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8.04.02 Definitions

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 It may be out of date.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 Daniel code is at https://danielutah.gov/code-and-ordinances/. Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source. Title 8 only; a separate 2025 subdivision amendment ordinance is not merged in. Tables (like use tables) may not copy cleanly, so check any table against the official code. Confirm anything here with Daniel planning before you rely on it.
The following words shall have the described meaning when used in this ordinance, unless a contrary meaning is apparent from the context of the word: (1) Accessory Building. A building or structure, the use of which is incidental and subordinate to the main building and more than ten feet away from any main building or structure. (2) Accessory, Residential Dwelling for Non-Residential Uses. A dwelling unit accessory to a nonresidential use located on the same premises, to be used solely for persons employed on the premises. (3) Accessory, Residential Unit. A secondary dwelling unit attached to the existing single family dwelling with accessibility between the unit and main dwelling solely for the housing of a blood relative, which shall not be a rented unit. (4) Accessory Use. A use that: (a) is customarily incidental to and found in connection with a principal or main use; (b) is subordinate to and serves a principal or main use; (c) is subordinate in extent, area, or purpose to the principal or main use; (d) is located on the same lot as the principal or main use; and (e) contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants, business, or industry of the principal or main use. (5) Agriculture. The act or science of cultivating the ground, the act or science of the production of plants and animals useful to man or beast; and includes gardening or horticultural fruit growing, storage and marketing. (6) Agricultural Land for Agricultural Purposes. A tract of land which has been approved by the planning commission as a tract of agricultural land for agricultural purposes. (7) Alteration. Any change or rearrangement in the supporting members of an existing structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or interior partitions, or any change in the dimensions or configurations of the roof or exterior walls, as well as any change in doors, windows, means of ingress or egress, or any expansion or diminution of a building or structure. (8) Altered. Any change in the construction or addition to a building that increases the capacity or changes the use. (9) Arena. An indoor or outdoor, public or private, commercial or non-commercial facility which is set aside for showing, training or exercising livestock. (10) Athletic, Tennis, or Racquet Club. An establishment providing facilities for physical development, exercise, sports, or recreation. Facilities may include exercise equipment, indoor and/or outdoor racquetball or tennis courts, jogging track, swimming pools, skating rink, indoor bathing, restaurant or snack bar, and sales of athletic equipment. Facilities may be open to the public for a fee, or available only to persons holding membership. (11) Auto Repair. A building or premises used for the repair of any passenger auto, pick-up truck, semi-tractor, recreational vehicle or similar vehicles where the repair includes but is not limited to the rebuilding of engines, transmissions or differentials. (12) Auto Wrecking, Salvage Yard. See also junkyard. Any lot, portion of lot or tract of land used for the storage and keeping of salvage, including scrap metals or other scrap material, or for dismantling or demolition of automobiles or equipment, machinery or parts thereof; provided that this definition shall not be deemed to include such uses which are clearly accessory and incidental to any agricultural use permitted in the district. (13) Average Slope. The average slope of a parcel of land or any portion thereof shall be computed by applying the formula: S = 0.00229 IL A to the natural slope of the land before any grading is commenced, as determined from a topography map having a scale of not less than one inch equaling one hundred (100) feet and a contour interval of not less than five (5) feet, where: S = Average percent slope 0.00229 = A conversion factor of sq. feet to acres I = Contour interval, in feet L = Summation of the length of contour lines, in feet within the subject parcel A = Area in acres of the parcel or any portion thereof. (14) Barn / Agricultural Building. An accessory structure upon a lot customarily used for the housing of animals/livestock, storage of crops or feed, and/or machinery used in bona fide agricultural activities. (15) Batching Apartment. A dwelling unit occupied by three (3) or more batching singles who are jointly utilizing the kitchen facilities of the dwelling unit. (16) Batching Singles. Three (3) or more unrelated persons who are occupying a dwelling unit. (17) Bed and Breakfast. A single-family residence Occupied by an owner-operator, with no more than eight (8) bedrooms located in the main residence, providing temporary accommodations (for compensation) on a nightly basis, not to exceed thirty days. (18) Big Box Retail. Any single retail store with a gross main floor area of over forty thousand (40,000) square feet. (19) Block. An area of land entirely bounded by streets. (20) Bond: A document that complies with the standards contained in this