Utah County, UT Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

06 adopts the state's agriculture, industrial and critical infrastructure materials protection area program (Utah Code Title 17 Chapter 81) for the unincorporated county and layers on local administration. A five-member Agriculture Protection Area Advisory Board, appointed by the County Commission from the county's soil conservation district boards of supervisors, reviews proposals and carries the duties set out in state law; members serve five-year staggered terms without salary but can be reimbursed for mileage and actual expenses. To create or amend a protection area, an applicant files with the County Clerk a completed state-form application, pays the filing fee set in the current Utah County Government Fee Schedule, reimburses the county for required notice-mailing costs, and submits an electronic mailing list of every property owner and applicant within 1,000 feet of the proposed area.

6, fixes the minimum size of an agriculture protection area in the unincorporated county at 20 continuous acres, with a variance available for land in intensive livestock operations or fruit production, or for acreage contiguous to an existing protection area even one lying in an incorporated city. A critical infrastructure materials or industrial protection area needs only 5 continuous acres. Designation does not affect eligibility for Farmland Assessment Act (Utah Code Chapter 59-2 Part 5) tax treatment, which is determined solely under that separate act. 48, and a subject parcel already inside a designated Agriculture Protection Area gets specific placement rights under that zone.