714 S Ridge Rd, Cedar City, UT 84720

Residential Zone

The objective in establishing the R-1 Residential Zone is to encourage the creation and maintenance of a residential environment within the City which is characterized by large lots at least 10,000 square feet on which single family dwellings are situated, surrounded by well-kept lawns, trees, and other plantings. A minimum of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and quiet residential conditions favorable to family living and the rearing of children shall also be characteristic of this zone. Representative of the uses within R-1 zone are one-family dwellings, parks, agriculture, playgrounds, schools, churches, and other community facilities designed in harmony with the characteristics of the zone. Boarding and lodging houses, two-family dwellings, triplexes, apartment houses and other multiple dwellings representative of higher density residential areas are strictly prohibited in this zone as are commercial and industrial uses and home occupations are strictly limited. Owners and developers of property are advised that primacy is given in this zone to one-family dwellings situated on lots averaging from 90 to l00 ft in width and from l0,000 to l5,000 square feet in area, and property should be developed and maintained in recognition thereof. In order to accomplish the objectives and purposes of this ordinance, and to promote the characteristics of this zone, the following precise regulations shall apply in the R-1 Residential Zone.