36.090 Design Standards

The design standards in this section are intended to improve the character and aesthetic qualities of developments in the Utah Lake Shoreline Protection Overlay Zone, and to minimize impacts on important natural and other site features. Variations from these standards may be granted by the Planning 1. All development shall, whenever possible, preserve important site features in their natural condition. The Planning Commission or City Council may request an advisory opinion from the Utah Lake Commission to assist in determining the value of the natural features on a site, the boundaries of those natural systems, and the relative importance of preserving the integrity and function of the natural resources present on the site. 2. To the extent practical, the boundaries of site features identified in Section 36.070 shall be contiguous within the parcel and adjacent to existing undeveloped land on adjoining parcels to form a continuous, integrated natural system. Particular attention shall be paid to maintaining and expanding existing or planned natural resource areas and trail networks. 3. Access points to designated public trails and open areas shall be clearly identified on plans and posted with permanent signage approved by the Planning Commission or City Council. 4. Site features shall be treated as fixed determinants of road and lot configuration rather than malleable elements that can be changed to allow for a preferred development scheme. 5. Significant trees, boundary trees, wetlands, streams and other important site features shall be incorporated along the edges of individual lots or along a path or roadway, rather than transected by lot lines or a roadway. 6. The Planning Commission or City Council may require a setback from the edge of the designated natural features depending on the type of natural resource and its characteristics. 7. The Planning Commission or City Council shall determine if fencing is necessary to protect the functions and values of the site features. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Adopted 06/12/12 B. Lots and Building Envelopes. 1. The location and orientation of individual lots, building envelopes, and building sites shall be designed to maintain the natural topography and drainage patterns, to preserve important natural features in their natural condition, to minimize disturbance on natural vegetated cover, and to minimize grading, cut-and-fill, and soil removal to minimize negative impacts on the natural resources of the site as identified by the site features map and site inventory. 2. All building construction shall comply with the floodplain regulations of Lehi City. 3. All building envelopes shall be identified for each lot, where appropriate. Future construction shall be limited to the identified building envelopes. Building envelopes on individual or common lots shall be set back from significant site features, consistent with other design parameters of this section, to augment and protect the integrity of natural site features. 4. Lots and buildings shall be grouped into clusters, located to minimize negative impacts on the natural resources of the site and conflicts between incompatible uses. 5. If agricultural uses are being maintained, lots and buildings shall be configured in a manner that maximizes the usable area remaining for such agricultural uses with appropriate buffers between agricultural uses and residential structures. 4. All ground cover areas disturbed in the construction process shall be re-vegetated with appropriate native species. E. Lighting. Exterior lighting shall be directed downward and fitted with an opaque shield. Light levels shall not exceed one foot-candle at the property line.