Sec 104-2-1 Purpose And IntentSec 104-2-2 Preferred UseSec 104-2-3 Land Use TableSec 104-2-4 Special RegulationsSec 104-2-5 Site Development StandardsHISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2021-6 on 3/23/2021
- The AV-3 Zone and A-1 Zone are both an agricultural zone and a low-density rural residential zone. The purpose of the AV-3 Zone and A-1 Zone is to:
- Designate low-intensity farm areas, which are anticipated to develop in a rural residential development pattern;
- Set up guidelines to continue agricultural pursuits, including the keeping of farm animals; and
- Direct orderly low-density residential development in a continuing rural environment.
- The A-2 Zone is both an agricultural zone and a low-density rural residential zone. The purpose of the A-2 Zone is to designate moderate-intensity farming areas where agricultural pursuits and the rural environment should be promoted and preserved where possible.
- The purpose of the A-3 Zone is to designate farming areas where high-intensity agricultural pursuits can be permanently maintained.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 2021-6 on 3/23/2021
Agriculture is the preferred use in all agricultural zones. All agricultural operations shall be permitted at any time, including the operation of farm machinery, and no agricultural use shall be subject to restriction because it interferes with other uses permitted in the zone.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 2021-6 on 3/23/2021
The following tables display the uses permitted, conditionally permitted, or not permitted in the agricultural zones. The letter "P" indicates a permitted use in the zone. The letter "C" indicates a use that requires a conditional use permit, as governed by Title 108 Chapter 4, in the zone. The letter "N" indicates a use that is prohibited in the zone. A use listed is a main use, unless listed in the "accessory uses" table.
- Accessory uses. Unless otherwise specified in the Land Use Code, an accessory use is prohibited unless located on the same lot or parcel as its main use.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions
|
Accessory building, accessory and incidental to the use of a main building.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Accessory dwelling unit.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| See Chapter 108-19.
|
Accessory use, accessory and incidental to the main use. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Agricultural Produce Sales, Onsite. The sales of agricultural products produced onsite, accessory to an agricultural operation. | P | P | P | P | See Section 104-2-4. 5-acre use. |
Custom exempt meat cutting, accessory to a residential use. | C
| N
| N
| N
| See Section 104-2-4. 5-acre use. |
Family food production, accessory to a residential use.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| See Section 104-2-4.
|
Home occupation, accessory to a residential use. | P
| P
| P
| P
| See Chapter 108-13.
|
Household pets, accessory to a residential use. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Main building, designed or used to accommodate the main use. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Parking lot, accessory to a main use allowed in the zone. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Parking of large vehicle, accessory to residential use.
| C
| C
| C
| C
| See Section 104-2-4. 5-acre use. |
Parking of construction vehicle.
| C
| C
| C
| C
| See Section 104-2-4. 5-acre use.
|
Sugar beet loading or collection station. | C
| N
| P
| P
| |
Sugar beet dump site. | N
| N
| P
| P
| |
Temporary building or use, accessory and incidental to onsite construction work. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
- Agricultural uses, non-animal.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions
|
Agriculture.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Agriculture, community-oriented. A crop production operation for use by the broader public, such as a community garden, rental row operation, or you-pick operation. | P | P | P | P | |
Agricultural experiment station.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Aquaculture.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Fruit and vegetable storage and packing plant, for produce grown on premises. | P
| P
| N
| N
| 5-acre use.
|
Grain storage elevator. | N
| N
| N
| P
| 5-acre use.
|
Greenhouse and nursery. Sales are limited to plants produced on the premises. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Laboratory facility, for agricultural products and soils testing. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
Manure spreading, drying and sales.
