17.07.040 - Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED).

The following principles shall be addressed in the design of all Buildings and Developments: 1.

Natural Surveillance. Physical design that keeps potential intruders under the perception of continual watch, such as view to Streets, driveways, and Parking Lots, and visual permeability in architecture, lighting, and Landscaping.

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Natural Access Control. Physical design that guides the mobility of people, decreases crime opportunity, and increases perception of risk to potential offenders.

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Territorial Enforcement. Physical design encourages users of property to develop ownership over it. Territorial Enforcement includes Developing space with an easily discernable purpose, using symbolic barriers such as low-lying fences and walls, Landscaping, and signage, eliminating ambiguous spaces, encouraging easy maintenance, and discouraging crime.

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Landscaping Standards. Shrubs shall be a maximum height of two (2) to three (3) feet and trees shall have a ground clearance of seven (7) feet above walkways and sidewalks.

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Public Safety. In order to encourage public safety solid windowless walls shall not be permitted adjacent to Streets, pedestrian areas, and open space.

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Maintenance and Management. Proper maintenance and management of a site and Building discourages criminal activity. Site maintenance to keep grounds and Building clean and orderly, and where indicated, public access management plan. Public access management plans shall address strategies: (1) to limit public WIFI access outdoors during evening hours; (2) to avoid single-user restrooms; (3) to control or eliminate exterior electrical outlets; (4) for strategic irrigation to prevent overnight camping; (5) for scheduling activities in common areas; and (6) for site lighting to discourage criminal activity.

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Lighting. Lighting consistent with the design standards in the lighting character district identified in the South Salt Lake Lighting Master Plan, or the nearest lighting character district to any proposed Development that is not within an area identified as a lighting character district.

(Ord. No. 2020-02, § IV(Exh. C), 1-8-2020; Ord. No. 2021-06, § XVIII, 5-26-2021; Ord. No. 2022-08 , § I(Exh. A), 4-13-2022)