Davis County, UT Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted plumbing code
- 1997 International Plumbing Code (IPC)
- Authority
- Rule R156-56-701(1)(c), Utah Admin. Code
- Permit gate
- issued only after proof of compliance
- Fee due
- before permit issues, set by Commission
- Appeals body
- Davis County Board of Appeals
- Default penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, up to $1,000
Summary
Unincorporated Davis County enforces plumbing work through the 1997 edition of the International Plumbing Code, adopted by reference under Section 14.04.200. A plumbing permit is required the same way any building permit is: the Building Official withholds it until the applicant proves compliance, and building fees are due first under the county's adopted fee schedule.
The latest edition of the International Plumbing Code (IPC) specified in Rule R156-56-701(1)(c), Utah Administrative Code, together with any appendices and amendments made to that edition, is adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter in its entirety. The latest edition of the International Plumbing Code specified in that rule is the 1997 ICC edition published and promulgated by the International Code Council... The Enforcement Officer and Building Official shall not issue any permit for the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration or use until proof of full compliance with all the provisions of this chapter has been provided.
Full Breakdown
200 adopts the International Plumbing Code (IPC) "together with any appendices and amendments made to that edition" as the plumbing code for the unincorporated county, specifying the 1997 ICC edition named in Rule R156-56-701(1)(c) of the Utah Administrative Code. 220), all enforced by the same Building Official. 040 must be paid before the county will issue that permit; the County Commission alone can waive them. The Building Official also holds police power to order plumbing or other work stopped mid-job if it violates the adopted code, and any stop order given orally must be confirmed in writing within an hour. 060, which can grant relief only if strict compliance would cause undue hardship and the variance won't harm neighboring property or the public welfare.
Violations & Fines
Installing or altering plumbing without the required permit, or resuming stopped work without the Building Official's written release, is enforced the same way as any other building-code violation: through a written stop-work order and, for a general ordinance violation, a default Class B misdemeanor of up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail under Section 1.08.010, unless the county classifies the offense as a lesser Class C misdemeanor.
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