Title and the state code, and which binds the parties thereto to take certain action if particular conditions are not met. (21) Buildable Envelope. A three dimensional space on a lot within which a structure is permitted to be built. The space does not include any required yard or open space. Buildable areas must be defined on subdivision plats in areas of thirty (30) percent slope or less. (22) Building, Detached. A freestanding building that has open space on all four sides. (23) Building Height. The vertical distance measured from the natural grade at each face of the building wall to the highest point of the roof. (24) Building Inspector. A building inspector or building official shall mean an individual licensed by the state to provide inspection services under applicable building codes in the municipality, who has been nominated or recommended by the planning staff and appointed by resolution of the municipal legislative body. (Amended eff. 4-7-2008) (25) Building, Main. The building or buildings on a site which house(s) the main use. (26) Building Official. The Town of Daniel Building official, as approved and appointed by the legislative body of the Town of Daniel under an agreement with a term not to exceed two (2) years. The building official shall enforce the provisions of the Building Code and perform other duties appurtenant to such enforcement. (27)Building, Public. A building owned and operated or owned and intended to be operated by a public agency of the United States of America, or the state of Utah or any of its subdivisions including county and municipality in connection with a public use. (28) Building Site. The total area covered, or proposed to be covered, by a building, plus a twenty (20) foot strip around the exterior of the building, and, if a septic tank is to serve the building, such area as is required for normal functioning of a septic tank drain field as determined in accordance with state and Wasatch County standards. (29) Caliper. A standard for trunk measurement of nursery stock, determined by measuring the diameter of the trunk six (6) inches above the ground for up to and including five (5) inch caliper size, and twelve (12) inches above the ground for larger trees. (30) Carport. A covered automobile parking space that is not completely enclosed by walls or doors. (31) Child-Care, Center. A childcare facility that regularly provides custodial care for six (6) or more children during the part of any day. (32) Child-Care, Home. A childcare facility operated on residential premises. (33) Children's Justice Center. (6729 of the Protective Functions and Related Activities) The Children's Justice Center is a center established and operated pursuant to Utah Code Title 67, chapter 5b. The purposes of the center are fully set forth in Utah Code Section 67-5b-102. Some of these purposes are to conduct interviews of abused children and their families, coordinate the evaluation and treatment of abused children, protect the interest of abused children and the community and enhance community understanding of sexual and serious physical abuse of children. The Children's Justice Center does not operate as a "Safe Haven" for children or adults. No overnight lodging is allowed. (34) Church or Temple. A building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, where persons regularly assemble for worship, which building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, is maintained and controlled by a religious body. (35) Civil Engineer. A professional engineer registered in the state of Utah to practice in the field of civil engineering. (36) Clinic, Dental and Medical. A building in which a group of physicians, dentists, and allied professional assistants are associated for the carrying on of their professions including a dental or medical laboratory. Clinic does not include inpatient care or operating rooms for major surgery. (37) Club, Limited Membership. A building or other structures constructed in accordance with a properly approved plan and used as an integral part of a park or large scale development and operated by an organized association of persons for social, fraternal, religious, or patriotic purposes for the benefit of the members and guests and not for the general public, and may include eating facilities, club administrative offices, off-street parking and retail establishments for the sale of goods and services consumed on the premises. It may also include auxiliary recreational facilities such as swimming pools, gymnasiums, tennis courts and hunting preserves, but a limited membership club shall not include sleeping accommodations nor facilities which are open to use by the general public. (38) Clustering. A subdivision or development design technique that concentrates the buildings or lots on a part of the site to allow the remaining land to be used for recreation, common open space, and/or preservation of environmentally sensitive areas. (39) College. An independent institution of higher learning offering a course of general study. (40) Common area. An area of common ownership designed to serve the recreational, open space or other similar needs of two or more lots or dwelling units in separate ownership. (41) Community Use. The uses that have the primary purpose of serving the educational, recreational, religious or governmental needs of the community in general. Such uses may include churches, public and private educational institutions, private non-profit recreation grounds, public parks, public