Nephi City Zoning Code

Combined Use 1 Zone (CU1) is established to allow primarily commercial development with some limited higher density residential uses along major traffic thoroughfares and to provide standards to assure quality development and efficient traffic flow.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

A. Permitted Uses: In the Combined Use 1 Zone (CU1) , no building, land, or use shall be constructed, changed, or expanded, which is arranged, intended, or designed to be used for anything other than one or more of the following uses, which may be required to be reasonably dispersed throughout the community:

Advertising services

Antique store

Apparel and accessory clothing or shoe store

Art gallery or artist studio

Assembly buildings (public and private)

Bakery (retail)

Banking or financial service

Book store, stationery and hobby supplies, or similar use

Catering, food services

Church, except temporary revival tent or building

Civic or cultural club or services

Construction services including a show room or office (storage of materials must be contained within a storage building that meets all applicable safety, fire, and hazard codes)

Counseling services (such as therapy, nutrition, or life coaching)

Craft store, or craft production (on-site, customer produced) including, but not limited to: pottery, painting, woodcrafts, sewing; no outdoor odors or outside storage

Daycare, family

Daycare, group

Dry cleaning establishment

Dwelling, apartments above commercial business (see mixed use building)

Dwelling, internal accessory (dwelling) unit or IADU if in a single family, owner occupied, detached home and meeting all other requirements of Nephi City Code

Dwelling, single family

Dwelling, apartments vertical

Dwelling, condominiums vertical

Electrical appliance repair, service and sales

Employment services

Entertainment center including, but not limited to: arcade, laser-tag, virtual reality, ax-throwing, escape room, etc.

Furniture, home furnishings, appliances, and equipment retail sales (all supplies and equipment need to be stored within a storage building that meets all applicable safety, fire, and hazard codes)

Gardening center for the sale of plants, trees, shrubs, gardening supplies, and implements

Gardening, horticulture, and landscaping

General merchandise sales and service (retail)

Government or quasi-government services

Grocery, supermarket, or food store (neighborhood)

Gym, health club, or spa

Hardware store (retail)

Home occupations

Hospital

Hotel, motel

Instructional academy

Instructional academy, home (such as a preschool)

Jewelry store including, but not limited to: watch, clock, or jewelry repair, and engraving

Laundromat

Liquor store

Medical treatment offices including, but not limited to: physician clinic, dentist, optometrist, physical therapy, chiropractic, ultrasound, massage therapy, lasik eye center, or hearing treatment center

Miscellaneous personal services

Miscellaneous small item repair services (no odors, or outside storage)

Miscellaneous retail trade (no odors, or outside storage)

Mixed use building including commercial retail or service as well as residential units above (see dwelling, apartments - above commercial business)

Model home sales office

Mortuary, funeral home

Music store (retail)

Office including, but not limited to: business, government or professional

Office Services (retail) including, but not limited to: shipping, delivery, mail, printing and other temporary office services

Pet grooming (completely enclosed within building, no outside kennels, or animal pens)

Pet store (completely enclosed within building, no outside kennels, or animal pens)

Pharmacy

Photography, photographic processing or supply, and picture framing

Printing and publishing

Public park and recreation facilities

Public services

Public utility stations

Repair or alteration services including, but not limited to, clothing, or shoes

Restaurant, traditional  (not drive-in)

Service salon, including, but not limited to: tanning, hair, barber, esthetic, or nail

Schools, public or private

Senior citizens center

Signs (if in compliance with Chapter 10.18 of this code)  

Sporting goods store (retail) including, but not limited to, bicycles, bow shop, kayaks, and like recreation items

Theater, cinema, or concert hall

Thrift store, second-hand store (retail)

Veterinarian services or clinic (for small animals only on-site; completely enclosed within the main building; no outside kennels, or animal pens)

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

1. Lot Size (Area) and Density: The minimum lot size (area) and density shall apply in the CU1 zone:
2. Single-family dwelling - the minimum lot size (area) for single-family, dwelling units shall be not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet, or approximately .1837 net acres per dwelling unit. The minimum density is five and 0.445 (5.445) units per net acre (gross acres less dedicated rights-of-way) for single-family dwelling units.
3. Multi-unit dwellings built horizontally - the minimum lot size (area) for multiple-family dwelling units built horizontally shall not be less than seven-thousand, six-hundred, and twenty (7,260) square feet per unit, or approximately .1667 net acres per dwelling unit. The minimum density is six (6) units per net acre (gross acres less dedicated roads) for a multiple-unit development built horizontally.
4. Multi-unit dwellings built vertically - the minimum lot size for any multi-unit dwellings built vertically shall be not less than seven-thousand, six-hundred, and twenty (7,260) square feet per unit on the bottom level, and no less than three-thousand, six-hundred, thirty (3,630) square feet for every unit on the second or third level, which is fifty (50%) percent of the bottom level required square footage. The minimum density per acre will vary with this method.
5. Commercial units - the minimum lot size (area) for commercial units shall be not less than eight-thousand (8,000) square feet, or approximately .1837 net acres per commercial unit on the bottom level, and no less than four-thousand (4,000) square feet, or approximately .0918 net acres for every unit on the second or third level, which is fifty (50%) percent of the bottom level required square footage.
6. Maximum Units Multiple-Family Dwellings: The maximum number of dwelling units allowed in any multi-family dwelling structure shall be six (6) per bank of units.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

