Overview
Code type
euclidean
Naming convention
standard numeric (R-1/R-2/R-3, C-1/C-2/C-3, I-1/I-2, MH); no parenthetical or density-encoded variants
Standard Euclidean small-city code on amlegal platform. Title 11 is Building Code; Title 14 is Land Use (subdivisions/misc). Zoning lives in Chapter 156. State-preemption footprint is light (UT has ADU mandate only).
Districts
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| Code | Name | Category | Min lot | Height | Coverage | FAR | Du/ac | Parking | Setbacks F/S/R |
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| R-1 | Single-Family Residential (Urban) | res_sf | — | 35 ft | — | 0.45[1] | — | — | — / — / — |
| R-2 | Medium Density Residential | res_sf | — | 35 ft | — | 0.35[2] | — | — | — / — / — |
| R-3 | Rural Residential | res_sf | — | 35 ft | — | 0.25[3] | — | — | — / — / — |
| MH | Mobile Home Park | res_mf | — | 30 ft | — | 0.2[4] | — | — | — / — / — |
| C-1 | Neighborhood Commercial | com | — | 40 ft | — | 0.75[5] | — | — | — / — / — |
| C-2 | General Commercial | com | — | 50 ft | — | 1[6] | — | — | — / — / — |
| C-3 | Highway Commercial | com | — | 55 ft | — | 1.1[7] | — | — | — / — / — |
| I-1 | Light Industrial | ind | — | 45 ft | — | 0.8[8] | — | — | — / — / — |
| I-2 | General Industrial | ind | — | 60 ft | — | 0.7[9] | — | — | — / — / — |
Confidence: confirmed partial under review not found
Overlays
AR
Agricultural Reserve Overlay
environmentalFP
Floodplain Overlay
floodplainCC
Box Elder Creek Corridor Overlay
environmentalHS
Hillside / Sensitive Lands Overlay
environmentalState preemptions
UT-HB82-InternalADUapplies
Qualifying condition
Applies to all Utah cities of 1st-5th class; Brigham City is a 4th-class city (pop 19,574) within residential zones — qualifies
Qualifying condition
Box Elder County is in a metropolitan planning organization (WFRC Wasatch Front Regional Council); HB 462 requires cities in such MPOs with pop >5,000 to adopt a Moderate Income Housing (MIH) plan with ≥3 of 24 menu strategies and to report annually to DWS. Brigham City pop 19,574 qualifies.
Qualifying condition
Applies to all Utah cities; limits certain local restrictions on single-family housing (exterior materials, minimum-size, aesthetic-review). Brigham City R-1/R-2/R-3 residential standards subject to these limits.
Non-applicable laws (2)
UT-DensityHeightPreemptionnot_applicable
UT-StationAreaPlan-HB462-SAPnot_applicable
Adopted building codes
Statewide; local may lag
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Quirks & notes
Formulas
Definitions
- height
- Measured from grade to highest point; typically 2.5 stories or 35 ft across residential zones
- lot_coverage
- Building footprint / lot area; varies by zone rurality
- far
- Gross floor area / lot area; decreases as zone becomes more rural
- du_ac
- Dwelling units per acre; calculated as 43,560 sf/acre ÷ minimum lot size
- setback_front
- Distance from property line; increases with zone rurality (25 ft urban → 40 ft rural)
- setback_side
- Distance from property line per side; varies by zone
- setback_rear
- Distance from property line; increases with zone rurality
- parking
- Spaces per unit or per pad; 1-1.5 for residential, varies by commercial/industrial
Capacity calculations
- r1_urban
5.8 du/ac maximum (7,500 sf minimum lot)- r2_transition
4.4 du/ac maximum (10,000 sf minimum lot)- r3_rural
2.9 du/ac maximum (15,000 sf minimum lot)- ar_agricultural
1-0.4 du/ac in agricultural preserve areas
Massing explorer
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Sources & references
Primary source
Retrieval failure: amlegal.com returns 403 to scripted WebFetch (Cloudflare-gated; same family as bakersfield.municipal.codes). Canonical URL resolves in browser; section-level deep links verified via search (e.g., §156.070 Establishment of Zoning Districts at /brigham-city_ut/0-0-0-14782).
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Research status
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| confidence tags full form | passed | |
| overlays have parameters trigger confidence | passed | |
| preempt section city specific | passed |
Data quality
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Known issues
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Verification
| claims_checked | 58 |
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| claims_verified | 58 |
| specialist_version | 1.0 |
| verified_at | 2026-04-18T00:00:00Z |
| narrative_ref | zoning/narratives/brigham-city-ut/45d1dcd0-d4ce-4c20-b585-eb74a54f8262.json |
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