| N
| N
| N
| C
| |
- Animal-related noncommercial uses. The following are animal-related uses that do not and shall not typically generate customer-oriented traffic to the lot or parcel.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions |
Animal grazing. Animal grazing, as defined in Section 101-2. | P | P | P | P | See Section 104-2-4. 5-acre use. |
Animal feeding operation. An animal feeding operation, as defined in Section 101-2. | N | N | N | C | See Section 104-2-4. 5-acre use. |
Animal feeding operation, large concentrated. A large concentrated animal feeding operation, as defined in Section 101-2. | N | N | N | C | See Section 104-2-4. 5-acre use. |
Apiary.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Aquaculture, animal related. | P | P | P | P | |
Aviary.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Chinchilla raising.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Corral, stable or building for keeping animals or fowl.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| See Section 104-2-4.
|
Dairy farm, including milk processing and sale, when at least 50 percent of milk is produced on the farm. | P
| P
| P
| P
| 5-acre use. |
Dairy or creamery. | N
| N
| N
| P
| 5-acre use. |
Dog breeding, dog kennels, or dog training school. | C
| C
| C
| N
| See Section 104-2-4. 2-acre use.
|
Stable for horses, noncommercial. Horses shall be for noncommercial use only. No more than two horses shall be kept for each one-half acre of land used for the horses. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Slaughterhouse.
| N
| N
| N
| C
| |
Slaughtering, dressing, and marketing on a commercial scale of chickens, turkeys, or other fowl, fish, or frogs, when the animals or fowl were raised on the lot or parcel. | C
| C
| C
| C
| 5-acre use. |
Slaughtering of rabbits or beavers raised on the lot or parcel. This use is limited to a maximum of 500 rabbits at any one time. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
- Commercial uses. The following are uses that typically generate customer-oriented traffic to the lot or parcel.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions
|
Agri-tourism. | C
| C
| C
| C
| See Chapter 108-21.
|
Airport.
| N
| N
| C
| C
| |
Animal hospital or clinic. | C
| C
| C
| N
| |
Campground and picnic area. | N
| N
| C
| C
| See Chapter 108-20.
|
Cannabis production establishment, as defined by state code.
| N
| N
| P
| C
| See Section 108-7-34.
|
Child day care. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
Circus or transient amusement. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
Equestrian training and stable facilities. No more than ten horses per acre of land used for horses. | C
| C
| C
| P
| 5-acre use.
|
Golf course, except miniature golf course.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Golf driving range.
| N
| N
| N
| P
| 5-acre use.
|
Greenhouse and nursery. Sales are limited to plants, landscaping materials, fertilizer, pesticide and insecticide products, tools for garden and lawn care, and the growing and sale of sod.
| C
| C
| C
| P
| |
Gun club. | N
| N
| C
| C
| 5-acre use.
|
Horse racing and training track, cutter racing track, including indoor concessions as an accessory use. | N
| N
| C
| C
| |
Outdoor recreation club activities, for horse riding, bow and arrow shooting, snowmobiling, etc. | N
| N
| C
| C
| |
Stables.
| N
| N
| N
| P
| 5-acre use.
|
Skeet shooting range.
| N
| N
| C
| C
| 5-acre use.
|
Turf horse jumping course.
| N
| N
| N
| C
| |
- Institutional uses.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions |
Dog pound. | N
| N
| N
| P
| 5-acre use. |
Cemetery.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Convalescent or rest home.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Correctional institution.
| N
| N
| C
| C
| |
Church, synagogue or similar building used for regular religious worship. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Educational/institutional identification sign. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
Hospital. | N
| N
| N
| P
| 5-acre use. |
Public building. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Public park, recreation grounds and associated buildings. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Public school, or private educational institution having a curriculum similar to that ordinarily given in public schools. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Public storage facilities developed by a public agency. | C
| C
| C
| C
| See Chapter 108-10.
|
Sanitarium. | N
| N
| C
| P
| |
School bus-parking, provided the vehicle is parked at least 30 feet from a public street. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
- Residential uses.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions |
Residential facility for elderly persons.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| See Section 108-7-15.
|
Residential facility for handicapped persons.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| See Section 108-7-13.
