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Community Development Department recommending the City Council Amend Title 15A, Chapter 23, Commercial, Office, Industrial & Transit Corridor Development Standards, Land Development Code, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008 relative to Automall District Dealer Area Setbacks.
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Presenter:
Brian McCuistion
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Description/Background:
The Sandy City Community Development Department has filed a request to amend Title 15A, Chapter 23, Commercial, Office, Industrial & Transit Corridor Development Standards, Land Development Code, Revised Ordinances of Sandy City, 2008. The purpose of the Code Amendment is to consider amending the setbacks for parking structures within the Automall District (Dealer Area).
The City Council adopted Ordinance #90-37 on July 31, 1990 which created a new Automall Zone with associated development standards. With the original zone, the front setback for the dealership building was established to be 85 feet from the property line. During the re-write of the Sandy City Land Development Code in 2008, the front setback in the Automall District Dealer Area was changed from 85 to 94 feet.
The minimum 94 foot building setback in this code was intended for the dealership building, to allow sufficient surface parking between the street and the dealership building to display the inventory. Parking terraces/structures were not really contemplated in the building requirement of the zone.
The Sandy City Community Development Department has received an application for a new parking structure to be built on the Mark Miller Subaru Dealership property (10920 South State Street). This proposed parking structure would be used for inventory vehicle display. The proposed structure is closer than 94’ from the north property line along Motor Park Avenue. Representatives from Mark Miller Subaru have described the project to staff and we are in support of the proposed improvement. However, in order to approve this ...
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