In unincorporated Davis County, a home occupation requires a business license plus a Conditional Use Application in most residential zones, under the county Land Use ordinance (Title 15). Inside a city, that city's zoning code (e.g. Layton Title 19) controls.
Davis County zones only the unincorporated area under its Land Use and Development Management Ordinance, Title 15 (authorized by Utah's County Land Use, Development, and Management Act, Utah Code Title 17 Chapter 27a). The county's Planning Department states home occupations require a business license as well as a Conditional Use Application in most residential zones. Most Davis County residents live in cities - Layton, Bountiful, Clearfield, Kaysville, Syracuse - where the city's own zoning ordinance defines home occupations (Layton uses Municipal Code Section 19.06.030). A home occupation must remain clearly incidental and secondary to residential use of the dwelling.
Running a home business in a residential zone without the required conditional use approval or license can bring a zoning-violation notice, order to cease, and daily fines from the county or city.
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No Davis County ordinance bans backyard composting for personal yard and food waste. Keep piles contained and odor-free so they don't become a nuisance; the ...
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No Davis County or Utah law bans artificial turf on private yards. Cities regulate where and how it counts toward landscaping; Bountiful's park-strip live-ve...
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Davis County cities encourage and, for new landscaping, sometimes require water-wise plants over turf. Bountiful mandates 35 to 50 percent live vegetation in...
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Rain collection is legal in Davis County under Utah Code 73-3-1.5. You may keep up to 200 gallons in two containers without registering, or up to 2,500 gallo...
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Utah has no statewide mandatory homeowner watering ban. In Davis County, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District issues conservation guidance: skip midday...
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Utah's Noxious Weed Act makes every property owner control listed noxious weeds. The Davis County Weed Control Board can order abatement, and ignoring the no...
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