Ogden, UT HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

Chapter 5 of Title 14 (Subdivisions) applies to any subdivision with private streets, private utilities, common open space, or other facilities held in common ownership, specifically including planned residential unit developments (PRUDs), group dwellings, and cluster subdivisions (section 14-5-1). Section 14-5-4 requires all such private subdivisions to establish a homeowners' association or similar organization responsible for the subdivision's long term care and maintenance, and to record a complete set of covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) providing for perpetual care and maintenance of private utilities, private streets, and common open space, including the funding mechanism for that maintenance.

Section 14-5-7 elaborates the CC&R requirements the subdivider must submit for recording before a final plat is recorded: perpetual maintenance of common open space and private utilities, establishment of the homeowners' association itself, other recorded conditions or restrictions under the zoning title, compliance with an approved phasing plan, and notice to subsequent owners that changes to a conditional use permit for a PRUD or group dwelling development require city approval. CC&Rs must also set out a method for amending themselves and the recorded plat (section 14-5-7(C)).

Section 14-5-6 gives the mayor, on the planning commission's recommendation, three options for preserving common open space, including ownership and maintenance by an HOA formed with city-approved articles of association and bylaws, or compliance with the Utah Condominium Ownership Act. The developer and any subsequent HOA share responsibility for maintaining private streets and utilities within the subdivision under section 14-5-3(E)(3).