Utah zoning codes · Tooele County
Tooele County zoning
Where to find Tooele County's official zoning rules, and who to ask. This covers land outside city limits; cities and towns in the county have their own codes.
- Official code: Tooele County Land Use Ordinance (chapter PDFs); county code is a single PDF (the city's own PDF)
- Planning office: Planning department page
- Planning phone: 435-843-2132 (as listed on the government's website)
- Zoning map: Official zoning map page
- Website: www.tooeleco.gov
Searchable here: an unofficial copy of Tooele County's Tooele County Land Use Ordinance (chapter PDFs); county code is a single PDF (418 sections), pulled 2026-10-19 from its official website. It may be out of date; the official code controls. Chapter 19 is a scanned image on the county's site and is not included.
Sections
- 1-1 Short title
- 1-2 Purpose
- 1-3 Penalties
- 1-4 Violation - Notice and order
- 1-5 Civil penalties
- 1-6 Enforcement
- 1-7 Building permit required
- 1-8 Occupancy permit required
- 1-9 Site plans required
- 1-10 Inspection
- 1-11 Interpretation
- 1-12 Conflict
- 1-13 Validity
- 1-14 Effect on previous ordinances
- 1-15 Amendments
- 1-16 Notice
- 1-17 Permits or licenses
- 1-18 Fees
- 1-19 Improvements – Performance bonds
- 1-20 Limit on pending applications per parcel
- 2-1 Context
- 2-2 Definitions (part 1 of 2)
- 2-2 Definitions (part 2 of 2)
- 3-1 Tooele County General Plan
- 3-2 Planning commission responsibility
- 3-3 Application to amend the general plan
- 3-4 Restriction on applications after adoption of general plan
- 3-5 Effect of the plan on public uses
- 3-6 Land use ordinance
- 3-7 Amendment procedure
- 3-8 Initiation of land use ordinance text and zoning map amendments
- 3-9 Zoning map amendment procedure
- 3-10 County commission consideration for zoning map amendment--Hearing-Notice
- 3-11 Restriction on applications after decision of rezone application
- 3-12 Application for the initiation of land use ordinance text amendments
- 3-13 Determination of commissioners
- 3-14 Appeal procedure
- 3-15 Conditions to zoning map amendment
- 4-1 Effect of chapter
- 4-2 Substandard lots at time of ordinance passage
- 4-3 Lot standards
- 4-4 Every dwelling to be on a lot – Exceptions
- 4-5 Yard space for one building only
- 4-6 Private garage with side yard - Reduced yards
- 4-7 Sale or lease of required space
- 4-8 Sale of lots below minimum space requirements
- 4-9 Yards to be unobstructed - Exceptions
- 4-10 Repealed
- 4-11 Exceptions to height limitations
- 4-12 Minimum height of main building
- 4-13 Repealed
- 4-14 Clear view of intersecting streets
- 4-15 Maximum height of fences, walls and hedges
- 4-16 Water and sewerage requirements
- 4-17 Curbs, gutters and sidewalks
- 4-18 Effect of official map
- 4-19 Lots on private streets
- 4-20 Lots divided by a zone boundary
- 4-21 Disconnection or disincorporation of property
- 4-22 Animal and fowl restrictions
- 4-23 Off-site improvements
- 4-24 Commercial renting of dwellings prohibited
- 4-25 Temporary residences for emergency construction or repair
- 5-1 Purpose
- 5-2 Repairs and alterations
- 5-3 Additions, enlargements, and moving
- 5-4 Alteration where parking insufficient
- 5-5 Restoration of damaged buildings
- 5-6 One-year vacancy or abandonment
- 5-7 Continuation of use
- 5-8 Occupancy within one year
- 5-9 Change of use
- 5-10 Expansion permitted
- 5-11 Nonconforming use of land
- 5-12 The doctrine of diminishing assets
- 6-1 Purpose and scope
- 6-2 Off-street parking required
- 6-3 Site plan requirements for a building permit
- 6-4 Access to individual parking spaces
- 6-5 Number of parking spaces
- 6-6 Parking for the disabled
- 6-7 Access requirements
- 6-8 Location of gasoline pumps
- 6-9 Maintenance of parking lots
- 6-10 Off-street parking dimensions
- 7-1 Definition of conditional use
- 7-2 Permit required
- 7-3 No presumption of approval
- 7-5 Determination
- 7-6 Fee
- 7-7 Public hearing
