Weber County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

1. The purpose of the commercial zones is to provide suitable areas for the location of the various types of commercial activity needed to serve the people and commerce of unincorporated Weber County. It is also to separate uses into four zones, based upon compatible and complementary types of activity, as well as intensity and impacts of land utilization and accessory use needs.
2. The Commercial Recreation CR-1 Zone is established for the purpose of providing commercial services, goods, and facilities which are normally required by the public in the pursuit of nearby recreation or resort activities, and which are compatible with the general surrounding natural environment. This zone was previously named CVR-1 Zone. Any CVR-1 zone labels or references shown on the zoning map, in this Land Use Code, or elsewhere are references to this CR-1 zone.
3. The Neighborhood Commercial C-1 Zone (is established for the purpose of providing shopping facilities and services that are more likely to be primarily patronized by those in the surrounding neighborhood. Commercial uses that are primarily patronized by those outside the surrounding neighborhood are less suitable for this zone.
4. The Community Commercial C-2 Zone is established for the purpose of providing a broad range of commercial services and goods to serve a larger community area. These areas are intended to be clustered around traditional town or village centers and not strung out along the highways.
5. The Regional Commercial C-3 Zone is established for the purpose of providing commercial goods and services that are more likely to be patronized by those in the surrounding region.

(Ord. of 1956, § 18-1)

1. The following tables display the uses permitted, conditionally permitted, or not permitted in these agricultural zones. The letter "P" indicates a permitted use in the zone. The letter "C" indicates a use that requires a conditional use permit, as governed by Title 108 Chapter 4, in the zone. The letter "N" indicates a use that is prohibited in the zone.
2. A use listed in another zone but not listed in a zone herein is also prohibited.
3. A use listed is a main use, unless specifically described as an accessory use.
4. All uses listed are indoor uses, unless explicitly stated otherwise with the terms "outdoor" or "yard."
5. When a use fits more than one use listed in these tables, the more specific or more restrictive provision applies.

(Ord. of 1956, § 18-5; Ord. No. 10-83; Ord. No. 2-85; Ord. No. 16-89; Ord. No. 95-19; Ord. No. 96-42; Ord. No. 97-20; Ord. No. 20-94; Ord. No. 30-94; Ord. No. 2015-7, Exh. A, 5-5-2015)

1. Manufacturing uses. All manufacturing uses shall be done within a completely enclosed building in an effort to mitigate objectionable nuisances such as odor, dust, smoke, noise, heat, or vibration.
   
2. Car wash. A car wash shall be subject to the following restrictions:
   1. Car wash facilities shall be set back from the street right-of-way at least 60 feet. The frontage of the lot shall, for a depth of at least 30 feet, be reserved for future street-front commercial buildings and related improvements.
   2. The off-street vehicle spaces or queues required shall be as follows: 
      1. One bay car wash, four spaces in the approach lane;
      2. Two bay car wash, three spaces in the approach lane for each wash bay;
      3. Three or more bay car wash, two spaces in the approach lane for each wash bay.
3. Complete street.
   1. A complete street, as defined in Chapter 101-2, shall be installed to span the street-frontage of the lot for the width of existing or proposed completed improvements, including parking facilities and required landscaped area. If this width is 75 percent of the lot width or greater, the complete street shall span the lot's entire street-frontage in the commercial zone.
      1. Modification of existing site improvements that affect less than 25 percent of the lot area is exempt from complete street requirements.
      2. For portions of a lot's frontage in the commercial zone where a complete street is not required by this Subsection (c)(1), a 10-foot wide sidewalk is required, as prescribed by the Planning Division Director after consultation with the County Engineer.
   2. A complete street design shall include a ten-foot pedestrian pathway or sidewalk, pedestrian lighting, shade trees, appropriate clear view of intersection, and shall also include safe street crossings for pedestrians in no greater than 300-foot intervals. The complete street design, tree species and planting techniques, and pedestrian lighting are subject to approval by the Planning Division Director, after consultation with the County Engineer.
      
