36-3 Applicability and administration
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 It may be out of date.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.
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(1) This Chapter applies to property and development within the unincorporated area of the County
to the extent allowed by state and federal law. (2) Unless otherwise exempted, this Chapter applies to: (a) new subdivisions and new development applications; (b) public agency projects, including County projects, to the extent allowed by law; (c) commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-family development; (d) developer-installed landscaping; (e) residential front and side yard landscaping for new one- and two-family dwellings; (f) common areas, entry features, park strips, open space, and streetscape landscaping associated with a subdivision or development; and (g) additions, remodels, expansions, or rehabilitated sites when new or replaced landscaping or irrigation is proposed or required as part of the project approval. (3) Rear yard landscaping for one- and two-family dwellings is encouraged, but not required, to comply
with this Chapter unless the rear yard landscaping is developer-installed landscaping, common-area landscaping, or otherwise required as a condition of approval.
(4) This Chapter does not apply to: (a) agricultural irrigation or bona fide agricultural uses; (b) existing lawful landscaping unless the landscaping is replaced, expanded, or modified as part
of a development approval, building permit, subdivision improvement, or enforcement remedy; (c) undisturbed native vegetation that is not irrigated; or (d) state or federal facilities to the extent County regulation is preempted by law.
(5) The Community Development Department shall administer this Chapter and may adopt forms, checklists, standard details, and review procedures to implement this Chapter.
(6) Approval under this Chapter does not create a right to water service, water shares, water rights, or water system capacity. Water service shall be provided only in accordance with applicable law, water provider rules, and approved development conditions. (Ord. 2026-07, 6/30/26)