St. George, UT Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 4-2-3
- Categories listed
- 10 (A through J)
- Abatement notice period
- 10 days after notice
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor
- Includes
- Junk, weeds, garbage, noise, barking dogs
Summary
St. George's nuisance ordinance lists the exact property conditions code officers cite most: junk and refuse on private lots, improperly placed garbage, dead animals, barking dogs, and loud noise.
Whenever there shall be found on or about any lot or parcel of property, whether vacant or occupied, any garbage, refuse, junk, used materials and merchandise, effluvia, kitchen waste, trash, inoperable motor vehicles, broken machinery, rank and noxious weeds, or other unsightly or deleterious objects or conditions that are offensive to the order and economy of the city, as designated in section 4-2-1 of this chapter, they shall be deemed a nuisance.
D. Slaughterhouses: If the owner of any slaughterhouse or other place wherein any swine, cattle, sheep or other animals are slaughtered, shall permit the same to remain unclean to the unnecessary annoyance of the citizens of the city, or in any state or condition detrimental to the public health, the same shall be deemed a nuisance.
E. Water Pollution: Any pollution of the waters of this city, as defined in Utah Code Annotated section 19-5-102, shall constitute a nuisance within the meaning of this chapter.
F. Breeding Places For Flies: It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain a condition within the city which unreasonably promotes or encourages the breeding of flies, mosquitoes, rats or other form of animal life which may be disease carriers or which otherwise constitutes a nuisance, as designated in section 4-2-1 of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-062, passed August 6, 2026).
Full Breakdown
City Code section 4-2-3 spells out ten categories of nuisance the city enforces citywide, from dead animals left unburied and refuse dumped in streets to junk, inoperable vehicles and noxious weeds on private property. Also listed: unsanitary slaughterhouses, water pollution, fly and rodent breeding conditions, barking dogs, disruptive noise, improperly bagged curbside garbage, and all-terrain vehicle use near homes. Any of these is a citable nuisance under chapter 2.
Violations & Fines
Violating any listed nuisance is a class B misdemeanor under section 4-2-6. The city first issues a written notice to abate with 10 days to fix it, then may abate and bill the owner under 4-2-5.
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