Community Development
What we do…
The Community Development Department is charged with long and short range planning, development and building/land use code enforcement in unincorporated Tooele County. The department also serves as support staff for:
- Tooele County Council of Governments
- Tooele County County Council
- Tooele County Planning Commission
- Tooele County Appeals Board
- West Erda Improvement District
- Deseret Peak Special Service District
Community Development provides land use planning and administers zoning, subdivision and other land use ordinances. They process applications for:
- General plan amendments
- Rezone requests
- Subdivision
- Conditional uses
- Landfills
- Public assemblies
- Professional filming
Building Services oversees the construction of structures and administers the State Construction Code. They process applications for:
- New construction
- Remodeling
- Demolition
The Department also administers:
- Regulation of non-State public roads in unincorporated areas
- Transportation planning & new construction
- Flood plain management
- Management of the Deseret Peak Special Service District