Section III: Compatibility Standard
For land uses not codified in the Stand Land Use Table
Classification of New and Unlisted Land Uses. It is recognized that new types of land uses will develop and various forms of land uses not anticipated may seek to locate in Lindon. This provision of Appendix A, of the Lindon City Code, shall be to provide a mechanism to classify land uses not codified in the Standard Land Use Table. The Planning Commission and City Council shall review unlisted and uncodified land uses based on specific criteria established in the Compatibility Standard of this Appendix and determine whether or not the use is permitted, conditional or not permitted.
The Planning Commission and City Council shall adhere to specific compatibility standards set forth herein and assure that the proposed unlisted use is similar in character and impact to the uses listed in the zone where an unlisted land use is proposed. Unlisted and/or uncodified land uses must be compatible and harmonious with the zone and geographic area in which they want to locate in the following areas:
1. Volume and type of sales, retail, wholesale; size and type of items sold and nature of inventory on the premises;
2. Any processing done on the premises; assembly, manufacturing, smelting, warehousing shipping and distribution; and dangerous, hazardous, toxic or explosive materials used in processing;
3. The nature and location of storage and outdoor display of merchandise; enclosed, open, inside or outside the principal building; and predominant types of items stored Bbusiness vehicles, work in process, inventory and merchandise, construction materials, scrap and junk, and bulk materials, ores, powders and liquids;
4. Number and density of employees and customers, per unit area of site and buildings in relation to business hours and employment shifts;
5. Business hours the use is in operation or open for business, ranging from seven days a week, 24 hours a day to once to several times a year, such as sports stadiums or fairgrounds;
6. Transportation requirements, including modal split for people and freight, by volume, type and characteristics of traffic generation to and from the site, trip purposes, and whether trip purposes can be shared with other uses on the site;
7. Parking characteristics, turn over and generation, ration of the number of spacers required per unit area or activity, and potential for shared paring with other uses;
8. Predilection of attracting or repelling criminal activities to, from or other premises;
9. Amount and nature of nuisances generated on the premises – noise, smoke, odor, glare, vibration radiation, and fumes; and
10. Any special public utility requirements for serving the use – water supply, waste water output, pretreatment of wastes and emissions recommended or required, and any significant power structures and communication towers or facilities.
At such time as the Planning Commission finds a proposed land use “compatible and harmonious” with the zone in which it is to locate, they shall make a recommendation to the City Council. The Council shall then consider the application based on the criteria as established herein and the Planning Commission’s recommendation. Decisions based on the Compatibility Standard shall only be valid for the specific site and application. Future applicants shall be required to submit a new application. If the Planning Commission finds that a specific land use should be added to the Standard Land Use Table after applying the Compatibility Standard, they shall do so in a recommendation to the City Council.