Animal Ordinances in Iron County, UT (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Iron County, Utah.
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Chickens & Livestock
In unincorporated residential districts R-5, R-2, R-1 and R-1/2, Iron County Code Section 17.36.250 permits keeping chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, horses, goats and other listed domestic animals subject to sanitation, restraint and setback conditions. Animals must be kept at least sixty feet from the street property line, and barns or coops need a fifty-foot setback from any occupied dwelling not on the same lot.
Iron County Backyard Chickens and Livestock Rules
Some RestrictionsIron County Code § 17.36.250
For properties located in subdivisions recorded with the county recorder, residential districts (R-5, R-2, R-1 and R-1/2), the keeping of domestic animals is permitted limited to the following: A.For the purpose of this title, domestic animals shall be limited to horses, mules, donkeys, cows, sheep, llamas/alpacas, goats, swine, rabbits, geese, ducks, turkeys, and chickens. ... D.Large animals ...
Dog Leash Laws
In unincorporated Iron County, letting a dog run at large without a responsible attendant is a misdemeanor under Iron County Code § 6.08.010. The Iron County Sheriff's Office can destroy a dog caught running loose, and the owner faces a fine of up to two hundred ninety-nine dollars, up to six months in jail, or both.
Iron County At-Large Dog Ban
Some RestrictionsIron County Code § 6.08.010
It is unlawful for any person at any time to permit a dog owned by him or in his care or possession, to run at large unless attended by a responsible person, within the corporate limits of Iron County, Utah, and outside of incorporated towns and cities, and any such dog so found may be destroyed by the Iron County sheriff's office and the owner or possessor thereof shall in addition thereto be ...
Exotic Pets
Iron County Code Section 17.36.240 excludes inherently or potentially dangerous animals, along with fowl and reptiles, from the definition of a household pet in unincorporated Iron County. Because the ordinance's by-right pet allowance covers only ordinary companion animals like dogs, cats and birds, keeping a dangerous wild animal, venomous reptile or similar exotic species at a residence falls entirely outside the household-pet framework and cannot be authorized under it.
Iron County Bans Dangerous Wild Animals as Pets
Heavy RestrictionsIron County Code § 17.36.240
Household pets do not include inherently or potentially dangerous animals, fowl or reptiles.
Pet Limits
In unincorporated Iron County, a household may keep no more than two dogs and two cats over four months old, capped at four total animals under Iron County Code Section 17.36.240. The rule defines ordinary household pets and excludes fowl, reptiles and inherently or potentially dangerous animals, which fall outside this by-right allowance entirely.
Iron County Household Pet Limit: Two Dogs, Two Cats
Some RestrictionsIron County Code § 17.36.240
Animals ordinarily permitted within a home and kept for company or pleasure such as dogs, cats and birds, including not more than two dogs and two cats over four months of age and not more than a total of four animals.
Veterinary Clinic Zoning
Iron County Code § 17.16.030 splits veterinary clinics into two uses based on outdoor holding facilities. A clinic without outdoor holding facilities is permitted outright in agriculture, commercial, light industrial, industrial and I-A, and a conditional use in RA-20 and R-5; a clinic that keeps outdoor holding facilities is far more restricted, reaching only administrative, conditional, or permitted status in five districts.
Iron County veterinary clinic zoning rules
Some RestrictionsIron County Code §§ 17.16.030, 17.20.010
Veterinary clinic, with outdoor holding facilities A X X X X X X X C C P P Veterinary clinic, without outdoor holding facilities P C X C X X X X P P P P ... "Veterinary clinic, with outdoor holding facilities" means a facility for the diagnosis, treatment, hospitalization and boarding of animals which includes outdoor holding facilities. "Veterinary clinic, without outdoor holding facilities" m...
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