Garden City, UT · zoning record

BD zoning in Garden City

The dimensional standards that govern what you can build in the BD district — straight from Garden City's ordinance, with every figure quoting its source. Check a specific address to see how these rules apply to a real lot.

Free · Every figure cited · Read from the current code (2026-07-18)

BD dimensional standards

These are the letter-of-the-law limits for the base BD district. Overlays (historic, neighborhood plan, and similar) can tighten them; a specific address check resolves the overlays that actually apply.

Maximum height

35 ft

How tall the building may be.

“11C-1705 Height Regulations. No building shall be erected to a height greater than 35 feet.”§ 11C-1705 · Garden City code · read 2026-07-18

Minimum lot size

7,500 sf

Smallest conforming lot.

“11C-1706 Area, Width and Setback Regulations. Minimum Setbacks (in feet) District Area in Square Feet Front Side Rear BD 7,500 30 8 & 10 30 · 7500 sq. ft. or less* 25 8 & 10 25 · *Lots 7500 sq. ft. or less cannot be split”§ 11C-1706 · Garden City code · read 2026-07-18

Front setback

30 ft

Required space from the front line.

“11C-1706 Area, Width and Setback Regulations. Minimum Setbacks (in feet) District Area in Square Feet Front Side Rear BD 7,500 30 8 & 10 30 · 7500 sq. ft. or less* 25 8 & 10 25 · *Lots 7500 sq. ft. or less cannot be split”§ 11C-1706 · Garden City code · read 2026-07-18

Rear setback

30 ft

Required space from the rear line.

“11C-1706 Area, Width and Setback Regulations. Minimum Setbacks (in feet) District Area in Square Feet Front Side Rear BD 7,500 30 8 & 10 30 · 7500 sq. ft. or less* 25 8 & 10 25 · *Lots 7500 sq. ft. or less cannot be split”§ 11C-1706 · Garden City code · read 2026-07-18

Permitted uses in BD

  • single-familyby-right
  • two-familyconditional
  • multi-familyconditional

What the record can't settle

  • Side setbacks in BD are asymmetric — 8 ft on one side and 10 ft on the other (§ 11C-1706); corner lots need 20 ft on the street side (§ 11C-1707) — not modeled as a single number, verify placement with the town
  • Lots of 7,500 sq ft or less use reduced 25-ft front/rear setbacks and cannot be split (§ 11C-1706)
  • No structures except marina-related within 30 ft of the Bear Lake high-water contour (5,923.65 ft Rocky Mountain Power datum, § 11C-1703(A)) — shoreline proximity not checked here; verify against the contour

Sources

Every figure above is quoted verbatim from the current ordinance. We never substitute a typical-for-zone default: a field absent from the record shows nothing, not a guess.

Informational only — not a permit, appraisal, or professional engineering opinion. Verify with your local planning department before acting on it. See Terms and data sources.

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