- 7-8 Appeals
- 7-9 Compliance and inspection
- 7-10 Substantial action required
- 7-11 Notification required
- 7-12 Amendment of a conditional use permit
- 7-13 Revocation
- 7-14 Temporary permits
- 7-15 Professional filming
- 8-1 Purpose
- 8-2 General provisions
- 8-3 Nuisance and abatement
- 8-4 Performance standards procedure
- 8-5 Enforcement provisions applicable to all uses
- 8-6 Exemptions from public nuisance for agricultural practices in an agricultural protection zone
- 8-7 Locations where determinations are to be made for enforcement
- 8-8 Dangerous and objectionable elements
- 8-9 Junk, disposal, dumping, display, collection and storage
- 8-12 Storage of explosives and hazardous materials
- 8-13 On site lighting
- 8-14 Nuisance Weeds
- 10-1 Purpose
- 10-2 Location and use
- 10-3 Permanent residential placement of mobile and manufactured homes
- 11-1 Purpose
- 11-2 Storage and use of recreational coaches
- 11-3 Recreational coach parks
- 12-1 Purpose
- 12-2 Scope of application
- 12-3 Scope of modifications authorized
- 12-5 General site plan content
- 12-6 Storm water drainage. Provisions for storm surface drainage shall be
- 12-7 Utilities
- 12-8 Procedures for site plan review
- 14-1 Establishment of zoning districts
- 14-2 Rules for locating boundaries
- 15-1-1 Purpose of multiple use districts
- 15-1-2 MU-40 development restrictions
- 15-1-3 MU-80 development restrictions
- 15-1-4 MU-160 development restrictions
- 15-2-1 Purposes of agricultural districts
- 15-2-2 A-5 development restrictions
- 15-2-3 A-10 development restrictions
- 15-2-4 A-20 development restrictions
- 15-2-5 A-40 development restrictions
- 15-3-1 Purposes of rural residential districts
- 15-3-2 RR-1 development restrictions
- 15-3-3 RR-5 development restrictions
- 15-3-4 RR-10 development restrictions
- 15-4-1 Uses conditionally exempt from frontage, width, and area requirements of the zoning district
- 15-5-1 Codes and symbols
- 15-5-2 Uses
- 15-5-3 Use tables
- 15-5-4 Farm animal units per acreage
- 16-1-1 Purposes of Residential District R-1-8
- 16-1-2 R-1-8 development restrictions
- 16-1-3 Purposes of Residential District R-1-10
- 16-1-4 R-1-10 development restrictions
- 16-1-5 Purposes of Residential District R-1-12
- 16-1-6 R-1-12 development restrictions
- 16-1-7 Purposes of Residential District R-1-21
- 16-1-8 R-1-21 development restrictions
- 16-2-1 Purposes of Multiple Residential Districts R-M-7
- 16-2-2 R-M-7 development restrictions
- 16-2-3 Purposes of Multiple Residential District R-M-15
- 16-2-4 R-M-15 development restrictions
- 16-2-5 Purposes of Multiple Residential District R-M-30
- 16-2-6 R-M-30 development restrictions
- 16-3-1 Uses conditionally exempt from frontage, width, and area requirements of the zoning district
- 16-4-1 Codes and symbols
- 16-4-2 Uses
- 16-4-3 Use tables
- 16-4-4 Farm animal units per property
- 17-1-1 Purpose of Commercial Neighborhood (C-N) zoning districts
- 17-1-2 Purpose of Commercial Shopping (C-S) zoning districts
- 17-1-3 Purpose of Commercial Highway (C-H) zoning districts
- 17-1-4 Purpose of Commercial General (C-G) zoning districts
- 17-1-5 Development restrictions in commercial zones
- 17-1-6 Maximum building heights
- 17-2-1 Purpose of Manufacturing Distribution (M-D) zoning districts
- 17-2-2 Purpose of Manufacturing General (M-G) zoning districts
- 17-2-3 Development restrictions to manufacturing zoning districts generally
- 17-2-4 Development restrictions specific to M-D zoning districts
- 17-2-5 Maximum building heights
- 17-3-1 Purpose of Hazardous Industries (MG-H) zoning districts
- 17-3-2 Permits - Compliance
- 17-3-3 Development restrictions
- 17-4-1 Uses conditionally exempt from frontage, width, and area requirements of the zoning district
- 17-5-1 Codes and symbols
- 17-5-2 Uses
- 17-5-3 Use tables
- 17-6-1 Aerospace and defense manufacturing
- 17A-1-3 Maximum building heights
- 17A-2-3 Development restrictions specific to RRS zoning districts
