17-7-9.1 Purpose.
This chapter provides standards for land development within the Bingham Junction zone (BJ zone). The entire BJ zone property will be planned as a large scale master planned development, in accordance with this chapter, prior to any new development on the property. Approval of a small scale master planned development, in accordance with this chapter, will also be a condition precedent to any new development within the BJ zone. Generally, the BJ zone encourages a dynamic mix of uses, which includes three use categories: residential, urban (retail/office flex), and mixed-use. Based on the clustering and increased densities allowed as part of the Bingham Junction zone standard, the large scale master plan shall include at no cost to the city a dedication of twenty percent of the real property to be improved later as open space and linked trails. This master planning process is designed to guide development of the elements of a functioning, sustainable community in a manner consistent with specific environmental conditions associated with the site. All new development that occurs within the BJ zone is subject to institutional control plans, as approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and the city of Midvale. In the BJ zone, new development shall, to the extent relevant:
A. Address environmental conditions at the site through adherence to applicable institutional controls governing (among other things) materials management, cover and barrier maintenance and replacement, surface water management, and so forth;
B. Include variations in architectural design and housing types and affordability that have direct access to open space or parklands;
C. Implement a project, which joins new construction with the overall Midvale community in a thoughtful and constructive way;
D. Coordinate a mix of sustainable uses and development that complement housing and commerce opportunities and that are compatible with adjacent historic neighborhoods;
E. Include landscaping to provide a distinctive visual quality to the area;
F. Include multi-modal transportation links including the two-hundred-foot-wide Bingham Junction Boulevard;
G. Provide significant, functional, improved open space, including the Jordan River Ecological Park along the east bank of the Jordan River; and
H. Provide pedestrian connections within and among developments and between adjacent neighborhoods. (Ord. 9/21/2004O-29 § 1 (part))