West Jordan, UT Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

City Code § 13-5B-3(A), the "Lot Size, Setbacks And Building Height Standards" table, sets a Maximum Building Height of thirty five feet (35') for every standard single-family zone in West Jordan: R-1-5, R-1-6, R-1-8, R-1-9, R-1-10, R-1-12, and R-1-14, as well as the R-2 duplex/twin-home zone, the R-3 single-family/duplex/twin-home zone, and the rural residential and rural estate zones (R-R-20/R-E-20, R-R-30/R-E-30, R-R-40/R-E-40). Multi-family or townhome development sites in those zones are held to the same thirty five foot ceiling. The R-M zone is the lone exception in the table: both single-family homes and multi-family buildings there are capped at thirty feet (30'), five feet lower than every other residential zone.

The same table pairs the height limit with lot dimension standards; an R-1-5 lot, for example, needs a minimum 5,000 square foot area, a 25 foot front yard (22 feet on cul-de-sacs), a 20 foot rear yard, and a 45 percent maximum building coverage alongside its 35 foot height cap, while R-1-6 carries a 40 percent coverage cap at the same 35 foot height. These figures apply citywide except where a Master Development Plan sets a different limit for a Planned Community (PC) or Planned Residential Development (PRD) zone under § 13-5C-5(D), which allows single-family buildings there up to two stories or thirty five feet, whichever is greater, and multi-family buildings up to three stories or forty five feet.

A homeowner adding a second story or a taller roofline must confirm the addition still fits the 35 foot (or 30 foot in R-M) envelope before pulling a building permit; exceeding it without a variance from the Board of Adjustment is a zoning violation. The lot and bulk standards table was last amended by Ordinance 23-26 on September 13, 2023.