- 17A-2-4 Maximum building heights
- 17A-3-1 Purpose of Technology Industries (T-I) zoning district
- 17A-3-2 Development restrictions in the Technology Industries (T-I) zones
- 17A-3-3 Maximum building heights
- 17A-5-1 Codes and symbols
- 17A-5-2 Uses
- 17A-5-3 Use tables
- 18-1-1 Purpose
- 18-1-2 Prohibitions
- 18-1-3 Existing permit amendment procedure
- 18-1-4 Tooele County Environmental Impact Board
- 18-1-5 EIB action on the Environmental Impact Study
- 18-1-6 Location criteria emphasis in the EIS
- 18-1-7 Action of the Board of County Commissioners
- 20-1 Purpose
- 20-2 Residential facilities for elderly persons
- 21-1-1 Purpose
- 21-1-2 Conditional Uses
- 21-1-3 Permitted Uses
- 21-2-1 Development restrictions
- 21-2-2 Alternative building materials or methods
- 21-2-3 Special building construction regulations
- 21-2-4 Area, width, frontage, yard, coverage, and height regulations
- 22-1 Purpose
- 22-2 Application
- 22-3 Permitted uses
- 22-4 Conditional uses
- 22-5 Special provisions
- 22-6 Area, width, frontage, yard, coverage, and height regulations
- 23-1 Purpose
- 23-2 Application
- 23-3 Land Uses
- 23-4 Conditional Use Permits Required
- 23-5 Area, Width, Height, and Coverage Regulations
- 23-6 Standards
- 23-7 Violations
- 23-8 Preexisting Accesses
- 23-9 Abandonment
- 24-1-1 Purpose
- 24-1-2 Scope
- 24-1-3 Interpretation
- 24-1-4 Sign permit process
- 24-2-1 Illegal signs
- 24-2-2 Enforcement authorization
- 24-2-3 Appeal
- 24-3-1 Regulation, containment and elimination
- 24-3-2 Alterations
- 24-3-3 Restoration
- 24-3-4 Maintenance
- 24-3-5 Abandonment
- 24-3-6 Signs to be made conforming
- 24-3-7 Special exceptions
- 24-4-1 General sign requirements
- 24-4-2 Site plan review and design
- 24-4-3 Permit tags
- 24-4-4 Prohibited sign devices
- 24-4-5 Dangerous, defective and non-maintained signs
- 24-4-6 On-premise electronic message centers
- 24-5-1 General provisions
- 24-5-2 Notice bulletin boards
- 24-5-3 Political or campaign signs
- 24-5-4 Development and real estate signs in residential areas
- 24-5-5 Development and real estate signs in commercial and industrial areas
- 24-5-6 Signs allowed in all zoning districts
- 24-6-1 General regulations
- 24-6-2 Permit application requirements
- 24-6-3 Business related temporary signs
- 24-6-4 Temporary signs not requiring a permit
- 24-6-5 Repealed
- 24-7-1 Regulated sign area
- 24-7-2 Wall sign
- 24-7-3 Multiple face sign
- 24-7-6 Spherical, free-form, sculptural, or other non-planer signs
- 24-8-1 Purpose and intent
- 24-8-2 Permit application requirements
- 24-8-3 Safety and location standards for permanent signs
- 24-9-1 Codes and symbols
- 24-9-2 Use tables
- 25-1 Purpose
- 25-2 Application
- 25-3 Zone 1
- 25-4 Zone 2
- 25-5 Zone 3
- 25-7 Public drinking water systems data
- 26-1-1 Purpose
- 26-1-2 Definitions
- 26-1-3 Conditional use permit application
- 26-1-4 Reporting
- 26-1-5 Waste facility inspections
- 26-2-1 Purpose of the construction debris overlay zone (CDO)
- 26-2-2 Application of the construction debris overlay zone
- 26-2-3 Materials allowed
- 26-2-4 Location standards for construction debris disposal facilities
- 26-2-5 Permitted and conditional uses
- 26-3-1 Purpose
- 26-3-2 Creation and location
- 26-3-4 Permitted and conditional uses
- 26-4-1 Codes and symbols
- 26-4-2 Uses
- 27-1 Purpose
- 27-2 Permitted and conditional uses
- 27-3 Operation categories
- 27-4 Application
- 27-5 Minimum Requirements
- 27-6 Codes and symbols
- 27-7 Uses
- 28-1 Purpose and scope
- 28-2 Definitions
- 28-3 Applicability
- 28-4 Site location master plan
- 28-5 Facility types and standards
- 28-6 Collocation of antennas
- 28-7 Location on residential lots prohibited
- 28-8 Color
- 28-9 Sites in foothills and canyons
- 28-11 Notice to neighboring jurisdictions
- 28-12 Additional requirements
- 28-13 Accessory buildings
- 28-14 Non-maintained or abandoned facilities
- 28-15 Building permit required