|
Residential facility for troubled youth. | C
| C
| C
| C
| See Section 108-7-14.
|
Single-family dwelling. | P
| P
| P
| P
| |
Two-family dwelling. | N
| P
| N
| N
| 2-acre use. |
- Recreational noncommercial uses. The following are recreational uses that are typically owned or operated by a nonprofit or governmental entity.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions |
Campground and picnic area.
| N
| N
| C
| C
| See Chapter 108-20.
|
Equestrian training and stable facilities, noncommercial. No more than five horses per acre. | C
| C
| N
| N
| 5-acre use. |
Private park, playground or recreation area. No privately owned commercial amusement business.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| |
- Utility uses.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Provisions
|
Public utility substations.
| C
| C
| C
| C
| |
Radio or television station or tower. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
Wastewater treatment or disposal facilities. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
Small wind energy system. | C
| C
| C
| C
| |
- Other uses.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Regulations |
Mines, quarries, gravel pits, when in compliance with the Weber County Excavation and Clean Fill Ordinance.
| N
| N
| C
| C
| |
- Development types.
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
| Special Regulations |
Cluster subdivision.
| P
| P
| P
| P
| See Chapter 108-3.
|
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 2021-6 on 3/23/2021
Amended by Ord. 2022-06 on 2/1/2022
Amended by Ord. 2023-35 on 12/5/2023
The uses listed below correspond with certain uses listed in the Land Use Table in Section 104-2-3. Due to the nature of the use, each shall be further regulated as follows:
- Agricultural Produce Sales, Onsite. The sales of onsite agricultural produce shall be governed as follows:
- Onsite. For the purposes of this use, “onsite” shall mean on the same lot or parcel, or on a parcel that is part of a larger group of parcels, the agricultural operation thereon being under the same ownership.
- Same owner/operator. The sales shall only be operated by the owner or manager of the onsite agricultural operation.
- Limitation on items sold. Sales shall be limited to Agricultural Products, at least one of which must be produced onsite and shall be continuously offered for sale during all times that offsite produce is offered for sale.
- Allowed footprint. If sales occur within a building, the footprint of the building area used for sales shall be limited to no more than 0.025 percent of the total area of the agricultural operation. If sales occur outdoors, the footprint of the area used for sales shall be limited to no more than 1.0 percent of the total area of the agricultural operation.
- Setback requirement. Except warehousing and storage, all sales activities shall be conducted at a minimum distance from an adjoining property. That distance shall be the greater of:
- 10 feet; or
- One foot for every 200 square feet of footprint used for the sales activities, up to 100 feet.
- Animal grazing. This use shall not include the supplementary or full feeding of the animals, except when in compliance with the following:
- It may only be carried on during times that are reasonable and necessary due to lack of natural growing feed as a result of seasonal changes or extreme and temporary meteorological events.
- It shall not exceed a density of 25 head per acre of used land in the AV-3 and A-1 zones, and 40 head per acre of used land in the A-2 and A-3 zones.
- It shall not be closer than 75 feet to any dwelling, public or semi-public building on an adjoining parcel of land.
- Animal feeding operation. This use may include supplemental or full feeding. However, it is prohibited to feed animals any market refuse, house refuse, garbage, or offal that was not produced on the premises. The following additional standards apply for hog feeding:
- All pens and housing for hogs shall be concrete and maintained in a sanitary manner.
- Drainage structures and disposal of animal waste shall be provided and properly maintained as required by the local health department.
- Animal feeding operation, large concentrated. A large concentrated animal feeding operation shall not be located within a half-mile of a zone boundary, unless the boundary is shared with another zone in which this use is allowed. Additionally, the area of confinement devoted to the feeding of the animals in any new large concentrated animal feeding operation shall be set back at least one quarter-mile from every property boundary.
- Corral, stable or building for keeping animals or fowl. This use shall be located no less than 100 feet from a public street and not less than 25 feet from any side or rear lot line.
