Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Kearns, Utah

Kearns’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Kearns (formerly Kearns Metro Township), Salt Lake County, Utah

  • Kearns Title 19 (zoning) was repealed and replaced by Ordinance 2023-06-01, dated June 12, 2023; the ordinance takes effect when the summary is posted and the attachments are published to Municode.
  • Chapter 19.70 was excluded from the replacement.
  • The Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District hosts the document.

  “title 19, excluding chapter 19.70, is repealed and replaced in its entirety with the revised title 19 attached hereto as attachment 2.”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  Zoning districts in Kearns Title 19, including single-family residential zones (R-1-3 through R-1-43), agricultural zones, medium and high-density residential zones, and a mobile home park zone

  • Table of contents lists the chapters; district details are in the chapters.

  “chapter 19.28 single-family residential zones 105 19.28.010 - purpose of provisions 105 19.28.020 - schedule of permitted uses 105”

• Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Single-family residential zones R-1-3 through R-1-43 in Kearns (Table 19.28.030)

  • Lot area and width vary by zone; the table text extracted from the document is jumbled so the zone-to-size mapping is not fully captured here.
  • Corner lots need extra width.
  • Agricultural zones (chapter 19.26) not yet read.

  minimum lot area range across R-1 zones: 3,000 to 43,560 square feet

  “19.28.030 - lot area, width and maximum density. a. the minimum lot area and width requirements and maximum density are as follows: table 19.28.030 - lot area, width and yard requirements.”

• SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

  Primary dwellings in single-family residential zones R-1-3 to R-1-43 in Kearns (Table 19.28.040a)

  • Footnotes apply, for example attached dwellings on adjacent lots and an 11/5 side-yard split.
  • Agricultural and other zones have separate setbacks not captured.

  R-1-10 front yard: 30 feet · R-1-10 interior side yard: 10 feet · R-1-10 rear yard: 30 feet (footnote 3)

  “r-1-6, r-1-7, r-1-8 25 feet 8 feet or 11/5 split2 20 feet 25 feet3 r-1-10 30 feet 10 feet 20 feet 30 feet3”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Subdivisions inside Kearns (Title 18)

  • Title 18 was replaced by Ordinance 2023-06-01.

  “title 18 is repealed and replaced in its entirety with the revised title 18 attached hereto as attachment 1.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Kearns or Salt Lake County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside Kearns
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Kearns
• Building code adopted — Building code inside Kearns
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Kearns
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy inside Kearns

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.