Logan, UT Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

Section 8.20.170 of the Logan Municipal Code, titled Scrap Storage, applies to premises improved or vacant and to any open lot or alley. Subsection A makes it unlawful to place, leave, dump or permit to accumulate garbage, rubbish, trash or junk on any such property so that it affords food or harborage for rats. Subsection B makes it unlawful to permit lumber, boxes, barrels, bottles, cans, containers, junk or other materials to accumulate or remain unless they are placed on open racks elevated not less than eighteen inches above the ground or floor and evenly piled or stacked.

Weeds and unsightly conditions on a lot run through the nuisance chapter. Under § 2.26.070 the city inspector can find any yard, lot or other place a nuisance if it contains injurious, annoying or noxious weeds, garbage, refuse or any significant and substantial unsightly condition or deleterious objects, and the inspector can inspect the lot to decide. Under § 2.26.080 the inspector declares the nuisance and requests corrective action. Notice goes by personal service on an occupant over fourteen years old or by mail to the owner's last known address in the county assessor's records, and one notice is sufficient for the entire season of weed growth that year.

An owner, purchaser or occupier who disagrees with the finding or the requested action can ask within fifteen (15) days that the mayor review the decision (§ 2.26.090). If the nuisance is not abated within the time allowed, the city inspector can abate it summarily, mail an itemized statement demanding payment within twenty (20) days, and then sue for the costs with attorney fees, interest and court costs or refer the bill to the county treasurer for the owner's tax notice (§ 2.26.110).

The strip next to a lot has its own rule. Section 12.08.070 makes it unlawful for any person owning, occupying or controlling real property to allow weeds to grow or remain on the sidewalk or ditch banks in front of the premises, and § 12.08.010 requires owners and occupants to remove weeds, brush, snow and other obstructions from the adjacent sidewalk and bus stop. For refuse on private property, chapter 8.32 defines private property to include vacant lots.