Eagle Mountain, UT Animal Ordinances: Bird Protection (2026)

49, the Wildlife Corridor Overlay Zone, which the city council layers onto existing zoning to protect migration routes and nesting habitat without changing the underlying district. 015 defines "nesting season" as "the period of the year in which birds are building nests and raising young, generally from March 15th through July 31st," and the definition sweeps in "any nesting period for documented bird species within a wildlife overlay zone," not just a single target species. 060(D), the Construction Period standard, then flatly states that no construction or development within a wildlife corridor overlay zone may occur during the mule deer migration or bird nesting season, pointing to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Eagle Protection Act as the reason for the timing.

050 and recorded on the city's digital zoning GIS map, which today centers on the critical mule deer migration corridor established in 2021 with Utah Division of Wildlife Resources data. 060(A)(4) lets the approval authority permit safety mitigating measures or outdoor recreational amenities inside the corridor even in-season if it finds the amenity serves the public interest without significant wildlife harm.