Salt Lake County, UT Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Unincorporated Salt Lake County
- Removal deadline
- 12 hours after snow stops
- Overnight storm deadline
- 8 a.m. following morning
- Who's responsible
- Owner, occupant, lessor or agent
Summary
Property owners in unincorporated Salt Lake County must clear snow, hail or sleet from their paved sidewalk within twelve hours of the storm ending, or by 8 a.m. if it stopped overnight.
In order to better protect the safety of pedestrians, it is unlawful for the owner, occupant, lessor or agent of property abutting on a paved sidewalk to fail to remove or cause to be removed from such paved sidewalk and any existing curb ramp all hail, snow or sleet falling thereon, within twelve hours after the hail, snow or sleet has ceased falling, provided that in case of a storm between the hours of five p.m. and six a.m., the sidewalk and any existing curb ramp shall be cleaned before eight a.m. following the storm.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 49).
Full Breakdown
County code requires the owner, occupant, lessor or agent of property abutting a paved sidewalk to remove all hail, snow or sleet from that sidewalk and any curb ramp within twelve hours after it stops falling. If the storm falls between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m., the sidewalk and curb ramp must instead be cleared before 8 a.m. the following morning. A separate section bars dumping the cleared snow into a street gutter where it would clog drainage.
Violations & Fines
Failing to clear a paved sidewalk of snow, hail or sleet within the twelve-hour window (or by 8 a.m. after an overnight storm) is unlawful under §14.32.100; no separate penalty amount is specified in this chapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
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