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Escalante City Zoning Code

10.44 Multi-Family

Residential District R-M-7

10.44.010 Purpose

To provide and protect areas for medium density, residential neighborhoods while allowing limited establishment of public and quasi-public uses which serve the requirements of the neighborhood.

10.44.020 Permitted Uses

  1. Tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, and gardening.
  2. Single-family dwelling.
    1. Animals and fowl for recreation or for family food production for the primary use of persons residing on the premises.
  3. Two-family dwelling.
    1. Household pets.
  4. Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to permitted uses.
  5. Vacation rentals
  6. Accessory Dwelling Unit
  7. Home occupation (conditions may apply).
  8. Licensed child day care or nursery
  9. Park or Playground.
  10. Public Utilities.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2019-01 on 2/5/2019
Amended by Ord. 2019-09 on 8/20/2019
Amended by Ord. 2020-07 on 10/20/2020
Amended by Ord. 2021-01 on 6/15/2021
Amended by Ord. 2024-03 on 2/6/2024

10.44.030 Conditional Uses

  1. Dwellings
    1. Three-family dwellings.
    2. Four-family dwellings.
    3. Multi-family dwellings.
    .
  2. Essential services.
  3. Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to conditional uses.
  4. Planned Unit Development.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2017-08 on 6/20/2017
Amended by Ord. 2019-01 on 2/5/2019
Amended by Ord. 2020-07 on 10/20/2020

10.44.035 Prohibited Uses

Any use not expressly identified as a use allowed within Escalante City, as either a Permitted, Conditional, or Temporary Use, is hereby determined to be a prohibited Use.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 2020-07 on 10/20/2020

10.44.040 Height Regulations

No main building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height above existing grade. No dwelling structure shall be less than one (1) story.

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2024-14 on 8/6/2024

10.44.050 Density Regulations

Units
R-M-7
First Unit
1/4 acre
Each Additional Unit
4,000 sq. ft.

10.44.060 Area, Width, And Yard Requirements

Yard Size In Feet
ZoneMinimum AreaMinimum WidthFrontSideRear
R-M-71/4 acre75'25'10'10'
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2015-03 on 4/7/2015

10.44.070 Signs

Signs permitted in the multi-family residential district shall be limited to the following:

  1. One (1) civic sign, not to exceed sixteen (16) square feet in sign area.
  2. One (1) development sign, not to exceed eight (8) square feet in sign area.
  3. One (1) Real Estate sign, not to exceed eight (8) square feet in sign area.
  4. One (1) residential sign, not to exceed two (2) square feet in sign area for the resident of a building, and
  5. One (1) residential sign, not to exceed eight (8) square feet for name and address of a multiple-family residential building.

10.44.080 Modifying Regulations

  1. Area: The minimum lot area shall be 1/4 acre (10,000 square feet) for the first one-family dwelling, with four thousand (4,000) square feet for each additional dwelling unit.
  2. Side Yards: Side yard setback on a street yard of a corner lot shall be the same as the front yard setback required for the district.
  3. Private garages and accessory buildings located at least ten (10) feet behind the main building may have a side yard of two (2) feet provided that all corner lots maintain a setback of twenty-five (25) feet on the street side.
  4. Rear Yards: Private garages and accessory buildings located at least ten (10) feet behind the main building may have a rear yard of two (2) feet, provided that on corner lots rearing the side of another lot the minimum rear yard for all buildings shall be the same as the minimum side yard requirement of the zoning district.

2019-01

2019-09

2020-07

2021-01

2024-03

2017-08

2024-14

2015-03