Planning and Zoning | Centerville City

The Planning and Zoning Department is responsible for administering the City’s zoning and subdivision regulations to ensure development aligns with Centerville’s adopted ordinances and land use policies.

The department reviews applications for residential and commercial subdivisions, planned developments, zoning map amendments (rezones), boundary line adjustments, site plans, accessory dwelling units, conditional use permits, and temporary use permits. Staff also review parking plans, landscaping plans, fencing and screening proposals, and small animal ownership requests, including chickens, rabbits, and bees.

Additionally, the department provides administrative support and scheduling for the Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment.

All planning-related applications are submitted electronically through the City’s Govwell portal.

Land Use Permits

Zoning Code

Subdivision Code

Design Standards and Details

Interactive Zoning Map

Building and Renovating

Business Licensing and Permits

These plans act as guidance to land use decisions for the city. Land use decisions typically include subdivisions, zoning text amendments, zoning map amendments, conditional use permits, and planned developments.

These plans also impact other departments within the city, such as the Parks and Recreation Department, the Public Works Department, and the Community and Economic Development Department.

These are guidance documents, not city code. While the city code might adopt these plans, it is the city code that overrules any guidance documents. The Planning and Zoning Department is the contact for all General Plan Questions. Please reach out to the Community Development Director for clarification, if needed.

General Plan

2026 General Plan Proposal

Parks Plan

The Planning and Zoning Department applications involve three governing bodies.

Board of Adjustment

The Board of Adjustment is established to:

Hear and decide appeals from zoning decisions
Hear and decide appeals from Planning Commission decisions regarding conditional use permits
Hear and decide appeals from Planning Commission decisions regarding site plans
Hear and decide appeals from Planning Commission decisions regarding special exceptions
Hear and decide variances
Hear and decide appeals regarding the existence, expansion, or modification of nonconformities

Board of Adjustment

Planning Commission

The Planning Commission is established to :

Prepare and recommend a general plan and amendments to the general plan to the City Council
Recommend zoning ordinances and maps, amendments to zoning ordinances and maps, to the City Council
Recommend subdivision regulations and amendments thereto to the City Council
Recommend approval or denial of subdivision applications
Hear and decide the approval or denial of conditional use permits
Hear and decide the approval or denial of site plans
Prepare and recommend programs for public improvements and the financing thereof to the City Council

Planning Commission

City Council

For Planning and Zoning purposes, the City Council is established to:

Adopt, modify, or reject a proposed General Plan or any amendment thereto for all or part of the City and its surroundings
Adopt, modify, or reject proposed amendments to the text of this Zoning Code and to the Zoning Map
Establish a fee schedule for applications

Mayor and Council

Centerville City YouTube Channel

Utah Public Notice

Agenda & Minutes

The City has unique zoning subdistricts to address specific land use needs, development patterns, and community goals that are not fully met by standard zoning districts. These subdistricts provide added flexibility or tailored standards to ensure development is compatible with surrounding uses and the City’s long-term planning objectives.

Centerville Deuel Creek Historic District

The purpose of creating the Centerville Deuel Creek Historic District, a voluntary overlay, is to preserve the integrity and characteristics of the original townsite, while educating the community concerning Centerville’s past.

Centerville : Zoning Code

South Main Street Corridor

The purpose of the South Main Street Corridor (SMSC) Overlay Zone is to:

Preserve the historic character of Centerville’s South Main Street and/or encourage development that is sensitive to the City’s heritage;
Provide a gathering space and cultural heart for the community by fostering a small town atmosphere;
Provide a walkable streetscape that gives equal consideration to pedestrian, bicycles, and transit users, so that a safe and comfortable environment is created;
Provide continuity and sensitivity between types of differing land uses; and
Promote South Main Street as an active corridor that serves as a balance between local and regional uses

Centerville : Zoning Code

Hillside Overlay Zone

The City deems it important to the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of Centerville that the steep slopes and hillsides of the City be protected to insure that urban development in these sensitive areas be guided in a manner that will minimize the potential for flooding, erosion, and other environmental hazards and will protect the natural scenic beauty of the foothills.

Centerville : Zoning Code

Shorelands Commerce Park

The purpose of the Shorelands Commerce Park (SCP) Zone and the Shorelands Commerce Park-Mixed Node (SCP-Mixed Node) Zone is to:

Provide for a master-planned, architecturally-designed development with customized requirements and standards to permit flexibility and initiative in property development;
Facilitate the integration of diverse but compatible uses, including, but not limited to, industrial, commercial, limited residential, mixed-node or use, and other community uses;
Better preserve and enhance the property and neighborhood through integrated planning and design that would not be possible under other existing zoning regulations of the City; and
Provide for the incorporation of a thematic shoreland design, to enhance site development design through natural and human-scaled elements, and provision of usable trails and open space amenities.

Centerville : Zoning Code