buildings, public facilities, cemeteries and other similar uses. This definition shall not include such uses as detention facilities, half way houses, alcohol rehabilitation centers, and other similar uses. (42) Conditional Use. A land use that because of its unique characteristics, or potential impact on the Town of Daniel and/or surrounding neighbors or adjacent land uses, may be allowed, allowed with conditions, or denied in designated zoning districts, based on compliance with standards and criteria set forth in this Land Use Ordinance for those uses. (43) Condominium. The ownership of a single unit in a multi-unit project or structure which may be combined with an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of the property and meeting all requirements of the Condominium Ownership Act of the State of Utah. (44) Condominium Project. A project planned in accordance with the Utah Condominium Ownership Act, including, without limitation, all units, limited common area, and common area within the project. (45) Conservation Easements. An easement voluntarily placed on property to ensure that no future development will occur. The easement will be held by a third party and maintained in perpetuity. (46) Convenience Store. A building that contains less than five thousand (5,000) square feet and is primarily engaged in the provision of frequently needed, day-to-day retail goods including gasoline, food and non-food products. (47) Corral. A primary enclosure for confining livestock. (48) Dairy. A farming operation for the production of milk in commercial quantities and which is regularly inspected by the State Department of Agriculture or its cooperating agencies. It includes the raising of the natural increase to the dairy herd but does not include the feeding and fattening of livestock for slaughter in conjunction therewith. (49) Density. The number of Equivalent Residential Units per acre. (50) Developer. Any person or entity proposing to divide land for the purposes of selling smaller parcels, or any person or entity proposing to change or increase the use of a tract of land in the Town of Daniel. (51) Developable Area. The portion of a site or building lot that is not within any areas considered to be physical constrains or within required setbacks. In the case of raw ground developable would mean areas that can be serviced by required infrastructure including roads, sewer and water. (52) Development. The total area of the parcel of land on which a building permit is to be issued, or the total area of property being improved. (53) Drainage Ditch. Any system of canal(s) or ditch(es) naturally existing or constructed to carry surface and/or subsurface water to a natural stream, whether or not the ditch(es) or canal(s) carry water filed upon by individual(s) to be used for irrigation purposes. (54) Driveway. A private roadway for access of vehicles to a residence, parking space, garage or other structure. (55) Dwelling. A building or portion thereof designed or used for residential occupancy, including one-family, two-family, multi-family, and apartment structure; but shall not include boarding, rooming, or lodging houses, tents, trailers, mobile home parks, motels, motor courts, motor lodges, cottage camps, or similar structures designed or used primarily for transient residential uses. (56) Dwelling, Multiple Family Unit. A building arrangement designed for and/or occupied by three or more families. (57) Dwelling, Single Family Attached. A dwelling unit sharing a common wall or walls, but located on an individual lot. (58) Dwelling, Single Family Detached. A building designed for and occupied exclusively by one family on a separate lot and not sharing any common wall. (59) Dwelling, Two Family. Two dwellings sharing a common wall or walls and located on one lot. (60) Dwelling Unit. A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons including provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. (61) Engineering Geologist / Geotechnical Engineer. These terms shall have the meaning set forth in the Sensitive Land Overlay Zone in chapter 8.17 of this title. (62) Environment. The sum total of the surroundings, which includes both natural and man-made elements. (63) Equivalent Residential Units. The number of residential equivalents to determine density based on sewer, water and square footage of a structure. (64) Excavation. The mechanical removal of earth material. (65) Expansion. An increase in the size of an existing structure or use, including physical size of the property, building, parking and other improvements. (66) Family. An individual or two or more persons related by law, blood, marriage, or adoption or up to two unrelated persons, living together in a single dwelling unit and maintaining a common household. (67) Family Care Home. A dwelling wherein room, board, care, and supervision are provided by the resident family in a home setting to persons who are handicapped, mentally ill, or mentally retarded and who are provided with a program of services including training in vocational and recreational activities. To qualify, the dwelling must be approved or operated by an agency of the Utah state government. (68) Family Day-Care Center. A dwelling or place of business wherein a resident family provides ordinary care and supervision during customary daytime periods to non-related persons. To qualify for a day-care center, an agency of Utah state government must approve the dwelling or place of business (69) Family Food Production. The