Davis County, UT Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)

020 bars the Enforcement Officer and Building Official from issuing any permit for erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration or use until the applicant has proven full compliance with the chapter, and gives the Building Official police power to stop work in progress with a written stop-work order (an oral order must be followed in writing within an hour). 040 requires payment of building fees set under the Uniform Administrative Code, and the County Commission can waive them at its discretion. 090 adds four more conditions: written proof of an available public water connection (or, absent one, a well permit plus a Health Department water-quality test no older than six months); connection to any sewer line within 300 feet, or Health Department sign-off that a septic system is feasible; an operating fire hydrant within 250 feet of the lot if public water is available, or a signed fire-release waiver if it is not; and, if the frontage road lacks full improvements under the Subdivision Ordinance, either building those improvements or filing a lien guaranteeing they will be built. 050 to cover off-site improvements and reinspection costs, refunded at certificate of occupancy or forfeited if none issues within two years. 180.