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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.

Where it stands
Tabled
Type
Zone change
Location
Northpoint area, Council District 1
Applicant
Salt Lake City Council (Council-initiated)

Every hearing and vote

  1. 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.

    Moved by Council Member Petro, seconded by Council Member Wharton to approve the Consent Agenda. Vote: 6-0; Council Member Eva Lopez Chavez absent

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

    Moved by Council Member Petro, seconded by Council Member Puy to close the public hearing and defer action. Vote: 6-0; Council Member Darin Mano absent

  4. 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.