Lehi, UT Right to Farm: Farm Nuisance Protection (2026)

010). 030 requires new development adjacent to an existing agricultural use, an irrigation right-of-way, an agricultural open space, or a zone that permits agriculture or large animals to build a six-foot-high non-climb agricultural fence along every adjacent side, using closely woven 2-inch by 4-inch vertical mesh on 1 7/8-inch schedule-40 posts with a 1 5/16-inch top rail. The Planning Commission and City Council can require an upgraded fence or landscaping on a case-by-case basis next to an intense operation such as a mink farm, and they can waive or modify the fencing if the adjacent farm owner signs off in writing.

B forces a permanent disclosure onto the final plat itself, so the warning travels with the land through every future sale. 040 goes further and directs the Zoning Administrator, Reviewing Departments, Planning Commission, and City Council to actively minimize conflicts during site plan review: protecting irrigation ditches and canals, preserving livestock and farm-equipment movement corridors, controlling weeds and pests in new subdivisions, and screening or landscaping to cut noise, odor, and visual impacts on the farm. The chapter was amended in 2003 and again in 2018, and the mitigation section itself was updated in 2006, 2011, and 2016, showing the City has kept tightening the buffer requirements as growth has pressed against its remaining farmland.