West Jordan, UT Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 13-12-3, "Required Number Of Parking Spaces," sets the citywide loading standard in subsection F. Any building over 25,000 square feet of gross floor area used for retail, office, industrial, hospital, or storage/warehousing (excluding self-service warehouses) must provide berths on a sliding scale: one berth for 25,000 to 40,000 square feet, two for 40,001 to 100,000, three for 100,001 to 160,000, four for 160,001 to 240,000, five for 240,001 to 320,000, six for 320,001 to 400,000, and an additional berth for every 90,000 square feet beyond that. The same subsection sits alongside handicap-accessible space counts, drive-through stacking minimums, and passenger loading standards for daycares, hotels and schools, so a site plan reviewer checks loading capacity together with parking counts before approving a project.

Developments inside the City Center zone (article 13-5I) carry an extra siting layer under section 13-5I-9(E): a building's loading bay doors may not face a public or private right of way unless the property fronts two rights of way, and on a double-fronting lot any bay door that does face a right of way must be completely screened from public view with landscaping or berming. That City Center rule governs door orientation and screening; it does not replace the citywide berth count in section 13-12-3(F), which still sets how many berths the building needs in the first place.

Because occupancy is conditioned on a certificate of occupancy and zoning compliance under section 13-1-9, a building that opens without its required loading berths built as approved, or that later converts space in a way that eliminates a required berth, is out of compliance and the city can withhold or pull that certificate until the site plan is corrected.