Weber County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

1. The purpose of the Manufacturing (M-1) Zone is to provide a light manufacturing zone in areas that will accommodate the need for light intensity type manufacturing and its associated accessory uses, some of which may have an environmental impact requiring public review and regulation.
2. The purpose of the Manufacturing (M-2) Zone is to provide a heavy manufacturing zone in areas that will accommodate the need for heavy intensity manufacturing, extractive and associated uses where the environment impact upon community may be substantial and where public regulation may be necessary to preserve the general welfare of the community.
3. The purpose of the Manufacturing (M-3) Zone is to provide for industrial uses related to the manufacturing, testing, and production of jet and missile engines, aircraft or space craft parts or similar heavy industry, and for the extraction and processing of raw materials. Industrial operations or uses, which are compatible with the general purpose of this zone, are included in this purpose..
   
4. The purpose of the Manufacturing and Technology (M-T) District is to provide for and encourage the development of well-planned and designed technological and manufacturing parks. These areas are characterized by uses such as research, development, manufacturing, fabrication, processing, storage, warehousing and wholesale distribution. These areas are to be located in proximity to adequate transportation facilities and infrastructure so that the needs of these users may be met in an efficient manner with consideration to adjoining uses.

The uses listed below correspond with certain uses listed in the Land Use Table in Section 104-21-3. Due to the nature of the use, each shall be further regulated as follows:

1. Animal grazing. This use shall not include the supplementary or full feeding of the animals, except when in compliance with the following:
   1. It may only be carried on during times that are reasonable and necessary due to lack of natural growing feed as a result of seasonal changes or extreme and temporary meteorological events.
   2. It shall not exceed a density of 40 head per acre of used land; and
   3. It shall not be closer than 75 feet to any dwelling, public or semi-public building on an adjoining parcel of land.
      
2. Animal feeding operation. This use may include supplemental or full feeding. However, it is prohibited to feed animals any market refuse, house refuse, garbage, or offal that was not produced on the premises. The following additional standards apply for hog feeding:
   1. All pens and housing for hogs shall be concrete and maintained in a sanitary manner.
   2. Drainage structures and disposal of animal waste shall be provided and properly maintained as required by the Local Health Department.
3. Animal feeding operation, large concentrated. A large concentrated animal feeding operation shall not be located within a half-mile of a zone boundary, unless the boundary is shared with another zone in which this use is allowed. Additionally, the area of confinement devoted to the feeding of the animals in any new large concentrated animal feeding operation shall be set back at least one quarter-mile from every property boundary.
   
4. Automobile recycling. This use shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building. In the M-2 zone, the recycling facility shall have no more than 40 automobiles at the site at any one time. Any automobile recycling vehicle storage area must be enclosed by a solid wall or fence of not less than seven feet in height.
   
5. Building material sales yard. In the M-1 zone, a building material sales yard may include the sale of rock, sand, gravel and the like, as an incidental part of the main business, but shall exclude concrete mixing except as such concrete mixing is necessary in the preparation and manufacture of any of the products specified in this section.
   
6. Mixing plant for certain construction materials. The following standards apply to a mixing plant:
   1. The cement silo mixer shall not be larger than 300 barrels. 
   2. There shall be a 15-foot landscape buffer with a six-foot-high earth berm planted with six feet or larger evergreen trees. The trees shall be Canada Hemlock, Scotch Pines, Douglas Fir, or Blue Spruce. The trees shall be planted every 15 feet on center. The evergreen shrubs shall be Junipers, Mugo Pines, or Spreading Yew. The shrubs shall be 36 inches high and there shall be 15 shrubs per 100 feet. There shall be five canopy trees per 100 feet. These trees shall be Maples, Linden, Quaking Aspens, Cottonless Cottonwood, Honey Locust, or Birch trees. These trees shall be a minimum of two-inch caliper. This landscaping shall be planted on the crest of the six-foot berm when the property abuts agricultural or residential zones.
      
   3. There shall be no more than three cement trucks, and no more than two other semi-trucks and trailers used with this operation stored on site. 
   4. There shall be no more than 40 yards of sand and gravel mix stored on this site. The sand and gravel mix shall be stored in a three-wall bin and covered when not in use. 
   5. All cement product on site shall be stored within the silo. At least 15,000 square feet of the lot shall be dedicated for this use.
      
   6. The property shall be at least one acre in size.
   7. A vehicle/trailer washout area is required. A detailed plan for the washout area shall be submitted with the permit application.
7. Mixing facility for asphalt or concrete, temporary. The following standards apply to a temporary mixing facility:
   1. The cement silo mixer shall not be greater than 200 barrels.
      
   2. There shall be no more than two cement trucks, and not more than two other semi-trucks and trailers used with this operation stored onside.
      
   3. Evaluation of the storing of 40 yards or more of sand and gravel mix onsite shall be subject to additional review for detrimental effects through a conditional use permitting process. The sand and gravel mix shall be stored in a three-wall bin and covered when not in use.
      
   4. All cement products onsite shall be stored within the silo. At least 15,000 square feet of the lot or parcel shall be dedicated for this use.
      
   5. The project site shall be at least ten acres in size
      
   6. A vehicle/trailer washout area is required. A detailed plan for the washout area shall be submitted with the permit application.
      
8. Dwelling unit for night watchman or guard and family. The dwelling unit shall be for the exclusive use of a night watchman or guard and his or her immediate family. The site shall provide an additional 3,000 square feet of landscaped area for the residential use.
9. Retail sales, limited. This use is limited to the sales of products produced by, developed in conjunction with, or normally required and used in the performance of a commercial or manufacturing operation permitted in this zone, and provided the retail sales is clearly an accessory use to the main permitted use and is conducted within the same building or, if the main use is not a building, then on the same property. No retail sale of products may be made in conjunction with a warehousing or wholesale business.
10. Shooting range or training course, indoor or outdoor. The facility shall provide designated shooting positions for which ballistic backstops are designed. No shooting is allowed except in these designated shooting positions. All sides down range of a shooting position shall have a non-ricochet ballistic backstop, including overhead and on the ground or floor, capable of containing all errant bullets. For an outdoor range, the overhead backstop may be a series of baffles. Approval shall be subject to the requirements and conditions of the local fire authority. The range operator shall be onsite at all times shooting is occurring.
    
    

(Ord. of 1956, § 18B-4; Ord. No. 2011-5, § 18B-4, 3-15-2011; Ord. No. 2012-17, § 18B-4, 10-23-2012; Ord. No. 2016-10, Exh. A, 8-23-2016)

Unless otherwise specified in the Land Use Code, an accessory use is prohibited unless located on the same lot or parcel as its main use.

Basic materials manufacturing. The processing or refining of raw material into the basic material from which a final or semi-final nonfood product can be made.

Final product manufacturing table. Processing, compounding, assembling, or fabricating of a final or semi-final product from solid materials previously processed or refined.

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

¹Except 20 feet where the lot is adjacent to a residential zone, or for a setback from a corner lot's side lot line that fronts a street.

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

¹Except 30 feet where the lot rears on a residential zone

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

¹Except 40 feet if adjacent to a street right-of-way that is or is planned to be 80 feet or wider.