Weber County, UT Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Section 6-3-3 states plainly that the type and number of animals for family food production is governed exclusively by the county's land use ordinances, and that any animal not expressly allowed as a permitted or conditional use in a specific zone is presumed prohibited. The operative numbers live in Section 104-2-4, Special Regulations, for the A-1, A-2, and A-3 agricultural zones. The code sorts animals into two groups: a Group A animal is one pig, one sheep, one cow, or one goat, while a Group B animal or fowl is a set of ten rabbits, ten chickens, ten pheasants, five turkeys, five ducks, five geese, or five pigeons.

A lot or parcel smaller than 40,000 square feet may keep no more than four sets of Group B animals or fowl, meaning up to 40 chickens (or the equivalent mix of rabbits, pheasants, turkeys, ducks, geese, or pigeons) on a standard suburban-sized lot. A lot smaller than two acres may keep no more than six combined sets of Group A and Group B animals, and a lot two acres or larger gets that same base of six sets plus an additional six combined sets for each additional acre beyond two.

Separate special regulations in the same section govern larger operations: animal grazing without supplemental feeding is capped at 25 head per acre in the A-1 zone and 40 head per acre in A-2 and A-3, animal feeding operations may not use off-site refuse not produced on the premises, and any corral, stable or building for keeping animals or fowl must sit at least 100 feet from a public street and 25 feet from a side or rear lot line. Section 104-2-4 was amended most recently by Ordinance 2026-09 on May 26, 2026.