The purposes of multiple use district are to establish areas in mountains, hillsides, canyons, mountain valleys, deserts and other open and generally underdeveloped lands where human habitation would be limited in order to protect land and open space resources, and to reduce unreasonable requirements for public utility and service expenditures through uneconomic and unwise dispersal and scattering of population; to encourage use of the land, where appropriate, for forestry, grazing, agriculture, mining, wildlife habitat and recreation; to avoid excessive damage to watersheds, water pollution, soil erosion, danger from brush land and to promote the health, convenience, order, prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants of the county. (2004 Code § 10.16.010)

Permitted uses in the multiple use district include:

   A.   Accessory solar energy systems.

   B.   Agriculture and pasturing of livestock, except swine.

   C.   Crop production, including pipelines for crop irrigation and livestock watering.

   D.   Forestry, except forest industry.

   E.   Grazing livestock, excluding swine.

   F.   Accessory garages. (2004 Code § 10.16.020; amd. Ord. 2010-01, 2-16-2010; Ord. 2010-04, 6-7-2010; 2015 Code; Ord. 2019-07, 9-3-2019; Ord. 20-03, - -2020; Ord. 2022-02, 2-1-2022)

Conditional uses in the multiple use district include:

   Airports.

   Below grade pipelines for transporting various energy related products to markets, including accessory uses associated to the pipeline.

   Data Center

   Drilling for any energy related products.

   Dude ranches; family vacation ranches.

   Electric substation.

   Electric transmission line.

   Forest industries, such as a sawmills, wood products plants, or others.

   Golf courses.

   Hydroelectric dams or facilities.

   Keeping, raising, slaughtering or marketing swine.

   Kennels.

   LPG gas, bulk distribution.

   Livestock and agricultural industries and businesses.

   Mines, quarries, gravel pits and crushers, concrete batching plants or asphalt plant, oil wells or steam wells.

   Petroleum relining and related activities.

   Plants for the production of electricity, powered by whatever power source is available.

   Private parks or recreational grounds or facilities, and private recreational camps or resorts, including accessory or supporting dwellings or dwelling complexes which are owned or managed by the recreational facility to which they are accessory or are under unified control.

   Public uses.

   Public utilities.

   Radio or television transmitting and relay station and towers.

   Rail off loading sites.

   Reservoirs.

   Single-family dwellings.

   Summer homes or cabins.

   Swine husbandry units.

   Telecommunication site/facility.

   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, including living quarters for guards or night watchmen, which buildings must be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work.

   Temporary worker housing facilities as provided in section 9-17-15 of this title.

   Tire recycling facility, provided a facility is not located closer than one mile to an inhabited dwelling, unless the owner gives permission in writing for a lesser distance. These requirements may be modified by the Planning Commission upon conditional use permit application.

   Two-family dwellings.

   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above.

(2004 Code § 10.16.030; amd. Ord. 2006-12, 11-13-2006; Ord. 2006-13, 11-13-2006; Ord. 2006-17, 11-13-2006; Ord. 2007-11, 12-3-2007; Ord. 2009-01, 1-5-2009; Ord. 2010-01, 2-16-2010; Ord. 2010-03, 5-3-2010; Ord. 2010-04, 6-7-2010; 2015 Code; Ord. 2016-02, 3-21-2016; Ord. 2021-09, 2-1-2022; Ord. 2024-07, 10-1-2024)

The minimum lot area for any dwelling shall be twenty (20) acres in the MU-20 Zone. (2004 Code § 10.16.040)

Width, frontage, yard and height regulations shall be as required by conditional use permit or by planned unit development approval; provided, that no such requirement shall be less restrictive than is required to meet the purposes of this chapter. (2004 Code § 10.16.050)

   A.   Private Garages And Accessory Buildings: Private garages and accessory buildings shall be located behind the main building and have a rear yard of five feet (5'), except that where a corner lot rear borders the side yard of an adjacent lot, the minimum rear yard for all buildings shall be ten feet (10'). (2004 Code § 10.16.060)

   B.   Set-Backs From Territorial City Limits And Historical Residential Districts: All confined concentrated animal feeding operations shall be located at least five (5) miles from the territorial limits of any incorporated city or town and from all residential zones in Beaver County, with conditions imposed to provide enhanced public health and safety. All confined concentrated animal feeding operations that are in place at the time of adoption of this subsection shall be grandfathered perpetually and allowed to make modifications to existing building or rebuild within the size of existing building. (See map on file in the County for setbacks.) All existing Agriculture Protection Zones within these areas are exempt from this subsection. All other intensive livestock operations shall be located at least two (2) miles from the territorial limits of any incorporated city or town. (Ord. 2018-05, 6-5-2018)

   C.   Written Permission For Disposal: No swine or animal waste from swine shall be allowed or disposed of within one mile of any structure or structures used in conjunction with a swine husbandry unit, without first obtaining permission, in writing, from the owner of the swine husbandry unit.

   D.   Odor, Dust, And Disease: All swine husbandry units or intensive livestock operations shall be constructed and operated so as to minimize odor, dust and the transmission of disease. (2004 Code § 10.16.060)

   E.   Set-Backs From Individual Dwellings (Not Contained In Areas Described In Subsection B Above): No building or structure or enclosure used in a confined concentrated animal feeding operation shall be constructed closer than one mile from a dwelling on the same or adjacent lots. Structures, buildings, waste storage or treatment facilities servicing a confined concentrated animal feeding operation shall only be constructed outside the one mile setback boundaries from a dwelling; however, if the owner is also the owner of the confined concentrated animal feeding operation or with written permission by the land owner, such structures, buildings, waste storage or treatment facilities may be constructed no closer than one hundred feet (100') from such a dwelling. Regarding all other intensive livestock operations, no building or structure or enclosure housing animals or fowl shall be constructed closer than one hundred feet (100') to a dwelling on the same or adjacent lots. Structures, buildings, waste storage or treatment facilities servicing an intensive livestock operation shall not be constructed closer than seven hundred fifty feet (750') from the nearest dwelling, provided, however, if the owner is also the owner of the intensive livestock operation, such structures, buildings, waste storage or treatment facilities shall not be constructed closer than one hundred feet (100') from such dwelling. (Ord. 2018-05, 6-5-2018)

   F.   Gravel Pit: Conditional use permits shall only be issued for a gravel pit in an MU-20 Zone after a bond for reclamation is posted with the County Treasurer as per title 10, chapter 7 of this Code, in the amount of ten cents ($0.10) per cubic yard as determined by the dimensions of the proposed gravel pit by the conditional use permit application. (2004 Code § 10.16.060; amd. 2015 Code)

   G.   Notice: Notice of a conditional use permit issued pursuant to this chapter may be made by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the local jurisdiction at least fourteen (14) days prior to the issuance of said conditional use permit.

   H.   Approval: All conditional use permits for rail off loading sites for transport of radioactive materials shall be approved by the Planning Commission and the County Commission.

   I.   Impact Fees: The County Commission may impose impact fees to pay for training and any equipment to detect the release of radioactive materials and to protect or treat the inhabitants of the County from accidents or other events associated with the proposed operation.

   J.   Radioactive Material Licenses: Any person who is required to obtain a radioactive material license under the Radiation Control Act found in Utah Code Annotated section 19-3-101 et seq., as amended, for a facility to be located in the unincorporated area of the County shall also be required to obtain a conditional use permit from the Planning Commission.

(2004 Code § 10.16.060; amd. Ord. 2024-07, 10-1-2024)