Taylorsville, UT Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

Chapter 17.05 of the Taylorsville City Code, adopted to meet the City's NPDES/UPDES stormwater permit obligations under 40 CFR 122.26, requires a land disturbance permit from the City Engineer under Section 17.05.040 for any land-disturbing activity of one acre or more, for smaller activity that is part of a larger common plan reaching one acre, for borrow pits, single-family home construction, earthen-materials processing, or parking lot construction, or for any smaller activity the City Engineer determines poses a unique risk to water or air quality.

Section 17.05.190 then requires the applicant's sediment and erosion control plan to be sealed by a Utah-licensed professional engineer and to conform to the City's BMP manual, with at least seventeen listed elements including a project description, topographic mapping of existing and proposed contours, existing drainage ways and floodplains, tree preservation and removal details, clearing and grading limits, existing and post-construction stormwater flows, sedimentation-control layout, drainage network and waterway sizing, a construction sequence tied to grading and drainage work, and specifics for rock pads, wash-down pads and settling basins.

Soil, sediment and debris tracked onto streets and public ways must be removed by the end of the workday by machine, broom or shovel, more often if the City Engineer finds hazards or tracking nuisances, and street cleaning must minimize dust and airborne emissions. The Code states plainly that failing to remove that sediment, soil or debris is a violation of the chapter, and Section 17.05.250 makes any violation of the City's stormwater ordinances an infraction consistent with Utah Code Ann. Section 19-5-115.