- Custom exempt meat cutting. This use shall be limited to animals that are part of one or more livestock operation(s) in Weber County. This use shall only occur if it is accessory to a dwelling onsite, completely enclosed within a building with no outdoor storage, and located on and with access directly from a collector or arterial street.
- Dog breeding, dog kennels, or dog training school. This use shall not exceed ten dogs of more than ten weeks old, per acre, at any time. Any building or enclosure for animals shall be located not less than 100 feet from a public street and not less than 50 feet from any side or rear property line.
- Family food production.
- As used in this subsection, a Group A animal is either one pig, one sheep, one cow, or one goat, and Group B animals or fowl are either a set of ten rabbits, ten chickens, ten pheasants, five turkeys, five ducks, five geese, or five pigeons.
- No more than four sets of Group B animals or fowl may be kept on a lot or parcel that is less than 40,000 square feet.
- No more than six combined sets of Group A animals and sets of Group B animals or fowl may be kept on a lot or parcel that is less than two acres. The same applies to a lot or parcel greater than two acres, except that an additional six combined sets of Group A and sets of Group B animals or fowl may be kept per each additional acre greater than two.
- Parking of construction vehicle. The off-site for-profit nonagricultural use of the construction vehicle shall be restricted to the owner or operator of an actively operating agricultural use on the same lot or parcel on which it is parked, or the owner or operator's employee. This use shall:
- Be accessory to an actively-operating agricultural use on the lot or parcel;
- Be restricted to vehicles and related equipment that are used for the actively-operating agricultural use;
- Include no more than one three-axle truck, and no pups.
- Parking of large vehicle. This use shall be restricted to one vehicle, no greater than 24,000 pound GVW, which shall be parked at least 50 feet from a public street. Recreational vehicles are exempt from these restrictions.
- Temporary building or use. The building or use shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 2021-6 on 3/23/2021
Amended by Ord. 2022-06 on 2/1/2022
Amended by Ord. 2023-35 on 12/5/2023
The following site development standards apply to a lot or parcel in the agricultural zones, unless specified otherwise in this Land Use Code.
- Lot area:
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
|
Minimum for single-family dwelling:
| 3 acres | 40,000 square feet | 40,000 square feet
| 2 acres |
Minimum for other use:
| 2 acres |
Minimum for 2-acre use [see Section 104-2-4]:
| 2 acres
|
Minimum for 5-acre use [see Section 104-2-4]:
| 5 acres
| 5 acres
| 5 acres
| 5 acres
|
- Lot width:
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3 |
Minimum lot width:
| 150 feet
| 150 feet
| 150 feet
| 150 feet
|
Minimum for 2 and 5-acre use [see Section 104-2-4]:
| 300 feet
| 300 feet
| 300 feet
| 300 feet
|
- Yard setback:
- Front yard setback:
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
|
Minimum front yard setback:
| 30 feet
| 30 feet
| 30 feet
| 30 feet
|
- Side yard setback:
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
|
Minimum for dwelling:
| 10 feet with total width of 2 side yards not less than 24 feet
|
Minimum for other main building:
| 20 feet
|
Minimum for side facing street on corner lot:
| 20 feet
|
Minimum for accessory building:
| 10 feet except 1 foot if located at least 6 feet in rear of main building
|
Minimum for accessory buildings over 1,000 sq. ft. for storage of personal equipment and materials: See Section 108-7-16. |
- Rear yard setback:
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
|
Main building:
| 30 feet |
Accessory building:
| 1 foot except 10 feet where accessory building on a corner lot rears on side yard of an adjacent lot
|
- Building height:
| AV-3
| A-1
| A-2
| A-3
|
Minimum main building height:
| 1 story
|
Maximum main building height:
| 35 feet
|
Maximum accessory building height:
| 25 feet unless meeting requirements of Section 108-7-16, Large accessory buildings
|
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 2021-6 on 3/23/2021