Weber County, UT Cannabis Regulations: Buffer Zones (2026)

Weber County's cannabis buffer standard is a screening requirement, not a use setback: it triggers whenever a residential use is within 500 feet of a cannabis production establishment, and the code applies it both ways, to a residential use that already existed when the facility located there and to one that moves in near the facility later. Once the 500-foot threshold is crossed, Section 108-7-34 requires the facility to install either a six-foot land berm or an eight-foot masonry wall built specifically to shield the view of the production establishment from the residential properties nearby; the only exception is a break in the berm or wall where necessary to provide vehicle access to the site.

This screening obligation stacks on top of the section's other zone-specific rules, including the 100-foot minimum lot-line setback, the 20-acre minimum lot size in the A-2 and A-3 zones, and the architectural, landscape, and screening design standards of Title 108, Chapter 2 that apply to the use generally. The 500-foot figure and the berm/wall specification are both drawn directly from the definitions in state code, meaning Weber County is implementing a screening standard tied to Utah's cannabis production establishment definitions rather than inventing its own distance rule.

The section was last amended by Ordinance 2020-12 on August 11, 2020, and applies only in the county's unincorporated zones where a production establishment is otherwise allowed.