West Valley City, UT Privacy & Surveillance: Security Camera Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- rental buildings in multi-unit developments
- Controlled access required
- Section 7-11-404(14)
- Security cameras required
- at all Building entrances, (15)
- Scope
- Three/Four/Multiple Unit Dwellings, 7-11-402(1)
- Stage enforced
- design and development plan review
- Can be superseded by
- Council-approved Development Agreement
Summary
West Valley City requires every rental building in a multi-unit residential development to have both controlled access and security cameras at all building entrances. Municipal Code Section 7-11-404(14)-(15) applies to Three, Four, and Multiple Unit Dwelling developments citywide, layered onto the same design review covering dumpster screening, elevators, and unit sizes.
The requirements of this Part are applicable to all multi-unit residential Development including Three, Four, and Multiple Unit Dwellings in all zones that allow such Development unless otherwise specified in this Title. (13) All rental developments with 50 or more units shall provide on-site management. (14) All rental Buildings shall have controlled access. For the purpose of this Section, "controlled access" means a system to limit Building access to tenants and their guests. (15) All rental Buildings shall include security cameras at all Building entrances.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-30, passed June 23, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 7-11-404, General Requirements, sets baseline design and operations standards for every multi-unit residential development in West Valley City with Three, Four, or Multiple Unit Dwellings, per the Part's applicability clause, Section 7-11-402(1). Two of the eighteen numbered requirements target rental security directly. ' Subsection (15) then requires those same rental buildings to include security cameras at all building entrances. The requirements sit alongside related General Requirements adopted in the same Part: on-site management for rental developments of 50 units or more (13), elevators in buildings of four or more levels or three levels with 50 or more units (16), and a dedicated entry feature for the development (17).
Because Section 7-11-402 makes this Part applicable to 'new Development and redevelopment,' the controlled-access and camera mandate attaches at the design and development plan review stage rather than being retrofitted onto existing buildings, though Section 7-11-402(3) allows a City Council-approved Development Agreement to supersede a specific Part 4 requirement if the agreement addresses it. The section has been amended twice since its 2020 adoption, by Ordinance No. 22-04 in 2022 and Ordinance No. 24-17 in 2024.
Violations & Fines
Design and Development Plan Review under Chapter 7-11 is a precondition to Planning Commission or staff approval of a multi-unit residential project, so a plan that omits required controlled access or entrance cameras cannot clear review under Section 7-1-113's Title 7 enforcement authority, exercised by the Community and Economic Development Department. A denied or conditioned plan may be appealed in writing within 10 days to the Board of Adjustment under Section 7-1-114 and Chapter 7-12.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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