12-5 General site plan content
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 It may be out of date.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 Tooele County code is at https://www.tooeleco.gov/departments/development/land_use_ordinance.php.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
Chapter 19 is a scanned image on the county's site and is not included.
Tables (like use tables) may not copy cleanly, so check any table against the official code.
Confirm anything here with Tooele County planning before you rely on it.
(1) Except for single lot detached single-
family and two-family/twin home dwellings for a
building permit, all other applications shall
submit a site plan that complies with this section.
The application form, fees, two copies of a site
plan and other supporting material as required
by the county shall be submitted to the planning
division. The planning division, upon receipt of
the application, shall determine whether the
application is complete and ready for review
based on the stated requirements for submittal
and requests for exceptions to the submittal
requirements. If the submitted material is
determined to be incomplete, all review of the
submittal will be delayed until the planning
division receives the necessary material to make
the submittal complete.
(2) Two copies of a site plan, drawn to a
scale of 20 feet to the inch or such other scale
as the zoning administrator shall deem
appropriate, shall be submitted along with any
permit application and shall contain the following
information:
(a) the applicant’s name, address,
telephone number and interest in the property;
(b) the owner’s name, address and
telephone number, if different than the applicant;
(c) the street address and parcel
number or legal description of the subject
property;
(d) the zoning district;
(e) a vicinity map with north point,
and scale;
(f)
the title of the project and the
names addresses and telephone numbers of the
architect, landscape architect, planner, and
engineer on the project if applicable;
(g) the boundaries of the subject
property, all existing property lines, setback
lines, existing streets, buildings, water courses,
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water ways or lakes, wetlands, and other
existing physical features on the project;
(h) the finished grade for the entire
site shall be shown as well as the first floor
elevation of all buildings. Additionally, on all site
plans the following information must be
provided:
(i)
significant topographical
or physical features of the site, including existing
trees;
(ii)
the elevation of the curb
if existing or proposed in front of each lot; and
(iii) elevations of the top
and toe of slope, slope ratio of fill, and limits of
fill, including access;
(i)
the location and size of sanitary
and storm systems, water, gas, telephone,
electric and other utility lines, culverts and other
underground structures in or affecting the
project, including existing and proposed facilities
and easements for these facilities, and in the
case of county-owned utilities, such information
may be obtained from the appropriate county
department;
(j)
the location, and dimensions of:
(ii)
proposed streets;
(iii) access to the project
and the distance from:
(a) those
on
adjoining properties within 150 feet;
(b) the property
lines; and
(c) if a corner lot,
all street intersections that abut the property;
(iii) alleys;
(iv) loading areas;
(v) parking lots to include
ADA accessible spaces including numbers and
dimensions of parking and loading spaces;
(vi) outdoor
lighting
systems;
(vii) sidewalks, curbs and
gutters and all curb cuts;
(viii) gasoline or diesel
pumps and islands if located on the site; and
(ix) points
for
the
connections to major utilities;
(k) the location of all proposed
buildings and structures, accessory and
principal, showing:
(i)
the number of stories
and height;
(ii)
the distance from all
property lines and other existing or proposed
structures;
(iii) type of use that will be
located in the structure;
(iv) the percent of building
coverage of the lot; and
(v) the total square footage
of the floor area by proposed use of each
building;
(l)
the location, height, type and
material of all fences and walls;
(m) if the development includes
signs, the location, character, size, height and
orientation of proposed signs, as proposed to be
erected and elevations of buildings showing
signs to be placed on exterior walls;
(n) adequate measures to prevent
pollution of surface or ground water, to minimize
erosion and sedimentation, and to prevent
changes in ground water levels, increased runoff
and potential for flooding, drainage designed so
that runoff shall not be increased, ground water
recharge is maximized, and neighboring
properties will not be adversely affected;
(o) when the public road frontage
has existing curbs or is required to install curbs
as part of the development improvements, street
trees shall be required to be installed in the
parkway;
(p) on-site lighting showing
compliance with the Tooele County Land Use
Ordinance;
(q) the location of dumpsters or
other outdoor trash receptacles;
(r)
the location and dimensions of
proposed recreation areas, open spaces and
other required amenities and improvements;
(s) a tabulation of the total number
of acres in the project and the percentage and
acreage thereof proposed to be allocated to off-
street parking, open space, parks, and other
reservations;
(t)
a tabulation of the total number
of dwelling units in the project and the overall
project density in the dwelling units per gross
acre for residential projects; and
(u) a signature panel for zoning
administrator approval.
(3) The zoning administrator may waive any
of the above listed requirements upon making a
determination that such requirements are
unnecessary due to the scope and nature of the
proposed development. (Ord.2005-30, 11/22/05)
12-3 Scope of modifications authorized · 12-6 Storm water drainage. Provisions for storm surface drainage shall be