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A. Permitted Uses. The following uses shall be permitted-by-right. If a use is not listed it is prohibited.

1. Arts and crafts shop less than three thousand square feet.

2. Day Care. Day care shall be permitted to operate subject to the following standards:

a. City of Moab business license is required.

b. A valid day care license or certificate as issued by the State of Utah is required.

c. Applicants for a City business license shall submit a conceptual site plan that indicates:

i. Ingress and egress to the property;

ii. Drop-off/pick-up areas;

iii. Traffic circulation;

iv. Off-street parking (single-household residence plus space for each FTE staff member);

v. Landscaping;

vi. Buffering or separation from dissimilar uses;

vii. Open space for older kids.

d. Compliance with all applicable City regulations regarding noise, odor and glare.

3. Eating establishments, excluding drive-in and drive-through services.

4. Financial Institutions. Standards for drive-through windows for financial institutions:

a. The drive-through use shall not interfere with traffic circulation to and from the building site.

b. The drive-through use shall not hinder the use of available parking areas or access to parking areas.

c. The drive-through use shall utilize additional landscaping, berms, and/or fencing as required to serve as a buffer for light and/or noise.

d. Design features shall be incorporated for the sufficient protection of adjacent uses from adverse impacts including noise, vibration, smoke, fumes, gas, dust, odor, lighting, glare, traffic minimization or circulation, parking issues, or other undesirable or hazardous conditions.

e. Provisions for proper maintenance of the drive areas, lighting, signage, landscaping, etc., shall be provided.

f. The drive-through window shall be operated only during normal business hours.

g. The developer or proprietor must demonstrate that site impacts within the property as well as adjoining properties have been fully mitigated appropriate to the topography of the site. The review of impacts includes, at a minimum, slope retention, flood potential, and possible damage to riparian or hillside areas.

5. Funeral establishments.

6. Established Overnight Accommodations. Established overnight accommodations, as defined in this code and as indicated on the Established Overnight Accommodations Map, shall be considered legal, conforming uses.

a. Established overnight accommodations will be allowed to make improvements to the property, so long as no new overnight accommodation units are proposed.

7. Greenhouses and nurseries.

8. Group homes.

a. Such homes must be licensed by the State of Utah.

b. All exterior aspects of a group home, including its scale and off-street parking configuration, shall conform with the requirements of the C-1 zone.

c. Such homes shall provide off-street parking pursuant to Sections 17.09.210 through 17.09.340.

9. Gymnasiums.

10. Home occupations subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.80.050.

11. Hospitals.

12. Multi-Household Dwellings. Developments consisting of seven or more multi-household units shall be subject to the following additional requirements:

a. Access. Vehicular access shall be provided to the property in such a way that it does not impede traffic patterns on adjacent streets.

b. Parking. Off-street parking shall be designed in such a way as to allow vehicles to pull forward into the on-street traffic flow.

c. Garages or Carports. If provided, garages and carports shall not be located in the front yard and shall be set back from the front wall of the principal structure at least fifteen feet or be accessed from the rear or side of the property.

d. Landscaping. All off-street parking shall be landscaped and buffered from adjacent uses. A minimum of fifteen percent of the interior of the parking area shall be landscaped to provide shade and break up the expanse of asphalt.

e. Buffering. All adjacent properties shall be buffered in accordance with the provisions located in Section 17.10.030, Buffer and Screening Requirements.

f. Apartments and court apartments shall designate an open space/recreation area that is a minimum of two hundred square feet in size to be developed into recreation, play or landscaped areas. The requirement can be met with the construction of a recreation room (“rec room”) or club house of a similarly sized area that can be used for residents and their guests for recreation/social activities and/or relaxation.

13. One-household dwellings and accessory uses.

14. Places of worship. All places of worship shall be subject to the regulations established by Utah State Code Annotated (“UCA”). The Planning Department, in accordance with Chapter 17.67, shall receive a complete site plan which demonstrates that:

a. Traffic impacts are minimized so that on-street vehicle flows will not be impeded.

b. Noise, odor, and glare is contained on the property.

c. Landscaping shall be completed in accordance with the provisions located in Chapter 17.10, Landscaping Standards. A minimum of fifteen percent of the interior of the parking areas must be landscaped. Trees shall be utilized to provide shade for vehicles and must be of a sufficient size and placement to provide shade to forty percent of the parking area within three years.

d. Possible impacts on adjacent streets, sidewalks, and bike/pedestrian routes have been identified and reduced to minimum levels.

e. Adequate parking for the intended use is provided.

15. Planned unit developments subject to the requirements in Chapter 17.66.

16. Professional offices.

17. Public Buildings. This type of use shall be allowed when in compliance with the following standards:

a. The proposed use shall be situated on a tract of land sufficient in size to provide for the activities of the use as well as required landscaping, off-street parking, and trails;

b. Landscaping, screening, and fencing shall be installed and maintained to mitigate impacts on surrounding residential uses;

c. Parking areas shall be an all-weather surface such as concrete, asphalt or sealed gravel that will not generate dust or deposit gravel on paved roadways;

d. Dust, glare, odor, and noise shall be confined within the boundaries of the property;

e. Outside storage of equipment, materials, and supplies shall be contained and located within a building or a sight obscuring fence;

f. The use shall demonstrate that there is a benefit to the neighborhood or community;

g. Traffic from the proposed use shall not create a significant negative impact on the neighborhood.

18. Public parks.

19. Retail establishments that are less than three thousand square feet.

20. Schools. All schools shall be subject to the regulations established by Utah State Code Annotated. The City, in accordance with Chapter 17.67, shall receive a complete site plan showing that:

a. Traffic impacts are minimized so that on-street vehicle flows will not be impeded.

b. Possible impacts to adjacent streets, sidewalks, and bike/pedestrian routes have been identified and reduced to minimum levels.

21. Two-household dwellings and accessory uses.

22. Veterinary clinic with indoor kennel.

a. Noise, odor and glare shall be contained on the property.

b. Fencing, landscaping, the design of parking areas, and downward directed and full cut-off light fixtures shall be used to reduce impacts on adjacent properties.

c. Parking shall be provided at a rate of one space per one thousand square feet and one space per each employee. ADA handicapped accessible spaces shall be provided as required.

d. A buffer area of twenty-five feet shall be used to provide a separation from other uses and adjacent properties. Buffering shall include the elements of subsection (A)(22)(b) of this section.

e. Vehicular ingress and egress traffic patterns shall be designed to not impede existing traffic flows and provide adequate interior circulation.

f. Hours of operation for public access shall be from seven a.m. to seven p.m.

g. Landscaping shall consist of berms, solid wooden privacy fence, decorative block wall or combination thereof and be in accordance with the requirements in Chapter 17.10, Landscaping Standards. A minimum of fifteen percent of the interior of the parking areas must be landscaped. Trees shall be utilized to provide shade for vehicles and must be of a sufficient size and placement to provide shade to forty percent of the parking area within three years.

23. Wholesale establishments less than three thousand square feet. (Ord. 23-15 § 2, 2023; Ord. 23-12, 2023; Ord. 19-18 § 2.1, 2019; Ord. 19-13 § 21 (part), 2019; Ord. 19-07 (part), 2019; Ord. 18-01 (part), 2018: Ord. 08-14 (part), 2008; Ord. 08-03 (part), 2008; Ord. 04-04, 2004; Ord. 94-21 (part), 1994)