Weber County, UT Animal Ordinances: Veterinary Clinic Zoning (2026)

Weber County's Land Use Code regulates commercial uses in its Agricultural zones through the use table at Section 104-2-3.040. That table classifies each use as P (permitted outright), C (requiring a conditional use permit under Title 108, Chapter 4), or N (prohibited), and states that a use listed in one zone but not repeated in another is prohibited there as well. "Veterinary Facility" is listed with the designation C, C, N for the A-1, A-2, and A-3 zones respectively: a conditional use permit is required to operate one in either A-1 or A-2, and the use is not allowed at all in A-3. Because it falls under the commercial-use category rather than the noncommercial animal-related table in Section 104-2-3.030, a veterinary facility is treated as an operation that generates customer traffic to the lot, which is why the county subjects it to discretionary review instead of allowing it by right.

A conditional use permit application goes through Weber County's Land Use Authority under the procedures in Title 108, Chapter 4, which lets the county impose site-specific conditions, such as setbacks, hours, or outdoor kennel limits, before approval. No structure may be built, changed in use, or altered for a veterinary facility until that permit has received a final written decision of approval, per Section 102-4-2's blanket permit requirement. The classification differs sharply from the noncommercial animal table two sections earlier, which permits corrals, stables, and household livestock keeping outright in all three agricultural zones without a hearing.