Weber County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

The major purpose of the RE-15 and RE-20 Zones is to provide and protect residential development at a low density in a semi-agricultural or rural environment. It is also to provide for certain rural amenities on larger minimum lots, in conjunction with the primary residential nature of the zone.

(Ord. of 1956, § 3-1; Ord. No. 7-76; Ord. No. 28-82; Ord. No. 2009-15; Ord. No 2011-2, § 3-1, 1-18-2011)

The uses listed below correspond with certain uses listed in the Land Use Table in Section 104-3-3. 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 25 head per acre of used land.
   3. It shall not be closer than 75 feet to any dwelling, public or semi-public building on an adjoining parcel of land.
2. Corral, stable or building for keeping animals or fowl. This use shall be located no less than 100 feet from a public street and not less than 25 feet from any side or rear lot line.
3. Dog breeding, dog kennels, or dog training school. This use shall not exceed ten dogs of more than ten weeks old, per acre, at any time. Any building or enclosure for animals shall be located not less than 100 feet from a public street and not less than 50 feet from any side or rear property line.
4. Family food production.
   1. As used in this subsection, a Group A animal is either one pig, one sheep, one cow, or one goat, and Group B animals or fowl are either a set of ten rabbits, ten chickens, ten pheasants, five turkeys, five ducks, five geese, or five pigeons.
   2. No more than four sets of Group B animals or fowl may be kept on a lot or parcel that is less than 40,000 square feet.
   3. No more than six combined sets of Group A animals and sets of Group B animals or fowl may be kept on a lot or parcel that is less than two acres. The same applies to a lot or parcel greater than two acres, except that an additional six combined sets of Group A and sets of Group B animals or fowl may be kept per each additional acre greater than two.
5. Temporary building or use. The building or use shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work.

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.

The following are animal-related uses that do not and shall not typically generate customer-oriented traffic to the lot or parcel.

The following are uses that typically generate customer-oriented traffic to the lot or parcel.

The following are recreational uses that are typically owned or operated by a nonprofit or governmental entity.

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

²If a lot approved under a repealed cluster subdivision code, the minimum front setback shall be 20 feet.

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

²Minimum for accessory buildings over 1,000 sq. ft. for storage of personal equipment and materials: See Section 108-7-16.

³If a lot approved under a repealed cluster subdivision code, the minimum side setback shall be 5 feet, except one foot for an accessory building that is at least 6 feet in rear of main building.

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

²If a lot approved under a repealed cluster subdivision code, the minimum rear setback shall be 5 feet, except one foot for an accessory building that is at least 6 feet in rear of main building.