6-3-060 Agricultural Subdivision with a Single Family Dwelling
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The official Box Elder County code is at https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/241/Land-Use-Management-Development-Code.
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Notwithstanding Chapter 6-1 of this Code, as well as Sections 17-27a-603 and 17-27a-604 of Utah Code and subject to 17-27a-605(1) of Utah Code, a plat is not required to subdivide an unincorporated parcel of land if:
A. The parcel contains an existing legal single family dwelling unit; B. The subdivision results in two parcels, one of which is agricultural land; C. The parcel of agricultural land:
a. Qualifies as land in agricultural use; and b. Is not used, and will not be used, for a nonagricultural purpose; D. Both the parcel with an existing legal single family dwelling unit and the parcel of agricultural land meet the minimum area, width, frontage, and setback requirements of the applicable zoning designation in the applicable land use ordinance; and E. The owner of record completes, signs, and records with the county recorder a notice: a. Describing the parcel of agricultural land by legal description; and b. Stating that the parcel of agricultural land is created as land in agricultural use and
will remain as land in agricultural use until a future zoning change permits another use. F. Following the review and approval of a complete application, the Zoning Administrator shall provide a certificate in writing that: a. The county has provided notice as required by ordinance; and b. The proposed agricultural subdivision:
i. Is not traversed by the mapped lines of a proposed street as shown in the general plan unless the county has approved the location and dedication of any public street, county utility easement, any other easement, or any other land for public purposes as the county's ordinance requires;
ii. Has been approved by the culinary water authority and the sanitary sewer authority;
iii. Is located in a zoned area; and iv. Conforms to all applicable land use ordinances or has properly received a
variance from the requirements of an otherwise conflicting and applicable land use ordinance. G. The certificate of written approval outlined in Subsection 6-3-060(F) must be attached to the document recorded in the County Recorder’s office that divides the property by a metes and bounds description in order to be considered a legal agricultural subdivision as allowed in this Chapter.
If a parcel of agricultural land divided from another parcel under Subsection 6-3-060 is later used for a nonagricultural purpose, the plat exemption provided in Subsection 6-3-060 no longer applies, and the county shall require the owner of the parcel to:
A. Retroactively comply with the subdivision plat requirements of Section 17-27a-603 of Utah Code and Chapter 6-1 of this Code; and
B. Comply with all applicable land use ordinance requirements.