production of food through gardening or horticulture, for the sole use of the family occupying the premises. The raising of animals or fowl is not included in this definition. (70) Farm. A business enterprise in which land is used for the production of food, feed, or fiber. (71) Farm Animals. Animals and fowl such as commonly used for food or fiber production or as a beast of burden, for commercial purposes or for pleasure. (72)Farm Industry. The keeping and raising of farm animals and/or fowl for domestic or commercial use such as fur farms, livestock feed yards, pig farms, dairy farms, stables, ranches, and similar uses, and accessory uses thereto. (73) Fast Food Eating Establishment. Any establishment where foods or beverages are prepared for consumption and consumption occurs in either the building, on the premises or within a motor vehicle parked thereon, or off-premises and whose operation includes one or more of the following characteristics: (a) Food or beverages are served to the occupants of a motor vehicle while seated therein (e.g., drive-through window or drive-in); and (b) Food and beverages are usually served over a general service counter for the customer to carry to a seating area within the restaurant, to a motor vehicle, or off-premises. (74) FEMA. An acronym for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (75) Fence. A structure erected to provide privacy or security that defines a private space or is used to constrain domestic animals. (76) Fence, Sight-Obscuring. A fence that is three (3) feet or more in height that is constructed or planted in such a fashion that causes fifty (50) percent or more opaqueness at any angle of view through such fence. (77) Fill. Earth material that has been deposited by artificial means. (78) Final Plan. A plan of development showing the layout and dimensions of the streets, easements, common areas and other features of a development in accurate detail, prepared in accordance with Wasatch County Design and Construction Standards Handbook. (79) Final Plat. A plat or plats of a development that has been prepared for recording purposes in accordance with Town of Daniel standards. (80) Flood, Base - 100 Year Flood. The flood from whatever source having a one (1) percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, otherwise commonly referred to as the one hundred (100) year flood. (81) Flood Channel. A natural or artificial water course with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct flood water. (82) Flood Plain. Zone a hundred (100) year flood area as defined in FEMA's Federal Insurance Rate Map of Wasatch County. (83) Floor Area. The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors of the building or buildings, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls. (84) Foster Home. A dwelling unit where minor children, not related by blood, marriage or adoption, are cared for and furnished board and room with or without compensation on a continuing basis. (85) Fraternal & Benevolent Society. A chartered, nonprofit social club or lodge with or without dining facilities and cocktail lounges composing a branch of a fraternal order, or society such as Elks, Masons, American Legion, Eagles, Optimists, Odd Fellows, Kiwanis, Rotary, and other similar nonprofit fellowship organizations which are open only to members and their duly authorized guests. (86) French Drain. A sump or trench filled with crushed rock or gravel intended to receive storm water discharge. (87) Frontage. The distance between the two side lot lines of a parcel measured along the street, or streets of a corner lot, which the parcel is allowed to access. For purposes of this title, temporary turnarounds, dead ends of roadways, or emergency accesses shall not be used as frontage. (88) Garage, Private. An attached or detached building accessory to a dwelling on the premises designed or used for the storage of private passenger automobiles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory. (89) Garage, Public. A building or portion thereof, other than a private garage, designed or used for the storing, servicing, repairing, equipping, hiring, or selling of motor-driven vehicles. (90) Garage, Yard Sale. The sale of personal belongings in a residential zone, which sale is conducted by a legal resident of the premises. (91) Gasoline, Retail. A building or premises used for the sale of gasoline and limited amounts of other oil products. Such premises may also include the sale of food products. (92) General Plan. A coordinated plan which has been prepared and adopted by the Town of Daniel for the purpose of identifying present and future needs of the Town of Daniel and guiding the growth and development of land within the Town of Daniel or any part of the Town of Daniel, including uses of land for urbanization, trade, industry, residential, agricultural, wildlife habitat, and other purposes. (93) Grade, Natural. A measurement of the degree of slope on the undisturbed, natural surface of the ground. (94) Grade, Finish. A measurement of the degree of slope on the disturbed surface of the ground. (95) Grading Plan. A topographic development plan prepared by a registered civil engineer showing contours for before and after grading. (96) Grouping of Residential Lots. A development design technique that concentrates the lots in specific areas on a site to allow remaining land to be used for recreation, common spaces, or the preservation of historically or environmentally sensitive features. (97) Gross Floor Area. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, but not including interior or exterior parking spaces, or loading space for motor vehicles. (98) Guest. A person or persons staying or receiving services for compensation at a hotel, motel, rooming house, rest home, timeshares or similar use. (99) Handicapped Person. A person who has a severe, chronic disability attributable to a mental or physical impairment or to a combination of mental and physical impairments, which is likely to continue indefinitely, and which results in a substantial functional limitation in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, or economic self-sufficiency; and who requires a combination or sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment, or other services that are individually planned or coordinated to allow the person to function in, and contribute to, a residential neighborhood. (100) Hard Surface. An impermeable, dust-free surface such as concrete or asphalt. Road base does not qualify. (101) High Water Table. A condition where the ground water is less than six (6) feet below the ground surface. (102) Hog Farm. A tract of land and the facilities for raising and feeding swine. (103) Home Occupation. A nonresidential activity, conducted entirely within a dwelling unit, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes. (104) Homeowners Association. An incorporated nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which: (a) each lot/home owner is automatically a member; and (b) each lot is automatically subject to a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization’s activities and interest, such as maintaining and operating open spaces, landscaping, common property or facilities. (105) Hospital. An institution licensed by the State of Utah providing inpatient health services for human beings for inpatients, and primarily medical or surgical care of the sick or injured, and such other services and accessory uses as normally provided for its administration and operation. (106) Hotel. A building containing guest rooms in which lodging is provided for compensation to transient or permanent guests or both, and where no provision is made for cooking in the guest rooms, and in which commercial services may be provided for guests. (107) Household Pets. Animals or fowl ordinarily permitted in the house and kept for company or pleasure and not for profit, such as dogs, cats, and canaries, but not including a sufficient number of dogs to constitute a kennel. Household pets shall not include chickens or any animals that are capable of inflicting harm or discomfort or endangering the health, safety, or welfare of any person or property. The number of household pets shall be limited to that allowed by the provisions of each respective zone as set forth in this title. (108) Illegal Lot. An illegal lot is any lot or parcel of land which was not created in conformance with the Wasatch County or Town of Daniel ordinance in effect at the time the lot was recorded. (109) Junk. Any scrap, waste, reclaimable material or debris whether or not stored or used in conjunction with dismantling, processing, salvage, storage, disposal or other use or disposition. Junk includes but is not limited to, tires, furniture, tools, paper, rags, plastics, cordage, scrap iron or other metal, glass, building materials, machinery and appliances or parts thereof, brush, wood and lumber, solid waste, and vehicles and parts thereof. (110) Junkyard. An open area where junk, used or secondhand materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, processed, or handled. An automobile wrecking yard or a salvage yard is also considered a junkyard. The use of buildings used in conjunction with an operation does not exclude the operation from the definition unless the operation is wholly within the buildings and there is no outside storage. (111) Kennel. An establishment having five (5) or more dogs, cats or other household pets for the purpose of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for fee or selling. (Amended eff. 3-32008) (112) Landscaping. The installation of plant materials (i.e., lawn, ground covers, annuals and perennial flowering plants, vines, shrubs, and trees), planted directly on the property. (113) Limits of Disturbance. The area(s) in which construction and development activity must be contained, including development and construction of the principal building and permitted accessory structures, play areas, and on-site septic tanks, utilities, drainage, and other services. (114) Livestock Corral. A place or pen where livestock are kept as part of an agricultural or livestock operation as distinguished from a livestock feed lot. (115) Livestock Feed Lot. A feeding operation on a parcel of land where livestock are conditioned for market on a year-round basis and where the feed is brought to the yard, as contrasted to feed obtained through grazing the animals on the premises. (116) Lot, Area. The horizontal area within the exterior lines of the lot, exclusive of any area in a public or private way open to public uses. (117) Lot, Building. A parcel of land which is of such dimensions as to comply with the minimum requirements of this Title for area, width, and depth applicable to the zone in which it is located, and having frontage on a public or approved private street. (118) Lot, Corner. A building lot situated within a corner created by the intersecting lines of a street or streets that has frontage on two (2) sides. (119) Lot, Flag. A lot that does