3-3-080 Regulations for Uses
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The official Box Elder County code is at https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/241/Land-Use-Management-Development-Code.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
Chapter 5-4 (Flood Damage Prevention) is a scanned image on the county's site and is not included.
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3-3-080-1 3-3-080-1.1
3-3-080-2 3-3-080-2.1
3-3-080-3 3-3-080-3.1
3-3-080-4 3-3-080-4.1
3-3-080-4.2
3-3-080-4.3 3-3-080-5 3-3-080-5.1
AREA REGULATIONS
The minimum lot area in square feet for a single-family dwelling structure in the district regulated by this chapter shall be:
WIDTH REGULATIONS
The minimum width in feet for any lot in the districts regulated by this chapter, except as modified by planned unit developments, shall be:
FRONTAGE REGULATIONS
The minimum width of any lot at the street right-of-way line in feet in the districts regulated by this Chapter, except as modified by conditional use permit, shall be:
FRONT YARD REGULATIONS
The minimum depth in feet for the front yard for main buildings in districts regulated by this Chapter shall be:
Accessory buildings may have the same minimum front yard depth as main buildings if they have the same side yard required for main buildings; otherwise they shall be set back the following number of feet from the rear of the main building
On corner lots, main buildings shall have two front yards, one rear yard and one side yard
REAR YARD REGULATIONS
The minimum depth in feet for the rear yard in the districts regulated by this Chapter shall be:
R-1-8 8,000
70 40 30 8
3-3-080-5.2
3-3-080-5.3
3-3-080-6 3-3-080-6.1 3-3-080-6.2 3-3-080-6.3
3-3-080-7 3-3-080-7.1 3-3-080-8 3-3-080-8.1 3-3-080-9
Accessory buildings may have a minimum setback in feet listed provided that all drainage from them stays on the lot and there is at least 10 feet distance to another accessory building on an adjacent lot
Provided that on corner lots which rear on a side yard of another lot, accessory buildings in all such districts shall be located in feet to such side yard not closer than
SIDE YARD REGULATIONS
The minimum side yard in feet for any dwelling in districts regulated by this Chapter shall be
The total width of the two required side yards in feet shall be no less than
The minimum side yard in feet for accessory buildings shall be:
Accessory buildings located 6 feet to the rear of the main buildings may have a minimum side yard of 1 foot if the walls of the building have a minimum tested fire resistance of 1 hour and are located at 10 feet from a residence on an adjoining lot.
No accessory building shall be located within 10 feet of a dwelling on an adjacent lot.
HEIGHT REGULATIONS
The minimum height for all buildings and structures in districts regulated by this Chapter shall be:
COVERAGE REGULATIONS
The minimum coverage in percent for any lot in the districts regulated by this Chapter shall be:
DEPTH REGULATIONS
R-1-8 1 10
8 18 6
35 feet or 2½ stories
3-3-080-9.1
The minimum depth of a lot in feet in districts regulated by this Chapter, except as may be modified by conditional use permit, shall be:
R-1-8 100