Taylorsville, UT Holiday Decorations: Lawn Ornament Rules (2026)

Taylorsville doesn't run a separate 'lawn ornament' ordinance; section 13.26.100(C)(4) sets the operative rule by folding holiday-season yard displays into its temporary sign code as a permit-exempt category. Because they qualify under that exemption, holiday displays may be any type, number, and area, with no square-footage or count limit like the caps the city places on other exempt temporary signs, a community sign tops out at 32 square feet and a corporate flag at 16 square feet. The only geographic limit is that the display stay entirely within the boundaries of the lot or premises where it is erected; it cannot spill onto a neighbor's yard, a park strip, or the public right of way.

That contrasts with the city's general statuary rule under section 13.26.030(A)(7), which bans statuary bearing the likeness or suggestion of any product or logo as a prohibited sign device year round; a seasonal inflatable or a nativity scene isn't caught by that ban because it carries no commercial branding, but a giant inflatable soda can or sports-logo mascot could be. Because the yard-display exemption sits inside the sign code, it is bounded by the same traffic safety condition that applies to other temporary signs: displays must avoid confusing drivers with authorized traffic lights and signals and must conform to traffic safety standards, so a lawn display cannot be placed inside the visibility triangle at a driveway or intersection under 13.26.050(C).