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Weber County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 104

4 Gravel Zone G

Sec 104-4-1 Permitted Uses

In Gravel Zone G, no building, structure, or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for other than one or more of the following uses:

  1. Sand and gravel excavation including gravel crushing, subject to all provisions of the Weber County Excavation Ordinance.
  2. Crushing gravel mined on the premises. See section 104-4-4, Additional requirements.
  3. Contractor equipment storage yard. See section 104-4-4, Additional requirements.
  4. Accessory building incidental to the use of a main building; main building designed or used to accommodate the main use to which the premises are devoted; and accessory uses customarily incidental to a main use.

(Ord. of 1956, § 4A-1; Ord. No. 2010-1; Ord. No. 2010-09; Ord. No. 2015-7, Exh. A, 5-5-2015)

Sec 104-4-2 Conditional Uses

The following uses are conditional:

  1. Clean fill of natural depressions.
  2. Signs as per title 110 of this Land Use Code.
  3. Public utility substations.

(Ord. of 1956, § 4A-2; Ord. No. 5-91; Ord. No. 20-94; Ord. No. 30-94; Ord. No. 96-42; Ord. No. 2010-1)

Sec 104-4-3 Area, Width, Lot And Height Regulations

  1. Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet.
  2. Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
  3. Minimum lot setbacks.
    1. Front and rear: 30 feet.
    2. Side.
      1. Main building: 20 feet each side.
      2. Accessory building: ten feet except one feet if located at least ten feet in rear of main building.
      3. Accessory buildings over 1,000 square feet: see section 108-7-16).
      4. Side, facing street corner lot: 20 feet.
  4. Building height.
    1. Minimum: One story.
    2. Maximum: 35 feet.

(Ord. of 1956, § 4A-3; Ord. No. 2002-24; Ord. No. 2009-14)

Sec 104-4-4 Additional Requirements

  1. Gravel excavation. Gravel excavation and accessory structures or buildings shall be located and operated not closer than 100 feet from any public street and not closer than 50 feet from any property line, provided that gravel crushers shall be located not closer than 600 feet from a residential zone boundary and 300 feet from any existing residential structure and not closer than 200 feet from any public street.
  2. Contractor storage yard.
    1. Additional landscaping standards shall apply to the area where the equipment and material is stored. There shall be a 15-foot landscape buffer with a four-foot high earth berm planted with six feet or larger evergreen trees, such as, Scotch Pines, Douglas Fir, or Blue Spruce. The trees shall be planted every 15 feet on center. The evergreen shrubs may be Junipers, Mugo Pines, or Spreading Yew. The shrubs shall be 36 inches high and there shall be 15 shrubs per 100 linear feet. There shall be five canopy trees per 100 linear feet. These trees may be Maples, Linden, Quaking Aspens, Cottonless Cottonwood, Honey Locust, or Birch trees. The type of trees and shrubs listed are intended to provide year-round screening of the site. The planning area planning commission shall approve the list of trees as part of the site plan review. These trees shall be a minimum of two-inch caliper. This landscaping shall be planted on the crest of the four-foot berm when the property abuts agricultural or residential zones. The additional landscaping requirements can be eliminated if all equipment and material are stored within an enclosed building.
    2. Hour of operation based on location.
    3. Access to a state highway or arterial street shall be paved.
    4. No outside storage of broken or parts of equipment.
    5. Maintenance and repair of equipment is to be done within an enclosed building.
    6. Fuel storage is to be in compliance with environmental and fire code requirements.

(Ord. of 1956, § 4A-4; Ord. No. 2010-1; Ord. No. 2015-22, Exh. A, 12-22-2015)