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Building Location Restrictions

The following setbacks are required for residential and private use buildings:
Front
County: 30’ from road right of way or property line
Cities: 20’ from road right of way or property line
Side Street
County: 30’ from road right of way or property line
Cities: 20’ from road right of way or property line

Exception:
In Rupert the side street setback may be reduced to ten feet when no other building on the block or the adjacent block uses the side street as a front street.

Side
County: 5’ from property line
Cities: 5’ from property line
Rear
County: 5’ from property line
Cities: 5’ from property line

Exceptions:

  1. In Heyburn when garage doors face an alley, a twenty-foot setback is required.

  2. In Rupert storage or out building may be located on a rear property line when there is an alley, but may not have projections over the alley right of way.

    In addition to setback requirements no buildings are allowed to be located or constructed on easements, unless they are under 120 square feet are not placed on a permanent foundation and are readily moveable. Specifics for easements are recorded with deeds and are usually part of the information obtained at the time of purchase. This information can also be obtained from the applicable City’s public works department.

Note: It is the responsibility of the owner to be aware of all applicable easements. If property lines are not easily discernible a survey will be required at the expense of the owner.

The following are the recorded easements on the subdivision plat (if applicable):

 

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