Building Setbacks & Zoning in Utah (2026)

In unincorporated Davis County's R-1 Residential Single-Family zone, County Code Section 15.20.1540 sets a 25-foot…

Eagle Mountain's residential development standards table sets front and side setbacks by zone, ranging from 35 feet…

Orem sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zone under Orem City Code Section 22-6-8(B). In the R8 zone, interior…

In Provo's R1 zone, homes need a 23-foot front setback from the back of curb (or 14 feet behind the sidewalk, whichever…

In the R-1/7,000 single-family zone, Salt Lake City requires a 25-foot rear yard, 6-foot interior side yards (10 feet…

In unincorporated Salt Lake County's R-1 single-family zones, front, side and rear yard minimums scale with lot size…

Sandy's zoning table sets minimum yard setbacks by R-1 and R-2 subdistrict: 30 feet to the living area in most zones…

South Jordan sets front, side and rear yard setbacks by zone, running from 8 feet in R-4/R-5 side yards up to 30 feet…

St. George's single-family residential zones set minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks that scale with lot size…

Unincorporated Utah County's RR-5 Rural Residential Zone requires a 30-foot front yard setback and a 15-foot side and…

In Washington County's unincorporated R-2 and R-3 multiple-family zones, homes need a 40-foot lot width, a 25-foot…

Weber County's Land Use Code sets minimum yard setbacks separately for each R1, R2 and R3 sub-zone: a dwelling's front…

West Jordan's R-1 subzones set minimum yards by lot size rather than a single citywide number. Section 13-5B-3 requires…

West Valley City's Agricultural and Residential Standards Table sets separate front, side, garage-side, street-side…

In the unincorporated R-1 single-family zone, Davis County Code Sec. 15.20.1540 caps homes at two stories and thirty…

Most Eagle Mountain residential zones cap primary structures at 35 feet. Multifamily buildings in MF1 are capped at…

Orem caps residential structure height at 35 feet above grade in every zone except R12 and R20, where up to 20% of the…

Provo caps R1-zone homes at 35 feet measured at each building facade, with the front elevation limited to 30 feet, and…

Single-family homes in Salt Lake City's R-1/12,000 district top out at 28 feet to the ridge on a pitched roof, or 20…

In Salt Lake County's unincorporated R-1 single-family zones, homes are capped at 35 feet, dropping to 30 feet on lots…

Every R-1 and R-2 zoning district in Sandy, from the half-acre R-1-40 down to the compact R-2-8, shares the same…

South Jordan limits main buildings in its residential zones to 35 feet and accessory buildings to 25 feet, under the…

St. George caps single-family homes at 40 feet in R-1 zones citywide, with a conditional use permit required to build…

In Utah County's RA-5 Residential Agricultural Zone, the county's primary unincorporated residential zone, the maximum…

In Washington County's SF Single-Family Residential zone, County Code § 10-8E-4 caps a main building at 35 feet and an…

Weber County caps residential building height by sub-zone under Land Use Code Section 104-12-5.070: a main dwelling…

West Jordan's standard residential zones, R-1-5 through R-1-14, R-2, R-3, and the rural R-R/R-E zones, cap building…

West Valley City caps most single-family zones at 30 feet and 2.5 stories under the Agricultural and Residential…

Davis County's residential zones control density through minimum lot size and yard setbacks rather than a fixed…

On lots with average natural slope between 8 and 25 percent, Eagle Mountain limits impervious coverage on a sliding…

In Provo's R1 (One-Family Residential) zone, all buildings and accessory structures on a lot cannot cover more than 40%…

In the R-1/7,000 single-family zone, Salt Lake City limits building coverage, the footprint of every principal and…

An ADU addition or detached accessory dwelling unit in unincorporated Salt Lake County cannot push a lot past the…

In Sandy's Central Business District, buildings and covered outbuildings cannot cover more than 40 percent of a lot…

South Jordan caps building footprint at 40% of the lot in most residential zones, rising to 50% in R-5 and 60% in the…

St. George caps building lot coverage at 50% for planned residential development (PD-R) single-family subdivisions…

In unincorporated Utah County's RR-5 Rural Residential Zone, accessory buildings such as barns, sheds and greenhouses…

Washington County's commercial zones cap building footprint at a fixed share of the lot: County Code § 10-10-3 sets…

Weber County's Commercial Zones cap how much of a lot a building may cover: Section 104-20-5.090 sets no lot-coverage…

West Jordan caps maximum building coverage by zoning district under City Code section 13-5B-3(A). Standard R-1 lots run…

In West Valley City's RM (multi-family residential) zone, no building or group of buildings, including accessory…