Pine Valley, UT

In unincorporated Washington County, a fence built to the height and setback limits in County Code chapter 10-15B goes up without a separate permit. Planning Commission approval is…

Washington County requires a building and/or excavation permit from the Community Development Department before building or altering a rockery or segmental block retaining wall, and…

Washington County bans barbed wire and razor ribbon fencing in every zone except agricultural zones or properties keeping large livestock, under County Ordinance 10-15B-9. Where the…

Washington County caps residential fence height at six feet along side and rear property lines and three feet in any front setback area under County Ordinance 10-15B-3. Corner lots add…

Washington County puts fencing duty on the landowner, not a shared-cost neighbor rule: section 9-4-2 requires owners of farms, subdivisions and other private property to fence their…

Washington County requires every cat over four months old to be vaccinated against rabies every twelve months, and it's unlawful under § 5-3B-7 for an owner to let an unvaccinated cat…

Unincorporated Washington County lets residential-zone lots keep livestock and poultry for personal food production, but caps the numbers by square footage: one large animal per 12,500…

On a residential lot of one acre or less in unincorporated Washington County, household pets, meaning dogs, cats, or other animals ordinarily kept in the house for personal use, are…

Washington County lets hunters take coyote, red fox, striped skunk, feral pig, raccoon and jackrabbit by spotlighting, but only with a $20 sheriff's office permit, and only outside the…

Washington County zoning bars exotic animals, defined as species not historically found on Washington County farms, from any residential lot outside an RA (Residential Agricultural)…

Washington County does not restrict dogs by breed; instead it bans owning or possessing any dog legally classified as vicious or dangerous under § 5-3B-9. A dog is presumed vicious if…

In unincorporated Washington County it's unlawful for a dog's owner or keeper to let the dog run at large, defined as being off the owner's property and not on a leash, cord or chain…

Washington County's commercial use chart allows pet grooming businesses as a permitted use in the C-2, C-3 and PDC zones, but the use is not listed as permitted in the county's C-1…

Washington County's commercial use chart permits animal hospitals and veterinary clinics, including overnight small-animal care, as a matter of right in the C-2, C-3 and PDC zones, but…

Washington County requires a written building permit before any pool is built. Section 10-1-6 of the county zoning title puts pools alongside other structures and utility systems that…

Washington County requires an impassible fence, wall, or barrier meeting the applicable building code around every in-ground swimming pool and hot tub that is not otherwise enclosed or…

A permanent Tiny Home on Foundation can be a primary or accessory dwelling if it meets 2021 IRC Appendix AQ. A Tiny Home on Wheels can only be used as temporary housing under the…

Washington County bars short-term rental use of either an accessory dwelling unit or its associated single-family home unless a Short Term Rental License is issued under § 10-13-23…

Washington County allows one ADU on any lot under 5 acres, with one more per additional 5 acres and a hard cap of four. Size scales with the underlying zone, from 1,500 to 3,500 square…

In unincorporated Washington County, a shed or other accessory building can cover no more than 25% of a residential lot and cannot rise above 25 feet without a conditional use permit…

In unincorporated Washington County, an accessory dwelling unit or the main house must be owner-occupied at least 183 days a year before the other unit can be rented long-term. The…

Washington County requires every short-term rental to have an owner, owner-occupant, or designated local property manager available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, who can be…

Washington County caps every short-term rental at four guests per approved bedroom, counted against the bedrooms listed on the septic permit or approved plans, and owners must monitor…

Every Washington County short-term rental must collect and remit all applicable taxes, including the transient room tax, through the State of Utah at the time of rental; failing to…

Washington County requires every short-term rental license applicant to sign a Compliance Affidavit certifying the dwelling is insured for multiple rentals throughout the year…

Washington County's short-term rental ordinance runs on a three-strikes system: once the Community Development Department has notified an owner, owner-occupant, or property manager of…

A Washington County Short Term Rental License will not issue unless the single-family home or its ADU is owner-occupied, verified through the County Assessor's primary residential…

Washington County bans events, parties, and excessive noise at any short-term rental, defining quiet time as 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. with a 55 dB property-line limit, and daytime as 7 a.m…

Washington County requires one graveled or paved on-site parking stall per approved bedroom for every short-term rental, bans any guest parking on the public or private access street…

Washington County requires a written Short Term Rental License application filed with Community Development at least 30 days before advertising, including proof of ownership, parking…

Washington County has adopted the 2003 International Urban-Wildland Interface Code, amended by Utah's rule R652-122, as its wildfire building code. It sets fire apparatus access roads…

Washington County splits the year into a closed fire season and an open fire season for outdoor burning. Burning is banned from June 1 through the last day of February unless a state…

Washington County exempts campfires and recreational fires from its burning permit chapter, as long as they stay under a responsible person's control and burn only clean, dry wood or…

Washington County bans all fireworks at the Kolob Reservoir Facility. Code section 5-4-4(F) prohibits fireworks along with any incendiary, chemical, or explosive device inside the…

