Vernal City Zoning Code

1. The agricultural zone (A-1) is established to provide areas in which agricultural pursuits can be contained within the municipality. The A-1 zone is designed and intended to protect agricultural uses from encroachment of urban development until such time as residential, commercial or industrial uses in such areas become necessary and desirable. Uses permitted in the A-1 zone, in addition to agricultural uses, must be incidental thereto and should not change the basic agricultural character of the zone. Conversion of the agricultural zone to zones allowing urban uses should be accomplished in an orderly and progressive manner, with no "leapfrogging" encroachments of such uses or developments into the agricultural area. The A-1 zone is characterized by large lots intermixed with single-family dwellings.
2. In order to accomplish the objectives and purposes of this chapter and to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of this zone, the following regulations shall apply in the A-1 agricultural zone.

(PZSC § 03-17-001)

The following buildings, structures and uses of land shall be permitted in the A-1 agricultural zone upon compliance with requirements set forth in this title:

1. Agriculture including, but not limited to, raising of row crops, grains and fruits, and buildings incidental to the use of the land for agricultural purposes;
2. The raising and grazing of animals and fowl including the supplementary or full feeding of such animals and fowl, as follows:
   1. Four (4) horses, or four (4) cattle, or four (4) llamas, or four (4) emus, or four (4) ostriches, or eight (8) sheep, swine or goats and their suckling offspring, or a combination thereof, may be kept for each one (1) acre of agricultural use lot area, and further provided that no animal shall be kept on lots containing less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of agricultural use lot,
   2. Fowl,
   3. The keeping and raising of not more than eight (8) hogs more than sixteen (16) weeks old; provided, that no person shall feed any such hog any market refuse, house refuse, garbage or offal other than that purchased on the premises;
   4. Household pets not to exceed a combination of four (4) pets over the age of four (4) months.
3. Building, Agricultural
4. Cannabis Production Establishment
   
5. One-family dwellings and buildings accessory thereto including dwelling, internal additional;
6. Water reservoirs and water facilities; oil and gas wells;
7. Public utility buildings and facilities, and airports;
8. Schools and churches; parks and golf courses;
9. Temporary buildings and yards for storage of construction materials and equipment incidental and necessary to construction uses otherwise permitted in this zone. A permit therefor shall be valid for not more than one (1) year and shall not be renewable at the same location;
10. Home occupations in accordance with Chapter 16.22 of this title.
11. Day care nursery's which have been approved by the State Health and Welfare Department and are eligible for licensing by the State.
12. Urban farms.
13. Towers
    1. Amateur radio.
    2. Low power radio.
    3. Small cellular.
       
14. Portable Storage Container

(PZSC § 03-17-002) (Ord. No. 96-12, Amended, 06-19-96; Ord. No. 96-17, Amended, 07-17-96)
(Ord. 2017-11, Amended, 08/16/2017; Ord. 2017-01, Amended, 01/18/2017)

The following uses shall be permitted only when authorized by a conditional use permit as provided in Chapter 16.14 of this title:

1. Residential facilities for the elderly for eight (8) or less individuals, owned by one (1) of the individuals or an immediate family member of one (1) of the individuals residing at the facility or for which the title has been placed in trust for a resident, that also complies with the following:
   1. The facility conforms to all applicable health, safety and building codes,
   2. The facility is capable of use as a residential facility for elderly persons without structural or landscaping alterations that would change the structure's residential nature,
   3. No other residential facility for elderly persons shall be established within three-quarters (3/4) of a mile of another existing residential facility for elderly persons or residential facility for handicapped persons;
2. Residential facilities for the handicapped for eight (8) or less individuals under the supervision of a house family or manager on a twenty-four (24) hour per day basis and complying with Department of Human Services standards and requirements and be operated by or operated under contract with that department, that also complies with the following:
   1. No person being treated for alcoholism or drug abuse shall be placed in a residential facility for handicapped persons,
   2. No person who is violent shall be placed in a residential facility for handicapped persons,
   3. Placement in a residential facility for handicapped persons shall be on a strictly voluntary basis and shall not be a part of, or in lieu of confinement, rehabilitation or treatment in a correctional institution,
   4. The facility shall conform to all applicable health, safety and building codes,
   5. The facility is capable of use as a residential facility for handicapped persons without structural or landscaping alterations that would change the structure's residential nature,
   6. No other residential facility for handicapped persons shall be established within three-quarters (3/4) of a mile of another existing residential facility for elderly persons or residential facility for handicapped persons,
   7. That the operator of the facility shall establish a City advisory committee through which all complaints and concerns of neighbors shall be initially addressed,
   8. The operator of the facility shall provide adequate off-street parking.
3. Bed and Breakfast Homes as outlined at 16.22.035 of this Title.

(PZSC § 03-17-003)
(Ord. No. 94-17, Amended, 8/11/94)

Each dwelling shall be located on a lot containing at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of land.

(PZSC § 03-17-004)

The minimum width of any building site for a dwelling shall be one hundred (100) feet measured at a distance of thirty (30) feet back from the front lot line.

(PZSC § 03-17-005)

All buildings and structures shall be set back at least thirty (30) feet from the front lot line.

(PZSC § 03-17-006)

1. All dwellings and other main buildings shall be set back from the side property line a distance of at least eight (8) feet and the total distance of the two (2) side setbacks shall be at least twenty (20) feet.
2. The minimum setback for accessory buildings shall be the same as for the main building except that no side setback shall be required for accessory buildings located twelve (12) feet or more in back of the dwelling.
3. On corner lots, the side setback from the street for any dwelling, accessory building or other main building shall not be less than twenty (20) feet.

(PZSC § 03-17-006 (2))

1. For interior lots, all dwellings and other main buildings shall be set back from the rear property line a distance of at least thirty (30) feet. Accessory buildings shall be set back at least one (1) foot from the rear property line.
2. For corner lots, all dwellings and other main buildings shall be set back from the rear property line a distance of at least thirty (30) feet, except that for dwellings having an attached garage or carport, the setback shall not be less than twenty (20) feet. Accessory buildings on corner lots shall be set back from the rear property line a distance of not less than eight (8) feet.

(PZSC § 03-17-006 (3))

The maximum height of any building measured from grade to the square of the building shall be twenty (20) feet, and the minimum height of any building shall be eight (8) feet. Where the ground or square of the building is uneven in height, the average elevation shall apply. Chimneys, flagpoles, television antennas, church towers, silos, barns and similar structures not used for human occupancy are excluded in determining height.

(PZSC § 03-17-009)

No dwelling shall be located a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from a public street.

(PZSC § 03-17-010)