Residential building height limits ordinance
Amendment to Article 22-6-8 lowering base heights to 30 feet (pitched) and 20 feet (flat) with setback-based increases and a 45-degree height envelope, after a flat-roofed house prompted complaints. Approved unanimously April 28, 2026.
Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Applicant
- City of Orem
- Location
- Single-family residential zones citywide
In brief
Residential building height limits ordinance appears on one recorded agenda: the City Council meeting of April 28, 2026.
On record, it was approved once.
The most recent decision was approved (6-0) at the City Council meeting of April 28, 2026.
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Residential building height limits ordinance
- Council action
Approved: Public hearing: building height limits in single-family zones (Article 22-6-8) · Approved minutes Record → · April 28, 2026
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Every hearing and vote
April 28, 2026 · City Council
Public hearing: building height limits in single-family zones (Article 22-6-8)
Approved · 7-0 with the mayor
Planning Manager Jared Hall presented an ordinance lowering the base height to 30 feet for pitched roofs and 20 feet for flat roofs at minimum setbacks, with one extra foot of height allowed for each extra foot of setback up to 35 feet (pitched) and 24 feet (flat), plus a graduated height envelope sloping inward at 45 degrees from a point 8 feet above grade at the property line, with exceptions for gables and dormers. Hall said artificial grade elevation would be addressed separately. Council Member Mecham said the Planning Commission was universally in favor. No one spoke at the hearing.