Sandy, UT Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Sandy City Code Title 18, Chapter 1, 'Adoption of Uniform Codes,' Section 18-1-1 adopts, by reference, the International Plumbing Code as adopted by the State of Utah for use throughout Sandy City, alongside the International Building Code (subject to Sandy's own amendments), International Mechanical Code, National Electrical Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Energy Conservation Code, 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, International Residential Code, and International Existing Building Code. A. ) currently designates, without a separate local ordinance each time the state updates editions.

Permit review and issuance run through the City's Chief Building Official under the administrative sections of Title 18; Section 18-1-2 creates a seven-member Board of Appeals, interviewed and appointed by the Mayor, to hear disputes over how the adopted codes, including plumbing requirements, are applied, with the Building Official sitting as a non-voting secretary. Cross-connection and backflow-prevention work tied to plumbing, covered separately in Chapter 8-4, likewise references 'the current Plumbing Code as adopted by the State of Utah' for its technical standards, and requires inspection by the City's Public Utilities Department before a certificate of occupancy issues for new commercial or industrial connections.

Any amendment specific to Sandy, such as its added Wildland-Urban Interface Appendix L construction standards, is layered on top of the adopted uniform codes rather than replacing them.