4. Perpetual building maintenance agreement. When permitted by this chapter as a way to allow reduced side or rear setbacks, a perpetual building maintenance agreement is required between the building owner and the affected adjacent property owner, which shall allow for construction and maintenance of the side or rear of a commercial building, and shall:
   1. be reviewed for compliance with this section by the Planning Division and County Attorney's Office;
   2. place responsibility on the building owner for prompt repairs and maintenance of the side or rear of the building;
   3. require allowances of access to the property for repairs and maintenance purposes;
   4. be signed by the owner of the commercial building and the adjacent property owner to be considered valid; and be recorded on the title of both properties.
5. Cross-access and cross-access easement. Access to adjacent existing or future development without the need to access the public right-of-way is in the interest of public safety. As such, at a minimum, each developed lot or parcel shall have two points of ingress and egress, at least one of which shall be stubbed to adjacent property where practicable.
   1. When locating a cross-access easement or designing the cross-access infrastructure, good faith efforts shall be made to coordinate the location and design with the adjoining land owner.
   2. The Planning Division Director may require the cross-access to be located in a manner that optimizes traffic circulation on the properties or in the area.
   3. Construction of the cross-access infrastructure shall be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any structure on the lot or parcel, or a completion bond may substitute for completion if allowed by the County Engineer.
   4. When a lot or parcel is being developed that abuts an existing cross-access easement or existing cross-access infrastructure, a reciprocal cross-access easement shall be provided on the same lot line or parcel line in the same location and of equal width. The reciprocal cross-access infrastructure shall be constructed to the same standard as, or better than, the existing cross-access infrastructure on the adjacent parcel. A cross-access easement shall be recorded on the title of all affected properties, along with a perpetual operation and maintenance agreement between the property owners that specifies, at a minimum, that the infrastructure will be operated and maintained by the property owners in a manner that is safe and usable for two-way vehicle traffic.
   5. If property owners fail to operate or maintain cross-access infrastructure that was required by the County under this section, the County may pursue enforcement measures as provided in this Land Use Code.
6. Recreation resort. The following additional standards apply to recreational resort uses:
   1. All projects shall consist of a minimum of ten percent commercial area.
   2. Multiple or mixed uses shall be allowed in a single building. For example, a building housing condominium rental apartments may also include restaurants, gift shops and sports clothing stores.
   3. In approving site plans, the Land Use Authority shall find that proposed buildings and uses are sized in proportion to the recreational amenities for which they will provide goods and services. For example, a golf or ski resort may have a small grocery and sporting goods store, but neither should be sized to be an attraction independent of the provided recreational amenity. In other words, the recreational amenity remains the attraction.
   4. The development standards for a recreation resort are as follows:
      1. Area. There is no minimum lot area, but the following minimum overall project development area is required for the uses specified, but never less than two and one-half acres:
         1. 7,500 square feet of overall net developable area, as defined in Section 101-2, per building;
         2. Plus 2,000 square feet of overall net developable area for each dwelling unit in excess of two dwelling units per building;
         3. Plus 500 square feet of overall net developable area for each lockout sleeping room.
      2. Width. There is no minimum lot width, but the overall project development width shall be no less than 150 feet at any point.
      3. Setback. The minimum setbacks from the overall project development boundary is 30 feet, except as otherwise required by this or any other county ordinance.
         
7. Storage unit. When allowed by Section 104-20-3, and unless exempted herein, storage units are allowed if located on the same lot or parcel with street-facing commercial space. The use shall comply with the following:
   1. Storage units shall be located behind or above building area that provides or reserves ground-floor street-facing commercial space. The building providing ground-floor street-facing commercial space shall be designed by an architect and shall:
      1. Provide street-facing commercial space that is at the street level and extends the entire length of the building's street-facing facade;
      2. Be set back from the front property line, or side lot line for a corner lot's side that fronts on a street, no greater than 20 feet;
      3. Have one or more main entrance(s) accessible from the street right-of-way on the building's street-facing facade;
      4. Have at least 50 percent glazing for the part of a building's facade(s) that provide(s) ground-floor street-facing commercial space;
      5. Have at least 30 percent glazing for the part of a building's facade(s) that do(es) not provide ground-floor street-facing commercial space;
      6. Appear from the exterior as if office or residential space is offered in the area housing the storage units; and
      7. Comply with the architectural design theme specified in the respective general plan.
   2. If located in a separate onsite building than the building providing the ground-floor street-facing commercial space specified in Subsection (g)(1) herein, the separate building shall be located behind the building with ground-floor street-facing commercial space, and shall be no wider than the building providing the ground-floor street-facing commercial space. The building shall be designed by a licensed architect to have similar architectural features as the building providing the ground-floor street-facing commercial space.
   3. Storage unit bay doors or garage doors shall face away and not be visible from the nearest property line, and shall be completely obscured from view from any public right-of-way; except a bay or garage door may face a public right-of-way if the door is constructed of 80 percent window area and designed to appear as glazing for the ground-floor street-facing commercial space.
   4. The lot's street frontage shall be developed as a complete street, as specified in Section 104-20-4(c).
   5. Exemption: The requirements of this Subsection (g) shall be waived if:
      1. The lot or parcel has no street frontage;
      2. No street is planned that would give the lot or parcel frontage, as shown on any street plan or similar document adopted by the County; and
      3. The parcel is surrounded on all sides by a zone that allows first-story street-facing commercial space, or is shown on a general plan, area plan, or other similar document adopted by the County to become surrounded on all sides by a zone that allows first-story street-facing commercial space.
         

(Ord. of 1956, § 18-4)

¹See Section 108-7-10 if lot abuts an arterial street or collector street.

¹Except none if either the owner has obtained a perpetual building maintenance contract, as provided in Section 104-20-4(e), or the building will abut a building on the adjoining lot or parcel.

²See Section 108-7-10 if lot abuts an arterial street or collector street.

¹Except none if either the owner has obtained a perpetual building maintenance contract, as provided in Section 104-20-4(e), or the building will abut a building on the adjoining lot or parcel.

²See Section 108-7-10 if lot abuts an arterial street or collector street.