Eagle Mountain, UT Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum lot size (single-family)
- 5 acres
- Primary structure setback
- 50 feet from any property line
- Accessory structure setback
- 10 feet (15 feet on corner lots)
- Minimum lot frontage
- 100 feet
- Primary/accessory height cap
- 35 feet / 50 feet
Summary
Eagle Mountain's agriculture zone requires a five-acre minimum lot for a single-family home, a 50-foot setback for primary structures, a 100-foot minimum lot frontage, and caps primary buildings at 35 feet with accessory buildings up to 50 feet for approved windmills.
17.20.040 Lot size requirements. ... The following lot size requirements shall apply to this district: The minimum lot size for single-family detached dwellings in this zone is five acres. ... 17.20.050 Setbacks – Primary structures. Primary structures in this zone shall maintain a setback of no less than 50 feet from any property line. ... 17.20.080 Lot frontage and width requirements. All property within this zone shall have a lot frontage of no less than 100 feet. ... 17.20.090 Building height. No primary structures shall exceed 35 feet in height. No accessory structures shall exceed 50 feet in height, except windmills as approved by staff.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O-34-2026, passed August 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
20, Agriculture Zone, lays out the dimensional standards for land zoned AG separately from the right-to-farm nuisance protection in the same chapter. 040 sets the minimum lot size for single-family detached dwellings at five acres, with larger minimums possible for other uses as evaluated case by case by the planning commission. 060 sets accessory structure setbacks at not less than 10 feet from any side or rear property line, or 15 feet on a corner lot, and bars accessory structures from the front yard entirely; both setback sections apply only to structures needing a city permit or approval and prohibit unremovable structures across an easement.
080 requires a minimum lot frontage of 100 feet for all AG-zoned property. 090 caps primary structures at 35 feet and accessory structures at 50 feet, with an exception allowing taller windmills if approved by staff. 100 sets minimum dwelling sizes: 1,000 square feet on the main floor plus a 400-square-foot garage for single-story homes, or 800 square feet on the main floor and 200 on the second floor plus the same garage requirement for two-story homes, with garages required to be at least 20 feet by 20 feet and garage door openings at least 16 feet wide by 7 feet tall.
Violations & Fines
Development on AG-zoned land that does not meet the five-acre minimum lot size, the 50-foot primary or 10/15-foot accessory setbacks, the 100-foot frontage, or the height and dwelling-size minimums in EMMC 17.20.040 through .100 is a Title 17 zoning violation. The planning director enforces the agriculture zone standards the same way as other Title 17 provisions: through site inspections, certificates of compliance, and investigation of violations under EMMC 17.15.020.E, with proceedings initiated to bring noncompliant development into compliance.
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