not have the required frontage on a Town of Daniel road or private road built to Town of Daniel standards. Access to the buildable portion of the lot is through a narrow private access that is contiguous and part of the lot. (120) Lot, Inside Gore-Shaped. A lot where side lot lines converge towards the rear to a point or the rear lot line width is less than half the required width for the lot in the applicable zone. (121) Lot, Interior. Any building lot other than a corner lot. (122) Lot Line, Front. Any street right-of-way line of record or established by use, which forms one or more boundaries of a lot. (123) Lot Line, Rear, For Corner Lots. The interior lot line which has been designated as the rear lot line determined by the direction the house faces. (124) Lot Line, Side, For Corner Lot. All interior lot lines for multi-frontage lots; for other corner lots, that interior lot line which the lot owner has designated as the side lot line. (125) Lot Line, Side, For Interior Lots. Those interior lines lying opposite each other, running between the front and rear lot lines, or in the case of a multi-frontage lot, those interior lines which run between the two front lot lines (126) Lot, Multi-Frontage. Any building lot, the centerline of which intersects two front lot lines and which has no rear lot line. (127) Lot, Double Frontage. Any building lot which has both the front and rear yard line bounded by a street. This does not normally include corner lots. (128) Lot Width, For Corner Lots. The width of the lot as measured along both street frontages at the required setback. (129) Lot Width, For Interior Lots. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured along a line lying at right angles to the centerline of the lot at the point of the required setback. (130) Manufactured Home. A home or other building of new construction without attached axles or wheels which has been assembled fully, or in part, upon another site, or in a factory, and moved to the site upon which it is to be permanently assembled by truck, timber, dolly or similar conveyance; and which is placed upon a permanent foundation in compliance with the provisions of the Uniform Building Code. (131) Manufacturing. The assembling, altering, converting, fabricating, finishing, processing, or treatment of a product or good. (132) Masonry. Stucco, brick, or rock. (133) Metes and Bounds. The description of a lot or parcel of land by courses and distances. (134) Mobile Home. A detached dwelling designed for long-term occupancy and to be transported on its own wheels, or on a flatbed or other trailers or detachable wheels, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a complete dwelling unit ready for occupancy except for connections to utilities and other minor work. Removal of such wheels or placing such dwelling unit on a foundation shall not remove such unit from classification as a mobile home. (135) Motel. A building or group of detached or connected buildings designed or used primarily for providing sleeping accommodations for automobile travelers and having a parking space adjacent to a sleeping room. An automobile court or a tourist court with more than one unit or a motor lodge shall be deemed a motel. (136) Nonconforming Lot of Record. A parcel of land that was legally created prior to the adoption of this title. (137) Nuisance Strip. A parcel of property that does not meet the lot requirement for the zone where it is located and was created for the purpose of preventing access and utility extension to the adjacent property. (138) Off-Site. Pertaining to the territory outside the boundaries of a particular project. (139) On-Site. Pertaining to the territory within the boundaries of a particular project. (140) Open Space. Land which is not covered by dwellings or by pavement or other impervious material which has common ownership and is dedicated to be used perpetually by the owners or the public for some other purpose besides development. (141) Over-Size Facilities. Facilities with added capacity designed to serve other property, in addition to the land within the boundaries of a residential or nonresidential development site. (142) Parking Lot. An open area, other than a street, used for the temporary parking of more than four automobiles and available for public use, whether free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients or customers. (143) Pasture. An enclosure for animals in which no feed is provided except that which the animals obtain by grazing. (144) Physical Constraints Inventory. An inventory and analysis of environmental factors which may affect the potential of land development along with the identifying of critical and sensitive lands which need to be protected. (145) Planned Dwelling Group. A method of developing property that allows the concentration of development to an area of the property. This allows for large amounts of open space to remain undeveloped in perpetuity. (146) Planning Director. For purposes of this title the term “planning director” shall mean the chair of the planning commission, or his delegate as approved by the Legislative Body of the Town of Daniel. (147) Planting Plan. A plan showing the location and dimensions of irrigation equipment and curbs and other protective features around the edge of the planting beds, and the location, dimensions, and species of plants to be planted. (148) Plot Plan. A plat of a lot, drawn to scale, showing its actual measurements, the size and location of any existing structures and