   D.   Neighborhood Commercial District (NC): This district is established to allow for the creation of commercial centers to serve the convenience shopping and service needs of neighborhood areas of the City within planned commercial centers. The Neighborhood Commercial District designation is intended for commercial developments that will relate to residential neighborhoods and will be compatible with residential character.

   E.   Limited Commercial District (LC): This district is established for the development of well designed planned commercial centers and professional office developments that complement each other and act as buffers to adjacent residential districts. It is intended that businesses in this zone will both enhance and blend into surrounding residential neighborhoods through creative architectural, development, and site designs.

   F.   Professional Office District (PO): This district is established to provide an area for professional and business offices, nonretail services, and other uses not including merchandising, warehousing, and manufacturing with business hours consistent with those of contiguous property. Developments adjacent to residential areas shall have a residential look to enhance compatibility. Developments adjacent to commercial zones shall act to buffer less dense residential developments or districts.

   G.   Industrial District (ID): This district is established to provide for an area of diverse but integrated industrial and commercial uses. Emphasis is placed on achieving an aesthetically attractive, functional area of wide ranging industrial and commercial activity.

   H.   Mixed Use District (MU): This district is established to provide a zone to be used near city transportation corridors that allows a mix of specific land uses that are typically found separately in mutually exclusive zoning districts. Mixed use represents a departure from characteristic zoning to the extent that it encourages a combination of land uses which might normally be regarded as incompatible.

The intent of this zone is to create self-sustaining walkable neighborhoods in which residents may walk to work, to shopping, to recreational facilities, and have access to mass transit. These neighborhoods are to provide a variety of housing opportunities and choices that include a range of household types, family sizes, and incomes. They shall provide convenient pedestrian commercial services, employment opportunities, and shall be located in areas with existing or probable future multiple transportation choices. Design standards include requirements that help provide a true neighborhood by stipulating various mix of uses, build-to lines, compact parking concealment, architectural control, and maintenance. Proposed developments with increased land intensity and housing density but without the above walkable elements are unacceptable and will not be approved.

   I.   Boulevard Commercial District (BC): This district is established to provide guidelines for the development of properties fronting on Redwood Road between 4100 South and 5000 South. Regulations are intended to allow a selective variety of uses within planned commercial centers in a manner that will contribute to efficient traffic flow and architectural elements compatible with adjoining residential neighborhoods.

   J.   Transit Corridor District (TC): This district is established to provide a means by which the Utah transit authority (or its successors) may develop and operate a public transportation system under consistent regulations. It is not the intent nor the purpose of this zone to exempt the operators of the public transportation service from federal or state regulatory requirements governing rail service or other public transit regulations.

      1.   Location: The transit corridor district shall be located along transit corridors identified in the Wasatch Front regional council adopted plans.

      2.   Previous Agreements, Permits, And Approvals Remain In Effect: All previous agreements, permits, conditional use permits, and other approvals entered into between the city and the Utah transit authority for activities occurring within the existing transit corridor remain in effect and shall be enforced.

      3.   Governing Regulatory Bodies For Transit Corridor: The Utah transit authority or its successors are required to comply with all applicable regulations, requirements, laws, and obligations as specified by the following federal and state agencies:

 

      4.   Development Of Public Transit: The Utah transit authority or its successors shall be permitted to develop a public transit system within the transit corridor district consistent with the interlocal agreement. "Development of a public transit system" shall include the following activities:

   K.   Research And Development District (RD): This district is established to provide locations for commerce, service, research, and employment activities. Such locations and site improvements shall project a desirable appearance toward public streets and maintain compatibility with adjacent land uses. (Ord. 12-15, 7-11-2012)