02.0822 Use Requirements
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 It may be out of date.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 Elmo code is at https://emery.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ZONING-ORDINANCES.pdf.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
This is the town's 1975 typed zoning ordinance, the only one posted online (on Emery County's site). It may be outdated; confirm the current rules with the town.
Tables (like use tables) may not copy cleanly, so check any table against the official code.
Confirm anything here with Elmo planning before you rely on it.
The following buildings, structures, and uses of land shall be permitted in the R-1
Residential Zone upon compliance with requirements as set forth in this Ordinance.
1. One, two, and multiple-family dwellings and accessory buildings, including a
private garage for the storage of vehicles owned by persons residing on the
premises, green houses for private use only, private swimming pools, and arbors,
also bachelor dwellings and boarding houses.
2. Individual mobile homes which comply with the requirements set forth in Section
of this Ordinance; also mobile home parks when connected to a sewer
subject to the requirements relating to said uses as set forth under Section 02.0900
of this Ordinance.
3. Home occupations when approved by the Board of Adjustments. (See Section
02.0525-A)
4. Public parks, public recreation grounds, not including privately owned
amusement parks or recreation grounds.
5. Agriculture will mean a limited number of livestock. Such as not more than 4
large animals or not more than 4 feeder pigs, or not more than 12 sheep, also not
more than 24 rabbits or not more than 24 chickens, or other similar number.
6. A signboard not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area, appertaining to the lease
or sale of property, also nameplates in connection with dwellings or offices of
professional persons not exceeding 226 square inches in area and construction and
maintained in harmony with the residential character of the zone.
7. Fences, walls, and hedges which do not exceed seven (7) feet in height, provided
that no fence, wall or hedge shall exceed four (4) feet in height within the required
front or side yard that fronts on the street.
8. Schools and churches.
9. Public utility buildings and facilities subject to the approval of the Board of
Adjustments. (See Section 02.0525-0 of this Ordinance.)
10. Rest homes and day care nurseries.
11. Temporary buildings and yards for the storage of construction materials and
equipment incidental and necessary to construction of uses otherwise permitted in
the Zone. A permit, therefore, shall be valid for not more than one (1) year and
shall not be renewable for more than two (2) successive periods at the same
location.
02.0821 Objectives and Characteristics of Zone · 02.0823 Area Requirements