Monroe City Zoning Code

ALL BUSINESSES AND USES: Shall provide all Federal, State, and local licensing, permits, proof of insurance and ownership when requested by Monroe City Business licensing department.

DEFINITIONS:

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADUs): A habitable living unit added to, created within, or detached from a primary single-family dwelling and contained on one (1) lot.

1. Interior/Attached: Interior ADUs are located within the primary dwelling and are typically built through the conversion of existing space, such as an attic or basement. Attached ADUs are living spaces that are added on to the primary dwelling. The additional unit can be located to the side or rear of the primary structure, but can also be constructed on top of an attached garage.
2. Detached: Detached ADUs are structurally separate from the primary dwelling. They can be constructed over existing detached accessory structures, such as a garage, or they can be built as units that are separate from accessory and residential structures.

ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE: A detached subordinate structure or a use which is clearly incidental or subordinate to, and customarily found in connection with, the principal structure or use to which it is related, and which is located on the same lot as the principal structure or use. Accessory uses or structures may include, by way of example, but shall not be limited to the following: sports courts, swimming pools, detached garages, sheds, or similar.

AGRICULTURE: The commercial use of land or structures for the tilling of soil; raising, cultivating, or harvesting of crops; horticulture; the keeping or raising of domestic animals; and the storage, handling, packing, warehousing, transshipment, or processing of agricultural products. May include cleaning, sorting , dehydrating, refining, bottling, canning, or similar treatments that alter an agricultural product from its natural state for commercial distribution, but shall not include food preparation for immediate consumption, food service activities, or family or household scale production intended primarily for personal use.  

ANIMAL TRAINING FACILITY: The act of teaching animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli. Training may be for purposes such as companionship, detection, protection, and entertainment. Within municipal-code/13.7.11 limits.

ASSISTED LIVING CENTER: "Assisted Living Center" means residences that provide for semi-independent living. Such facilities may be:

1. Equipped with studio or one-bedroom apartments with limited kitchen facilities, generally designed for single occupancy;
2. Contain central dining facilities where prepared meals are served to the residents;
3. Employ full-time nursing or medical assistance and supervision; and
4. May provide other additional services to residents.
5. Licensing and regulatory requirements set by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.

AUTOMATIC CAR/TRUCK WASH: A facility for automatic or self-service washing or cleaning of cars/trucks. 

AUTOMOBILE REPAIR: General repair, building or reconditioning of engines, motor vehicles or trailers; collision service including body or frame repairs. Upholstering, replacement of parts and motor service to passenger cars or trucks. A facility for the painting of automobiles, truck, trailers, boats, or other travel or recreation vehicles or units.

AUTOMOBILE SALES: An open area used for display, sale, or rental of new or used motor vehicles, motor homes, recreation coaches, or recreation vehicles in operable condition.

AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS: A place of business where gasoline or any other motor fuel or lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and where deliveries are made directly into vehicles; and where services are performed which may include tire and tube repair, battery charging, storage of merchandise, lubricating of automobiles, automobile washing, and minor automobile repairs, but excluding major automobile repairs.

BANKING OR FINANCIAL SERVICE: A bank, credit union, savings and loan association, or other establishment with a primary purpose of receiving, lending, exchanging, or safeguarding money, or providing financial advisory service. This definition shall include outside drive-up facilities for service to customers in automobiles.

CAMPGROUND: An area of land upon which two (2) or more campsites are located, established, or maintained for occupancy for camping purposes for free or paying guests. Campgrounds are not intended to serve as residential areas or facilities.

CEMETERY, COLUMBARIUM, CREMATORY, MAUSOLEUM: Land or buildings used for the cremation, burial, or interment of the human dead but not including facilities for embalming.

CHILD CARE: The care and/or instruction of five (5) or more children other than members of the family residing on the premises for compensation, conducted under the conditions and regulations associated in this title with a home occupation. State and Local licensing required. 

CHURCH / RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS: A building set apart primarily for the purpose of worship in which religious services are held and which clergy is associated, the main body of which is kept for that use and not put to any other use inconsistent with its primary purpose, and which is tax-exempt under the laws of the State of Utah.

COMMERCIAL DOG KENNEL:  Means a place where five (5) or more dogs over six (6) months of age and or five (5) or more cats over six (6) months of age, irrespective of duration, are boarded, bred, bought, sold, exhibited or trained for compensation, but not including a pet shop, animal shelter veterinary clinic/hospital where boarding is incidental to treatment. 

CONVENIENCE GOODS SALES AND SERVICES: A retail establishment selling consumer products including prepared, prepackaged food, drink, or similar and compatible products. A convenience store may also provide associated retail sale of gasoline and other petroleum products. 

DAYCARE CENTER: A building or structure where six (6) or more children are regularly cared for during the day for compensation for commercial use. State and Local licensing required. 

EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND LEASING: An industry, which provides machinery, tools, and recreational vehicles to rent/lease as temporary, short-term use. 

