5-8-020 General Regulations
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
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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A. Except as provided in this Code, no kennel shall be erected, raised, moved, placed, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, or altered, except in conformity with the regulations herein specified.
B. All kennels hereafter erected in Box Elder County shall comply with the current standards of this chapter, and all other codes and ordinances adopted by Box Elder County.
C. All kennels shall be maintained in good condition. D. No owner may engage in the operation ofany kennelfor profit without a valid County business
license. E. All kennel owners or custodians having custody of dogs shall exercise proper care and control
of his or her dog(s) in order to prevent them from becoming a nuisance. It shall be unlawful for any kennel owner or custodian to keep a nuisance dog.
A dog shall be deemed to be a nuisance if the dog:
Reg. of General Applicability: Kennels 5-8-1
1. Causes damage to the property of anyone other than its owner or custodian; 2. Causes unreasonable fouling of the air by odors; 3. Causes unsanitary conditions in its being or habitat; 4. Has a communicable disease that could affect other dogs, animals, or humans; 5. Is in heat and uncontrolled; 6. Makes disturbing noises, including, but not limited to, continued and repeated
howling, barking, whining, or other noise which causes unreasonable annoyance, disturbance, or discomfort to neighbors or others, that occurs between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or occurs non-stop for thirty minutes or more, regardless of time of day; 7. Chases vehicles, people, or livestock; 8. Is a dog which on more than one occasion has been documented for being at large or its owner or custodian has been convicted for the dog being at large; 9. Is found by a court to be a public nuisance under state law; 10. Repeatedly molests or intimidates neighbors, pedestrians, or passersby by lunging at fences, chasing, or acting aggressively towards such person or persons unless provoked by such person or persons. 11. On more than one occasion, bites a human or animal, or kills another animal unprovoked; and 12. Cannot be effectively controlled by its owner or custodian while the dog is on public property or private property without permission of the property owner.