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Garden City, UT · zoning record

R-1 zoning in Garden City.

The dimensional standards that govern what you can build in the R-1 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.

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R-1 dimensional standards.

These are the letter-of-the-law limits for the base R-1 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.

“No main building shall be erected to a height greater than 35 feet”§ 11C-1205 · Garden City code · read 2026-10-01

Street-side setback

20 ft

Required space from a side street on a corner lot.

“All structures shall have a minimum side setback of 20 feet on the street side of a corner lot.”§ 11C-1207 · Garden City code · read 2026-10-01

Maximum building coverage

60 %

Share of the lot the building footprint may cover.

“In no zone shall a building or group of buildings with their accessory buildings cover more than sixty (60%) percent of the area of the lot.”§ 11C-915 · Garden City code · read 2026-10-01

Permitted uses in R-1

  • single-familyby-right

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.

Other Garden City districts on record.

RE/AGMFRRRHEC1C2C4HCH/MMPUD/PRUDBD

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