- 29-1 Purpose
- 29-2 Boundary
- 29-3 Definitions
- 29-4 Application
- 31-1 Definitions
- 31-2 Purpose
- 31-3 Land use districts
- 31-4 P-C zone area – minimum requirements
- 31-5 Permitted uses
- 31-6 Conditional uses
- 31-7 Planning and approval process for P-C zone
- 31-8 P-C zone plan
- 31-9 Community structure plan (CSP)
- 31-10 Project plan/subdivision plat
- 31-11 Site plan review
- 31-12 Development standards
- 31-13 Development agreement
- 32-1-1 Purpose
- 32-2-1 Conditional Uses (Planning Commission Review)
- 32-2-2 Prohibited Uses
- 32-3-1 Setbacks
- 32-3-2 Height
- 32-3-3 Visual and Environmental Mitigation
- 32-3-4 Noise
- 32-3-5 Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- 32-3-6 Decommissioning
- 32-4-1 Pre-Application Meeting
- 32-4-2 Required Submittals
- 32-4-3 Public Hearings
- 32-4-4 Approval Criteria
- 32-5-1 Zone Designation and Mapping
- 32-6-1 Enforcement and Compliance
- 33-1 Definitions
- 33-2 Names of streets designated on official map
- 33-3 Numbering
- 33-4 Exceptions
- 33-5 Stansbury Park
- 33-6 Failure to number
- 33-7 Display of house number
- 35-1-1 Short title
- 35-1-2 Purpose
- 35-1-3 Notice
- 35-1-4 Penalties
- 35-1-5 Creation of substandard lots prohibited
- 35-1-6 Subdivisions located near a state protection area
- 35-1-7 Plats required
- 35-1-8 Certain agricultural partitions exempt
- 35-1-9 Condominium projects
- 35-2-1 Application expiration
- 35-2-2 Application procedure
- 35-2-3 Final plat requirements
- 35-2-4 Infrastructure design and engineering drawings requirements
- 35-3-1 Standards
- 35-3-2 Approval process
- 35-4-1 Standards
- 35-4-2 Approval process
- 35-4-3 Phased development
- 35-4-4 Master plan requirements
- 35-4-5 Master plan application (Preliminary plan)
- 35-4-6 Final plat application
- 35-4-7 Utility and agency response
- 35-5-1 Purpose
- 35-5-2 Applicability of regulations
- 35-5-3 Application requirements
- 35-5-4 Open space requirements
- 35-5-5 Open space network configuration
- 35-5-6 Open space and conservation areas
- 35-5-7 Primary conservation areas
- 35-5-8 Value of primary conservation areas
- 35-5-9 Secondary conservation areas
- 35-5-10 Ownership and management of open space
- 35-5-11 Prohibited uses of open space
- 35-5-12 Requirements for conservation easements
- 35-6-1 Application
- 35-6-2 Lots
- 35-6-3 Roads
- 35-6-4 Frontage on arterial and collector roads
- 35-6-5 Sidewalks, curbs, and gutters
- 35-6-6 Monuments
- 35-6-7 Easements
- 35-6-8 Utilities to be underground
- 35-6-9 Sewer systems
- 35-6-10 Sanitary sewer mains, laterals, and house connections – Future
- 35-6-11 Water supply
- 35-6-12 Storm drainage and floodplains
- 35-6-13 Fire mitigation standards
- 35-6-14 Street connectivity requirements
- 35-6-15 Master Planned and Off-Street Trails
- 35-7-1 Improvement completion assurance
- 35-7-2 Default
- 35-7-3 Maintenance guarantee
- 35-7-4 Acceptance and release of surety
- 35-7-5 Engineering review and inspection fee
- 35-8-1 Vacating or changing a subdivision plat
- 35-8-2 Filing of a petition to vacate, alter, or amend a plat – Notice
- 35-8-4 Boundary adjustments
- 36-1 Purpose and findings
- 36-2 Definitions
- 36-3 Applicability and administration
- 36-4 Indoor plumbing fixture standards
- 36-5 Water supply and development review
- 36-6 Outdoor landscaping and irrigation standards
- 36-7 Landscape plan requirements, installation, and certification
- 36-8 Ownership, maintenance, and property associations
- 36-9 Car wash water efficiency standards
- 36-10 Exceptions and alternative compliance
- 36-11 Enforcement, violations, and penalties
- 36-12 Conflict with state law and severability
- 37-1 Purposes
- 37-2 Definitions
- 37-3 Cannabis production establishment standards
- 37-4 Cannabis production establishment location restrictions
- 37-5 Medical cannabis pharmacy standards
- 37-6 Medical cannabis pharmacy location restrictions
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