17.10.010 - Purpose, Policy, and Authority.

A.

The purpose of this Chapter is to:

1.

Protect and provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the South Salt Lake City;

2.

Facilitate and encourage efficient orderly growth and beneficial Development of all parts of the City;

3.

Provide for adequate light, air, and privacy, to secure safety from fire, flood, collapsible soils and other geologic hazards, and other danger, and to prevent insufficient infrastructure or overcrowding of the land and undue congestion of population;

4.

Protect the character and the social and economic stability of all parts of the City;

5.

Regulate future growth and Development within the City in a manner which promotes the physical integration of diverse housing forms, the preservation of South Salt Lake community values, and the social integration of residents from diverse backgrounds in accordance with the General Plan;

6.

Provide procedures and standards for the physical Development of Subdivisions and other Uses of land and construction of Buildings and thereon within the City including, but not limited to, the construction and installation of Streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, drainage systems, water and sewer systems, design standards for public facilities and utilities, access to public Rights-of-Way, Dedication of land and Streets, granting easements for Rights-of-Way, and to establish fees and other charges for the authorizing of Development and for the improvement of land and Buildings thereon;

7.

Protect and conserve the value of land throughout the City and the value of Buildings and improvements upon the land, and to minimize the conflicts among the Uses of land and Buildings;

8.

Guide public and private policy and action to provide adequate and efficient transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds, recreation, and other public requirements and facilities;

9.

Provide the most beneficial relationship between the Uses of land and Buildings and the circulation of traffic, throughout the City, having particular regard for the avoidance of congestion in the Streets and highways, and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the various Uses of land and Buildings, and to provide for the proper location and width of Streets and Building Lines;

10.

Establish reasonable standards of design and procedures for Platting, Subdivisions, Re-Subdivisions, and Lot Line Adjustments, in order to facilitate the orderly layout and Use of land and to insure proper legal description and monumenting of all platted land;

11.

Ensure that public facilities are available and will have a sufficient capacity to serve the proposed Plat, Subdivision, Plat Amendment, Parcel Boundary Adjustment, or Lot Line Adjustment;

12.

Prevent the pollution or degradation of air, streams, and ponds, assure the adequacy of drainage facilities, and safeguard the water table;

13.

Minimize site disturbance, removal of native vegetation, and soil erosion;

14.

Encourage the wise use and management of natural resources throughout the municipality in order to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the community and the value of the land;

15.

Preserve the natural beauty of South Salt Lake City and to ensure appropriate Development to complement the natural features; and

16.

Provide for open spaces through the most efficient design and layout of the land, including the use of flexible Density or cluster-type zoning in providing for minimum width and Area of Lots, while preserving the Density of land.

B.

Policy.

1.

The Subdivision or Platting of land and the subsequent amendment of a Subdivision Plat, the adjustment of Lot Lines therein, is required for the orderly, planned, efficient, and economical Development of property within the City.

2.

Development property shall be of such character that it can be used safely for Building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood, landslide, mine subsidence, geologic hazards, or other menace.

3.

Land shall not be subdivided, re-subdivided, platted, or adjusted until available public facilities and improvements exist and proper provision has been made for drainage, water, sewerage, roads, trails, parks, public transportation facilities, and related improvements.

4.

The existing and proposed Public Improvements shall conform to the Roadways and Functional Classifications in the General Plan, designated City Road Profiles, the Official Land Use Map, the International Construction Codes, the 2017 American Public Works Association Manual of Standard Plans, Utah Chapter (as further specified in this Chapter) and the capital budget and program of the City.

C.

Authority.

1.

The Planning Commission is the land use authority to review, approve, and deny Plats for subdividing land or platting a legal Development Lot within the corporate limits of the City.

2.

The Planning Commission is the land use authority to approve Development in Subdivisions, Subdivision amendments, or Parcel Boundary Line or Lot Line Adjustments of land already recorded in the office of the County Recorder.

3.

A Plat, Subdivision, Subdivision amendment, or Parcel Boundary Line or Lot Line Adjustment is void if the Plat, Subdivision, Subdivision amendment, Parcel Boundary Line or Lot Line Adjustment has not been recorded, or has been recorded with the County Recorder's office without a prior approval by the Planning Commission and signature by the Planning Commission Chair, or in the case of a Parcel Boundary Line or Lot Line Adjustment, without prior written approval by the Community Development Director.

4.

A transfer of land that has not properly been subdivided, amended, or adjusted is voidable.

(Ord. No. 2020-02, § IV(Exh. C), 1-8-2020; Ord. No. 2022-08, § I(Exh. A), 4-13-2022; Ord. No. 2023-27, § 1(Exh. A), 9-12-2023)