Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zone
New M-1A zoning district under the Northpoint Small Area Plan. Hearing held October 1, 2024 and action deferred; at an October 15 work session Council Members preferred to keep the plan's 300-foot Jordan River buffer while considering property owners' requests for larger lots, taller and longer buildings.
In review
- Type
- Zone change
- Location
- Northpoint area, Council District 1
- Applicant
- Salt Lake City Council (Council-initiated)
- City Council work session: Northpoint Light Industrial zoning text amendment follow-up
- City Council: Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zoning text amendment
- City Council: Consent: set hearings on Northpoint Light Industrial zone (Oct. 1) and gas station standards …
- City Council work session: Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zoning text amendment
In brief
Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zone appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of September 3, 2024 to the City Council work session meeting of October 15, 2024.
On record, it was approved once and continued once.
The most recent decision was continued (6-0) at the City Council meeting of October 1, 2024.
Follow the money and project delivery
Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zone
- Council action
In review according to the dated project source. Record → · Oct. 15, 2024
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
October 15, 2024 · City Council work session
Northpoint Light Industrial zoning text amendment follow-up
Discussed
Nick Tarbet presented policy questions. The Northpoint Small Area Plan calls for a 300-foot Jordan River buffer; options included narrowing the transitional band, removing the buffer in favor of development agreements, or allowing compatible uses such as agriculture or recreation. Property owners, many not yet annexed, asked for larger lots (15 acres), 400-foot facades, 50-foot height, 120,000 square feet and trees only on exterior building lines. Council Members preferred to keep the 300-foot buffer until permitted uses are better defined, allow no variance from tree requirements, and examine non-permanent buffer uses such as pergolas and playgrounds.
October 1, 2024 · City Council
Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zoning text amendment
Continued · 6-0
Three speakers who live or own land near the Northpoint area said earlier warehouse development had not delivered promised protections and had harmed their neighborhood and agricultural land. Council Member Petro reviewed the business park zoning that had allowed development and her efforts to change it, and Council Members Lopez Chavez and Puy praised her work and the Jordan River protections. Council closed the hearing and deferred action.
September 3, 2024 · City Council
Consent: set hearings on Northpoint Light Industrial zone (Oct. 1) and gas station standards (Sept. 17); Arts Design Board reappointment
Approved · 6-0
Council set an October 1 hearing on the Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zoning text amendment (PLNPCM2024-00333) and a September 17 hearing on city-wide gas station standards (PLNPCM2023-00260), and approved the reappointment of Colour Maisch to the Arts Design Board through September 3, 2027.
September 3, 2024 · City Council work session
Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zoning text amendment
Discussed
A Council-initiated petition would create a Northpoint Light Industrial (M-1A) zone consistent with the Northpoint Small Area Plan, allowing light industrial, office and research uses while reducing effects on nearby agricultural and residential land and native habitats, in Council District 1. Council Members asked about truck sizes and chemical use by light manufacturers; Planning Director Nick Norris said staff could compare rules for the primary and secondary groundwater recharge areas and addressed chemical use near the Jordan River and wetlands.