In Washington County's R-2 and R-3 multiple-family zones, Section 10-8F-7.G bans parking inside the front yard setback outright: "Parking shall not be located in the front yard setback…

Washington County bans overnight parking of vehicles and trailers at the Kolob Reservoir Facility without a proper permit. Code section 5-4-6(A) also confines vehicles to designated…

Any Washington County building used for manufacturing, warehousing, retail display, a hotel or a hospital, or another use that receives or ships goods by vehicle, must provide adequate…

Washington County bans storing junk cars, unregistered vehicles, or cars with expired plates anywhere on a property in the unincorporated county. A junk car includes any vehicle…

Washington County makes it unlawful to park or leave construction materials, equipment, vehicles, attachments, or trailers in the public road or right-of-way where they block snow or…

A detached single-family home or an approved home occupation in Washington County's residential zones may post one unlit identification sign under § 10-19-3(A)(1): it must sit at least…

Washington County treats home daycare as a home occupation under Code § 10-26-3. A minor home occupation daycare, capped at eight children at a time, needs no business license, and its…

Washington County limits how much foot traffic a home-based business can bring to a residential lot. A home office with negligible client visits qualifies as a minor home occupation…

Washington County allows home-based businesses only in the FR, R, RA, RE, and SFR zones, run by the owner or leaseholder who lives on site, under Code § 10-26-2's General Provisions. A…

Washington County limits noise from licensed short-term rentals to 55 decibels at the property line during quiet time (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) and 75 decibels during daytime (7:00…

It's unlawful in unincorporated Washington County to own, keep or harbor a dog whose loud, continued or frequent barking, howling or yelping, or whose offensive odors, disturb or…

Washington County caps construction hours countywide, regardless of zoning district. Work may run 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. from April 1 through October 31, and 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m…

Washington County requires every sound system and exterior speaker at a licensed short-term rental to be permanently installed with a built-in volume limiter; portable speakers…

Washington County bans potable landscape watering between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day from June 1 through September 1 on new and rehabilitated development in the unincorporated…

Every residential property in unincorporated Washington County is billed for solid waste collection whether or not the household actually uses it. The county's special service district…

Washington County requires residential trash carts to be set out by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, within three feet of the curb or roadway, with three feet of clearance on either side…

Washington County requires every commercial, manufacturing, warehouse or retail project in the unincorporated area to provide a dumpster collection area that is screened from street…

Residential trash pickup in unincorporated Washington County runs exclusively through Special Service District No. 1 and its subcontractor Allied/Red Rock. Every residential unit must…

Washington County bars private and commercial haulers from dumping commercial or construction waste anywhere but the county landfill, and bans scavenging from collection stations and…

Washington County folds commercial filming into its special events chapter: the SPECIAL EVENT definition lists filming events alongside concerts, carnivals, and races, so a film shoot…

A parade in unincorporated Washington County is a special event under county code: organizers of any parade drawing 75 or more people must get a special event permit before marching…

Washington County requires a special recreation permit, special use permit, or cooperative agreement before anyone holds a scheduled event at the Kolob Reservoir Facility, the County's…

Street fairs, craft fairs, and farmers' markets in unincorporated Washington County are special events, and organizers must disclose every vendor's name, address, and license number in…

Filming crews using SR-18 in unincorporated Washington County cannot close or impair the roadway without county sign-off: shoots under 200 people must use the paved county trail…

Unincorporated Washington County treats commercial and educational filming as a special event. Any filming event beyond personal use needs a special event permit from the county before…

Washington County adopts the International Plumbing Code, as amended by the State of Utah, under County Code section 9-1-4, and locally amends two sections governing pipe cover depth…

The Washington County building inspector can inspect any building or structure under construction, modification, moving or repair, and can enter premises to check compliance with the…

Washington County's short-term rental licensing ordinance requires proof that carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detectors, and fire extinguishers are installed and operable under the…

No building permit can be issued in unincorporated Washington County unless the project meets the building codes adopted in section 9-1-4, the county zoning ordinance, the subdivision…

Washington County adopts the National Electrical Code, as amended by the State of Utah, as part of its Building Code under County Code section 9-1-4. Anyone wiring, altering, or…

A mobile food business operating in unincorporated Washington County needs a County business license under § 3-1-2 for every calendar year it operates, and food trucks are a listed…

Washington County treats a food truck as a listed permitted use, not a special vendor category. County Code § 10-10-2's Commercial Use Chart marks "Food truck" with a "P" in all four…

Washington County shields ranchers from trespass damage claims: section 9-4-3 bars any court from awarding damages for livestock trespassing onto farms, subdivisions or other private…

Washington County's A-5 through A-40 agricultural zones exist, by ordinance, "to preserve appropriate areas for agricultural use," and the code bars any use that is "inimical to the…

A massage establishment operating in unincorporated Washington County is a permitted use in all four commercial zones and must hold a current county business license before opening…

Washington County confines sexually oriented businesses to I-1 zoned land and requires a county license for each one. Every such business must sit at least 1,500 feet from churches…

A tattoo establishment operating in unincorporated Washington County must hold a County business license under § 3-1-2, the same as any other business, and it is confined by zoning to…