structures to be erected in the future, and showing the location of the lot in relation to abutting streets, and other such information. (149) Premises Occupation. An occupation conducted on any premises, outside of the main dwelling, by persons residing on those premises and subject to conditional use approval from the planning commission. (150) Pre-School, Home. An educational facility operated on residential premises, which regularly provide an educational program for not more than twelve (12) children (including the operator’ s natural, adopted, or foster children under six (6) years of age) at any one time. (151) Radio/Tele-Communications Tower. A structure intended for transmitting or receiving television, radio, or telephone communications that is primarily supported by its own foundation. (152) Record of Survey Map. A final plat prepared by a professional land surveyor that reestablishes land survey controls, boundaries, location of improvements or the alignment of right-ofways for recording. (153) Recreational Vehicle. A trailer, camper, or motor home designed or used for sleeping by persons while traveling, but not intended as a permanent dwelling, and not constructed for permanent attachment to public utilities. (154) Residential Facility for Elderly Persons. A single family or multiple family dwelling unit that is not a business and offers primary care to a limited number of non-related elderly persons. (155) Restaurant. Any establishment which provides as a principal use, foods and beverages prepared for consumption within the establishment and whose operation includes both of the following characteristics: (a) Customers are provided with an individual menu and are served their food or beverage by a restaurant employee at the same table or counter at which said items are consumed; and (b) The food and beverages are served on non-disposable plates or containers and nondisposable eating utensils are provided. A restaurant employee clears the table of trash. (c) Notwithstanding the above, a cafeteria where food and beverages are: (i) generally consumed within the establishment; and (ii) served on non-disposable plates or containers with non-disposable utensils shall be included in this definition. (d) A restaurant may provide take-out service, provided such service is clearly not the principal business of the restaurant and the take-out function is totally conducted inside of the building. (156) Rest Home. A building for the care and keeping of elderly or infirm people affected with infirmities or chronic illness. (157) Retail Drive-In. Any form of merchandising, serving, or dispensing of goods or services in which the customer is serviced while in his automobile. (158)(a) Retaining Wall. A wall designed and constructed to resist the lateral displacement and erosion of soils or other materials. (Amended eff. 4-7-2008) (158)(b) Rezoning. Any amendment or change, other than clerical corrections, to the zoning map as defined in this title. (Amended eff. 4-7-2008) (159) Ridgeline. A ridge location that is visible from a major arterial, secondary or collector road that is seen as a distinct edge against a backdrop of sky or land. (160) Ridgeline, Secondary. A ridge below the primary ridgeline that may or may not have a backdrop of sky. (161) Road, Fire Apparatus ( secondary). A road built to the fire apparatus standards as directed by the international fire code and the fire marshal. (162) Road, Primary. The main access road into a development. (163) Road, Private. A road that is on private property and maintained by the property owners and not a public entity. (164) Road, Public. A road that is dedicated to a public entity and maintained by a public entity. (165) Satellite Dish. An antenna intended to receive signals from satellites and other sources. (166) School, Commercial. An establishment for the teaching of industrial, clerical, managerial, or artistic skills. This definition applies to schools that are owned and operated privately and do not offer a complete educational curriculum. (167) School, College, University Private or Quasi-Public. A school operated by a private or quasipublic organization, or individual, which has a program similar to that provided in any public school in the state of Utah, except that such curriculum may include religious instruction. A private school may be a for-profit or nonprofit organization. This definition shall not include commercial schools. (168) School, Public. An educational facility operated by the Wasatch County School District or other public agency of the state of Utah. (169) Secondary Residential Unit. A living unit subordinate and accessory to the main structure with living space found within the main dwelling unit for family of the occupants of the main structure only. (170) Septic Tank. A watertight receptacle that receives the discharge of sewage and is designed and constructed to permit the deposition of settled solids, the digestion of the matter deposited, and the discharge of the liquid portion into a leaching system. (171) Septic Tank Drainfield. A specified tract or parcel of land in which the sewage that flows from a septic tank is oxidized. (172) Setback. The minimum distance by which any building or structure must be separated from a street right-of-way or lot line. (173) Service Station. A building or premises used for the sale of gasoline and oil products including the servicing of motor vehicles and the retail sale and installation of tires, replacement parts and accessories in and