FAMILY FOOD OR RECREATIONAL PRODUCTION: Domestic animals for pets or family food and/or recreational production. See section 13.7.11

GENERAL MERCHANDISE SALES AND RELATED SERVICES: Stores or shops intended for retail sales of goods and services are those generally needed for daily home consumption and for which locations near residential neighborhoods are considered desirable. This category includes a grocery store, drug store, variety store, hardware store, dry cleaning, electrical, carpenter, plumbing or heating shop, printing, publishing shop and uses considered similar and compatible.

GREENHOUSE/NURSERY: An enclosed structure enclosed and used for the cultivation or protection of tender plants. If the product of the greenhouse/nursery is sold a business license will be required by the City.

HOME OCCUPATION: Any activity conducted entirely within the primary dwelling unit which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the building. A home occupation shall employ no one except members of the family who are residing in the dwelling, shall not physically change the building to the extent that it would alter the residential character of the building or the residential atmosphere of the local neighborhood, shall not generate unreasonable vehicular or pedestrian traffic for the primary, residential use, and shall not create a demand for municipal services or impact public facilities and infrastructure beyond that which is typical for the primary, residential use.

HOME OFFICE: A business office of a firm that conducts management and business functions from a home. Office-like setup on the home of a self-employed person. A conditional use permit will be required if any of the following apply: manufacturing, storing products, parking or storing vehicles or equipment.

INDOOR RECREATION: A building or structure which contains sports or recreation facilities, including but not limited to indoor swimming pools, ice arenas, sport courts, exercise centers, climbing walls, roller rinks, bowling alleys, miniature golf, batting cages, billiard halls, video arcade, game arcade, and minor retail sales and services customarily associated with and accessory to such facilities.

INSTRUCTIONAL STUDIO: An instructional studio is a dedicated learning space offering structured, instructor-led classes such as dance, gymnastics, and other similar activities (e.g., fitness, movement arts, creative enrichment).

INTERNAL ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT:  Interior ADUs are located within the primary dwelling and are typically built through the conversion of existing space, such as an attic or basement. Attached ADUs are living spaces that are added on to the primary dwelling. The additional unit can be located to the side or rear of the primary structure, but can also be constructed on top of an attached garage.

LABORATORY: A building or group of buildings in which are located facilities for scientific research, investigation, testing, or experimentation, but not including facilities for manufacture of products for sale.

LAUNDROMAT: An establishment in which patrons wash, dry or dry-clean clothing and other fabrics in coin-operated, self-service machines.

LUMBER SALES AND STORAGE: The sale and display of lumber and building supplies, including the outside storage of lumber and related merchandise

MANUFACTURING: The assembly, fabrication, processing, production, treatment, or packaging of goods, materials, or products, including the use of previously prepared, partially processed, raw, or bulk materials. Such activities may occur entirely within enclosed buildings or involve outdoor operations, equipment, or storage, and may generate noise, smoke, fumes, odors, glare, vibration, dust, traffic, or other potential impacts. Manufacturing uses shall be conducted in a manner that minimizes adverse effects on surrounding properties and the environment. 

MEDICAL FACILITIES: Offices, clinics, and facilities devoted to treatment and care of human illness or injury; includes health, hospital, and dental facilities, but does not include assisted living centers, nursing homes, or residential facilities for the elderly or disabled.

MORTUARY, FUNERAL HOME: An establishment in which the human dead are prepared for burial or cremation. The facility may include a chapel for the conduct of funeral services, spaces for informal gatherings, and related accessory uses. 

MULTIPLE BUSINESS COMPLEX: A group of structures housing at least two separate businesses or agencies, or a single structure containing more than one business with separating walls and at least one outside access for each business which shares a common lot, access and/or parking facility.

MUNICIPAL FACILITIES: Those improved properties owned by a municipality, or the public.

NURSING HOME: An institution providing residence and care for the aged or infirm.

OUTDOOR RECREATION, PARK OR PLAYGROUND (PUBLIC OR PRIVATE): An area free of buildings except for restrooms, dressing rooms, equipment storage and maintenance buildings, and open-air pavilions and used primarily for recreation activities not involving motor vehicles or overnight use.

OUTDOOR RECREATION, USES: Recreational, leisure-based activity designed for personal enjoyment. Activities may include hiking, camping, biking, swimming, off-highway vehicles and similar motorized vehicles for recreational activities. the Land Use Authority may also determine other outdoor recreation activities like those listed above that are consistent with this section. 

PARCEL DELIVERY, DROP OFF and PICKUP SERVICE: A commercial establishment where parcels and packages are received, sorted, and dispatched for delivery. The use typically includes indoor package handling and associated office functions, along with the parking, staging, and dispatch of multiple delivery vehicles. Includes general retail customer service for package drop‑off and pick‑up.

PARKING LOT - PUBLIC PARKING: Any place, structure or area owned or leased by the City and operated as an off-street parking facility, for motor vehicle parking of four (4) or more parking spaces. 

