§ 17.4.601. PF public facilities zone.

A.

Intent. The PF public facilities zone is established to provide areas for the location and establishment of facilities owned and maintained by public and quasi public entities and which utilize relatively large areas of land. It is the intent of this zone district provide for effective regulation in the placement and construction of major public systems and facilities within the city in order to ensure that said facilities will be consistent with the purposes of the general plan and be located, constructed and maintained in a manner that will further the interest of the city and its residents and facilitate the implementation of the Sections 10-9-106 and 10-9-305, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended.

B.

Permitted and conditional uses. The following buildings, structures, and uses of land shall be permitted upon compliance with applicable requirements of the code:

1.

Schools.

2.

Parks.

3.

Electric substations.

4.

Municipal buildings and public works buildings and facilities.

5.

Water reservoirs and storage tanks.

6.

Major electric transmission lines (above forty-five KV capacity).

7.

Cemeteries.

C.

Approval procedure. Approval for the placement of the zone district and for the location and layout of uses within this zone shall be obtained from the city council, following recommendation of the planning commission in the manner required for an amendment of the development code.

To facilitate evaluation of the potential impact from the zoning of the property and the placement of proposed use(s) thereon, the planning commission and/or the city council may require the submittal of a site plan showing the area proposed to be included in the zone district, the proposed placement of major building and facilities to be located on the site and provisions intended to minimize adverse impacts resulting from the construction or operation of said use.