Eagle Mountain, UT Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

020(A) puts the duty on any owner or occupant, including owners of unimproved and vacant lots: it is unlawful to let weed height exceed the maximum permitted or to fail to remove refuse, dog manure or waste, or unsightly or deleterious objects or structures from the property, once the city has given written notice. Because the duty runs to any person, corporation, partnership or legal entity "owning or occupying real property in the city," a vacant, unbuilt lot is treated the same as a developed one; there's no carve-out for land that hasn't been built out yet, which matters in a city adding subdivisions as fast as Eagle Mountain is.

020(D) requires a written notice served personally or by certified mail to the owner or occupant at the address on file with the county assessor, describing the violation and directing the owner to eradicate, destroy or remove the weeds, refuse, objects or structures. The owner gets a real minimum: the officer's deadline "shall be no less than 10 days from the date of service of such notice," so a vacant-lot owner cannot be cited on shorter notice. 020(F) lets the city hire a contractor to clear the lot itself and bill the owner for the cost, with unpaid bills collectible through a lawsuit for expenses and attorney's fees or, ultimately, added to the property's county tax notice.