PERSONAL SERVICES: Establishments primarily involved in providing personal grooming and related services. This definition shall include aestheticians, barbershops, beauty parlors and other places where hairdressing, facials, and manicures are performed, tailors, and massage services, but not laundries, dry cleaners, or medical facilities. Health Department and/or State Permit/license required.

PHARMACY: the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs.

POWER GENERATION (EXCLUDING SOALR AND WATER GENERATION); Signifies the process of creating electrical energy from other forms of energy. 

PRESCHOOL: An educational or teaching facility designed for pre-kindergarten age children including kindergarten preparation, music lessons, etc.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE: A place intended for the conduct of a recognized learned business profession. Other professions so defined would include, but not be limited to accountants, architects, engineers, and lawyers. The definition does not allow for in-patient care facilities or sexually-oriented businesses.

PUBLIC BUILDING: Any building owned, leased or held by the United States, the state, the county, the City, a special district, school district, or any other agency or political subdivision of the state or the United States, which building is used for governmental purposes.

RECEPTION CENTER / RECEPTION HALLS. A facility for the holding of events including but not limited to weddings, weeding receptions, community meetings, and group gatherings. 

RECREATION, COMMERCIAL: Recreation facilities operated as a business on private or public property and open to the public for a fee, such as a golf course, ski lift, tennis court, etc, and support facilities customarily associated with the development.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND TRAVEL TRAILER PARK: Any area where one (1) or more lots or campsites are rented for relatively short-term occupancy to users of travel trailers, recreational vehicles, or tents.

REPAIR SERVICES, SMALL APPLIANCE OR EQUIPMENT: An establishment for the repair of household or other small appliances or equipment. No such appliances or their parts shall be stored outdoors.

RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY: A residence in which more than one (1) person with a disability resides and which is licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under §26B of Utah State Code (as amended) or which is licensed or certified by the Department of Health under §57-21 of Utah State Code (as amended).

RESTAURANT, CAFES, FAST FOOD, DRIVE-IN: An establishment distinguished from a traditional sit-down restaurant in that service is provided from a counter or window for consumption either off or on the premises.

SCHOOL: Any public or private educational facility, including, but not limited to, child daycare facilities, nursery schools, preschools, kindergartens, elementary schools, primary schools, intermediate schools, junior high schools, middle schools, high schools, vocational schools, secondary schools, continuation schools, special education schools, junior colleges and universities. School includes the school grounds but does not include the facilities used primarily for another purpose and only incidentally as a school. 

SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER: A government-sponsored public building, other than a church or school, serving the social and recreational needs of the elderly. Such a center may include a meeting hall and cooking and dining facilities for large groups but shall not provide overnight lodging.

SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS: A business at which any nude or partially denuded individual, regardless of whether the nude or partially denuded individual is an employee of the sexually oriented business or an independent contractor, performs any service for compensation. Sexually oriented business includes an escort service or an adult service as those terms are defined in §10-8-41.5 of Utah State Code (as amended).

SHORT-TERM RENTAL: A residential structure located on a legal lot and offering transient lodging accommodations in separate guest rooms and where meals may be provided. It is the rental of any house or part of a house for less than thirty (30) days. Applicants must meet all applicable requirements of the building code and this ordinance as adopted by the City. municipal-code/13.7.8

SOLAR POWER GENERATON: Energy generated by using energy that comes from the sun's light and heat. 

STABLE: A building in which domestic animals, such as horses, ponies, and cattle are sheltered and fed, having stalls or compartments. Within municipal-code/13.7.11 limits. 

STORAGE (OUTDOOR): The use of an open unenclosed area of the lot for the storage of recreational vehicles, automobiles and other equipment. This use category does not include or allow the storage of junk.

STORAGE, UNIT: The rental of storage space (such as rooms, lockers, containers, and/or outdoor space), to tenants, usually on a short-term basis (often month-to-month). Self-storage tenants include businesses and individuals.

THEATER: A theater is a place where people go to see plays and other performances. 

THERAPEUTIC SCHOOL: A residential group living facility:

1. For four (4) or more individuals who are not related to the owner of the facility or the primary service provider of the facility;
2. That serves students who have a history of failing to function at home, in a public school or in a nonresidential private school; or
3. That offers room and board and an academic education integrated with specialized structure and supervision or services or treatment related to a disability, an emotional development, a behavioral development, a familial development, or social development.

TINY HOME COMMUNITY/VILLAGE: A single parcel of land, not organized as a subdivision, containing more than one (1) tiny home and no other type of dwelling unit.

TRADE SHOP: A building designed and equipped for carrying on the trades and uses of metalworking, woodworking, welding, plumbing, machine work, electrical work and glasswork and includes contracting in these trades.

VETERINARY CLINIC: A location for the treatment of small or large animals. Animals may be kept overnight or for short periods of time for treatment.

WAREHOUSE: A building or premises in which goods, merchandise or equipment are stored for eventual distribution. 

WHOLESALE BUSINESS:The sale of goods to a person or company who may sell products to the ultimate consumer. Includes sale of products in bulk for further repackaging.