Provo, UT Homelessness & Encampment Rules: Encampment Sanitation (2026)

020 prohibits sleeping on any public sidewalk, street, parking strip, alley, lane or public right-of-way, and in any publicly used ingress or egress to public property, because it obstructs traffic and endangers the sleeper and the public. A violation after a request to cease and desist is unlawful. 280, or the person is on public property other than a sidewalk, street, parking strip, alley, lane or right-of-way and no available overnight shelter exists. 040, authorized city agents may remove an unlawful campsite if, after reasonable notice, the occupant refuses to remove personal property; the property appears abandoned; police have probable cause of illegal activity beyond camping; or there is immediate danger to health, safety or life, including contamination risk.

050 requires litter and items with no apparent value or in an unsanitary condition to be discarded immediately on removal, while all other personal property must be gathered, retained and released with notice to the owner under Utah Code Title 24 (Forfeiture and Disposition of Property Act) and Title 77, Chapter 24A (Lost or Mislaid Personal Property), plus Provo Police Department policy. 060 states the chapter is not meant to criminalize homelessness or bar ordinary park recreation like picnicking, and directs courts to weigh in mitigation whether the person removed all property and litter once informed of the violation. 070 extends the chapter to city-owned public property located outside Provo's municipal limits.