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Tooele City staff proposes zoning code changes to clarify twin homes, duplexes and condominiums
Summary
City staff presented proposed amendments to Tooele City Code (Title 7) to add definitions for twin homes and duplexes, permit condominiums conditionally in some zones, and allow 0-lot-line twin‑home configurations to match existing development patterns.
Tooele City Community Development Director Andrew Agard told the Tooele City Council on June 4 that staff will move forward with ordinance amendments to clarify how two‑unit housing is regulated in residential zones.
The changes would add definitions distinguishing duplexes from twin homes, allow dwelling condominiums conditionally in some R‑17 and R‑18 zones, specify lot‑size requirements for twin homes, and add two footnotes to permit 0‑lot‑line configurations for internal setbacks.
The proposal aims to resolve ambiguity that currently allows two‑unit rental duplexes where a parcel is simply twice the zone’s minimum lot size but does not address developments in which a building is split by a property line (twin homes) or where condominiums were used to create separate…
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