Landscaping Rules in Salt Lake County, UT (2026)

Salt Lake County Code §14.44.030

The operation division, upon giving proper notice to abutting property owner, shall have the authority to condemn and remove, or order the removal by the abutting property owner of any tree, tree stump, shrub or vine upon any county roads, avenues or ways where the tree, tree stump, shrub or vine is dead, diseased or for any other reason undesirable. The operation division shall have authority ...

Salt Lake County Code §19.72.110(D)(1)(a)

When a significant tree is removed from inside the established limits of disturbance, which removal is not required by wildland-urban interface standards... the applicant or developer shall replace such tree(s) on the lot... A significant tree that is removed shall be replaced by two trees with a minimum size of one inch caliper for deciduous trees and a minimum height of four feet for conifero...

Utah Code Sec. 73-10-34 - Secondary water metering

A secondary water supplier that supplies secondary water within a county of the first or second class and begins design work for new service on or after April 1, 2020, to a commercial, industrial, institutional, or residential user shall meter the use of pressurized secondary water by the users receiving that new service... [A] secondary water supplier shall meter the use of pressurized seconda...

Salt Lake County Code § 19.77.030(B)

Introduction and Use of Native and Other Drought-Tolerant Plants. In order to promote maximum water conservation, not less than eighty percent of the trees and shrubs used on a site shall be water conserving species capable of withstanding dry conditions once established. Native plants shall be used to the maximum extent feasible. Drought-tolerant grass varieties shall be used in areas planted ...