Right to Farm in Orem, UT (2026)
2 verified right to farm rules for Orem, Utah, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Farm Nuisance Protection
Orem's Agriculture Overlay Zone comes with a built-in right-to-farm shield: City Code 22-12-6 says occasional excess light, noise, dust, or smoke from permitted farming is not a nuisance under city ordinances, so long as it is intermittent, tied to normal agricultural practice, and not a threat to public health or safety. New subdivisions nearby must disclose the risk on the plat.
Orem's Right-to-Farm Nuisance Protection
Light RestrictionsOrem City Code § 22-12-6 (Agriculture Overlay Zone), Nuisance Protection clause
Nuisance Protection. The City recognizes that the practice of the agricultural uses permitted herein may result in occasional excess light, noise, dust or smoke. Such occasional excess light, noise, dust or smoke shall not be considered a nuisance under the ordinances of the City of Orem provided that such conditions are occasional and not continuous, are the result of normal and accepted agric...
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Orem's Agriculture Overlay Zone (-AG), created in City Code 22-12-6, layers protection for existing orchards and farmland onto the underlying zoning. Owners can apply the overlay to parcels of at least two acres in rural, low-density residential, or industrial and research zones, adding forestry, orchards, gardening, and plant nursery as permitted uses on top of whatever the base zone already allows.
Orem's Agriculture Overlay Zone Protects Orchards
Some RestrictionsOrem City Code § 22-12-6 (Agriculture Overlay Zone)
Purpose. The purposes of the agriculture overlay zone (-AG) are as follows: To encourage the preservation of existing agricultural uses within the City in areas where residential and agricultural uses are compatible. To provide owners and prospective owners of property located near property in the agriculture overlay zone with notice of the potential positive and negative effects that may be as...
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