The minimum width of any lot or parcel in the CU1 zone shall be seventy (70) feet for the first dwelling unit, with an additional ten (10) feet of width for each additional dwelling unit.  The minimum width of any lot or parcel for a commercial use in this zone shall be one-hundred (100) feet. 

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

1. The following shall be the minimum yard setback requirements for main buildings in the CU1 zone:
2. Side Yards (Main Buildings) Single Family Dwelling Units: The side yard for any main building for a single family dwelling unit main building shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet on one side, with the total width of the two (2) side yards not less than eighteen (18) feet together, in total. The side yard for any corner lot main building shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet on the interior lot line, and not less than twenty (20) feet on the lot line that abuts the city street; with the total width of the two (2) side yards not less than twenty-eight (28) feet in total.
3. Side Yards (Main Buildings) Multiple Family Dwelling Units: The minimum side yard for multi-family dwelling main building shall be ten (10) feet, and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be not less than twenty (20) feet, in total; except on a corner lot, which shall allow for ten (10) feet on the interior side, and twenty (20) feet on the side that abuts the city street.
4. Side Yards (Main Buildings) Commercial Units: There shall be no side yard setback requirement for nonresidential uses that abut another nonresidential use; except corner lots, which shall be set back twenty (20) feet on the side of the lot that abuts the city street; and if the lot abuts or is adjacent to a residential use, a ten (10) feet interior side yard setback shall be required.
5. Front Yard All Residential Dwelling Units: Front yard setbacks for all dwelling units shall be thirty (30) feet, unless an exception applies.
6. Front Yard Exception: On blocks within the original Nephi block system where lots (containing existing dwellings) occupy at least fifty (50) percent of the standard city block frontage of four-hundred, twenty-nine (429) feet, the front yard setback may be the average of the existing dwelling's setbacks fronting on the same street, but in no case shall be less than twenty (20) feet.
7. Front Yard Commercial Units: Front yard setbacks for commercial uses shall be at least twenty (20) feet; and development within the front yard areas for commercial properties shall comply with provisions of section 10-14-1 of this title.
8. Rear Yard: The minimum rear yard for all main buildings shall be thirty (30) feet.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

1.  Side Yard Setbacks for Accessory Buildings in the CU1 Zone:
2. Side yard setbacks from the property line for an accessory building, located to the rear of a main building, shall be not less than one (1) foot to the roof dripline on interior lots, and on corner lots the setback shall be not less than twenty (20) feet as measured to the roof dripline that abuts the street.
3. Side yard setbacks from the property line for an accessory building, located to the side of a main building, shall be not less than eight (8) feet as measured to the roof dripline on interior lots, and on corner lots the setback shall be not less than twenty (20) feet as measured to the roof dripline that abuts the street.
4. Front Yard Setbacks for Accessory Buildings:
5. Front yard setbacks from the property line for all accessory buildings shall not be less than thirty (30) feet as measured to the roof dripline.
6. Rear Yard Setbacks for Accessory Buildings:
7. Rear yard setbacks from the property line for all accessory buildings shall not be less than one (1) foot as measured to the roof dripline.
8. Separation for Accessory Buildings: There shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet of separation between the closest point of any accessory building and any other building, including main or accessory buildings on site, or neighboring buildings, as measured from the outside wall of the main floor of both structures.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

Building Height and Size Regulations in the CU1 Zone:

1. No building shall be erected to a height greater than three (3) stories or forty-five feet (45'), whichever is lower; and

2. no building shall have a larger base foundation footprint than five-thousand (5,000) square feet; and

3. no building shall be greater than fifteen-thousand (15,000) square feet total building size.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023; Ord. 09-05-2023, 09-05-2023

The development of all sites in the CU1 zone for commercial use shall follow performance standards contained in Chapter 10.14.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023; Ord. 07-11-2023, 07-11-2023

Outside storage shall be completely screened, by landscaping or opaque fencing, from view from any public street or abutting properties. This does not apply to representative displays of materials for sale, but does apply to general inventories, miscellaneous merchandise, stockpiles, etc.

HISTORY:

Ord. 6-05-07, 6-6-2007; amd. Ord. 09-21-2021-A, 9-21-2021