Environmental Rules in Salt Lake County, UT (2026)

Salt Lake County Code §17.22.050

General performance criteria for stormwater management. Unless a site is granted a waiver or determined by the county engineer to be exempt, the following post-construction performance criteria shall be addressed for stormwater management at all sites:1.The design of storm drain systems within the boundaries of or discharging into a county storm drain system shall be supervised by a Utah regist...

Salt Lake County Code §17.22.040

Every person will be required to obtain a land disturbance permit from the county engineer in the following cases:1.Land disturbing activity generally affecting one or more acres of land;...C.Building permit. No building permit shall be issued until the applicant has obtained a land disturbance permit where one is required by this ordinance.

Salt Lake County Code § 19.73.070(D)(1)

D.Permit Procedures.1.Application for a floodplain development permit shall be presented to Salt Lake County Flood Control and the floodplain administrator or designee on forms furnished by him/her and shall include the following...a.Plans drawn to scale showing the location, dimensions, and elevation of proposed landscape alterations.b.Plans drawn to scale showing the location, dimensions, and...

Salt Lake County Code § 9.90.025(E)

E.Permits for Creating and Maintaining Defensible Space. No permit is required to create or maintain defensible space that the Wildland-Urban Interface Code requires. However, to the extent creation or maintaining defensible space results in removal of more vegetation than is required by WUI, the person responsible for such removal is subject to the applicable requirements and penalties of Salt...

Salt Lake County Code § 19.73.080(E) - Provisions for flood hazard reduction, Residential Construction

E.Residential Construction. New construction and substantial improvement of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated to one foot above BFE. A registered professional engineer, or land surveyor shall submit certified elevations to the floodplain administrator that the standards of this chapter are satisfied. F.Nonresidential Construction. New constructi...