Washington County allows vehicle or engine repair at home only as a major home occupation, capped at three engines or vehicles on-site at a time and barred entirely inside a recorded…

Washington County lets political signs go up without a permit anywhere in the unincorporated county, but every one must come down within 10 days after the election and, in a…

Freestanding signs in Washington County's commercial, industrial and manufacturing zones top out at twenty-five feet under § 10-19-3(B)(3), but a sign within five hundred feet of a…

Washington County bans off-premises signs and billboards outright, and § 10-19-3(B)(12) goes further: no legally existing sign in the county's commercial, industrial or manufacturing…

Washington County caps illuminated window signs at two per business and four square feet apiece under § 10-15C-11(D) of the county's outdoor lighting ordinance, and none may stay lit…

Any grading or construction on slopes over 20% in unincorporated Washington County needs a hillside development permit, and the drainage plan submitted with it must control erosion and…

Washington County requires a development permit before any construction or fill begins in an area of special flood hazard, based on FEMA's flood insurance rate map dated December 6…

Washington County requires every subdivision to install a stormwater drainage system that is separate from the sanitary sewer, with plans stamped by a licensed engineer and approved by…

Washington County requires new and substantially improved residential structures in a mapped flood hazard area to elevate the lowest floor at least two feet above the base flood…

Inside the Pine Valley Overlay Zone, the county's landscaping standard tells homeowners to clear flammable growth from around their houses: keep twigs, leaves, shrubs, dead grasses…

In Washington County's unincorporated R-2 and R-3 multiple-family zones, homes need a 40-foot lot width, a 25-foot front yard, and 10-foot side and rear yards. The front yard shrinks…

In Washington County's SF Single-Family Residential zone, County Code § 10-8E-4 caps a main building at 35 feet and an accessory building at 25 feet. The RE Residential Estate zone…

Washington County's commercial zones cap building footprint at a fixed share of the lot: County Code § 10-10-3 sets Maximum Lot Coverage at 60% in the C-1 and C-2 zones and 50% in C-3…

Washington County caps every data, AI, or crypto mining center at 50 megawatts of capacity under Code § 10-4-1's definition, with facilities above that size 'not permitted.' The use…

Washington County confines any data, AI, or crypto center to its Industrial (IND) zone, never the adjoining Manufacturing (MFG) zone, and hard-caps every facility at 10 to 50…

Washington County's Industrial zone, the only zone where a large data, AI, or crypto center may sit, caps noise at 70 decibels measured at the property line under County Code §…

Washington County bars planting any invasive plant species the county identifies, as part of the Plant Selection standard that governs all new and rehabilitated landscaping in the…

In Washington County's C-1, C-2, C-3 and PDC commercial zones, no trash, rubbish, weeds or combustible material may sit outside approved containers on any lot, and no junk, debris or…

Washington County treats a rundown or unsafe structure, or a lot depreciated by lack of maintenance, as a public nuisance the building inspector can order abated. Owners who miss the…

Washington County bans grass in park strips, the narrow landscaped band between the back of curb and the sidewalk, on every new or rehabilitated development in the unincorporated…

Washington County bans smoking and vaping on all county-owned property, including the County Legacy Park fairgrounds, to protect the public from secondhand smoke and reduce tobacco…

Washington County bans parking or leaving unattended construction materials, equipment, vehicles, or trailers in the public road or right-of-way, or within thirty feet of an…

Washington County requires a current encroachment permit before anyone privately removes snow or ice from a county roadway, treating unpermitted removal as unlawful activity in the…

Washington County caps grass on every new single-family lot at 8% of the parcel, or a stricter sliding-scale ceiling, whichever is lower: 600 square feet on lots under 7,500 square…

Washington County bars anyone under 18 from sidewalks, streets, alleys and public places between midnight and 5:00 a.m. Exceptions cover minors accompanied by a parent or guardian…

Washington County sets quiet hours of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. at the Kolob Reservoir Facility. Code section 5-4-5(F) also bars loudspeakers, amplifiers, and PA systems anywhere in the…

In Washington County's four dark-sky overlay zones (New Harmony Valley, Pine Valley, Scenic Byway and Kolob Area), every outdoor fixture installed after September 2024 must be fully…

Within Washington County's designated dark-sky overlay districts, § 10-15C-4(B)-(C) bars aiming any outdoor fixture onto a neighbor's property or the adjacent public right-of-way…

Washington County's zoning code says flatly that the county does not enforce private restrictive covenants, and no covenant can modify the county's own zoning rules. HOA disputes over…

In unincorporated Washington County's PDR Planned Development Residential zone, base density is capped at 5 units per acre, but a developer can build up to a 7.5-unit-per-acre density…

Washington County imposes a transient room tax of 4.25 percent on amounts charged for short-term rentals, hotels, motels, and trailer court accommodations rented for less than thirty…

Unincorporated Washington County caps garage sales at four per year per lot or parcel. Stay within that limit and no special event permit is needed; go beyond it and the sale becomes a…