Utah County, UT Environmental Rules: Boat Dock Permits (2026)

32 treats a marina, including its mooring docks and boat launching ramps, as a use that still requires a specific zoning permit rather than a simple building permit. The site plan submitted with the application must be drawn at a scale of one inch to 100 feet or larger and must show the perimeter metes and bounds description of the boundary of the marina, the access points for ingress and egress, the layout of roads, driveways, parking areas, and launching sites, the location of all buildings and structures, and all landscaped areas.

Before the Zoning Administrator can issue the permit, the applicant must have approval from the Utah County Health Department for water, restroom facilities, and any food concessions, meaning the sanitation review happens before, not after, county sign-off. 60 for other marina uses. The property also has to abut on a state or county road and have a valid access permit, so a marina cannot be built on a parcel reached only by a private easement. Overnight camping at the marina site is flatly barred. The stated purpose behind all of this is to keep boating and water-recreation development along Utah Lake and the county's other waterways from harming the agricultural industry or competing land uses nearby, so the Zoning Administrator's review looks at compatibility with surrounding uses, not just dock engineering.