upon such vehicles; but not including paint, body and frame repair, or rebuilding of engines, transmissions, or differentials. Such premises may also include the sale of food products. (174) Sign. Any device for visual communication that is used for the purpose of advertising a product thereof to the attention of the public, but not including a flag pole which is used for the display of the state or national flag. (175) Skateboard Ramp. An outdoor structure designed and principally intended to permit persons on skateboards to move continuously from one side to the other. (176) Slope. The ratio of the vertical distance moved to the horizontal distance moved, expressed in percentage or degrees, when traversing along the surface of land. (177) Soil Engineer. A civil engineer registered in the State of Utah with training and experience in soil engineering. (178) Solid Waste. Any discarded material that does not flow under stress. (179) Stable. A detached accessory building for the keeping of horses owned by the occupants of the premises and not kept for remuneration, hire, or sale. (180) Story. That portion of a building, other than a cellar, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor or next ceiling above. (181) Street. Is defined as follows. (a) Minor Local. A road that has been designated to carry average daily trips of (0 to 150), with a minimum of fifty (50) feet right-of-way. (b) Local. A road that has been designated to carry average daily trips of (151-1500), with a minimum of fifty (50) feet right-of-way. (c) Major Local. A road that has been designated to carry average daily trips of (1501 to 2000), with a minimum of sixty (60) feet right-of-way. (d) Minor Collector. A road that has been designated to carry average daily trips of (2001 to 8000), with a minimum of sixty (60) feet right-of-way. (e) Major Collector. A road that provides for movement between arterial and local streets and limited access to abutting property, with a minimum of seventy-two (72) feet right-of-way. (f) High Density Development Road. A road that is designated to carry traffic for commercial project, condominium project, single family lots and/or other residential project with an average lot frontage less than two hundred (200) feet. (182) Street, Stub. A street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and which is intended to be extended or continued to serve future subdivisions or developments on adjacent lands. (183) Street, Through. Streets that extend continuously between other major streets in the community. (184) Structure. That which is framed, erected, constructed or placed upon the ground; but not including fences that are six (6) feet or less in height. (185) Subdivision. The term “subdivision” shall have the meaning set forth in the Utah Code Annotated (10-9a-103). (186) Surface Drainage. That amount of water run-off caused as a result of precipitation or irrigation. (187) Swimming Pool. A portable or permanent structure above or below grade, designed to hold water eighteen (18) inches deep or greater and/or two-hundred fifty (250) square feet or greater surface area and intended for therapeutic or recreational purposes. This definition does not include an ornamental reflecting pool, fish pond or other type of pool not used for swimming and/or wading and must be located and designed so as not to create a hazard. (188) Vacation Vehicle Court. An area or tract of land used to accommodate two or more vacation vehicles or camper units for a period of less than thirty (30) days. (189) Variance. A variation of, or deviation from the regulations or standards adopted by ordinance, which the Board of Adjustment is permitted to grant. (190) Vocational School. A school that specifically trains people for a skill or trade to be pursued as a trade. (191) Yard. A space on a lot, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided in this title. (192) Yard, Front. Any yard between the front lot line and the setback line of a main building and extending for the full width of the lot. (193) Yard, Rear. A yard between the rear lot line and the setback line of a main building, extending across the full width of inside lots and for corner lots a yard between the rear lot line and the setback line of the building and extending between the side lot line and the front yard lying opposite (194) Yard, Side. Any yard between the side lot line and the setback line of a main building, extending from the front yard to the rear yard. (195) Yard, Street Side. On corner lots, the yard determined by the owner to be the side yard on the street and running from the front setback line to the rear property line. (196) Youth Group Home. A dwelling unit wherein room, board, ordinary care, and supervision are provided in a family environment by the resident family or group home parents to persons who are unrelated to the resident family or group home parents and who are under the age of eighteen (18) years. To qualify, the dwelling unit must be approved by an agency of Utah state government. (197) Zero Lot Line Development. Single family dwellings arranged on lots with one common wall of the building located on the property line. Purpose. Permitted Principal Uses. Conditional Uses. Lot Area. Lot Width. Lot Frontage. Lot Area Per Dwelling. Setback Requirements. Building Height. Distance Between Buildings. Site Plan Provisions. Permissible Lot Coverage. Parking, Loading, and Access. Other Requirements. Gravel Pit Standards.

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