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

Under section 9.08.030(C)(10) of the Taylorsville City Code, noxious weeds located on vacant lots or other property, along public sidewalks, or along the outer edge of any public street are enumerated as a nuisance, as are weeds anywhere else that create a fire hazard. This sits within the city's broader nuisance chapter (9.08), which is administered and enforced by the police department, with the Community Development Department also empowered to act on code violations tied to dangerous buildings or health-related conditions. Under section 9.08.050, the responsible person, meaning the owner, lessor, lessee, or anyone who creates or continues the nuisance, is liable for abating it, and a successor owner or tenant remains responsible for a nuisance a prior occupant created.

The process starts with an attempt at voluntary correction under 9.08.080; if that fails, the city issues an administrative notice under 9.08.090 naming the nuisance, the required corrective action, and a completion deadline, with a right to appeal to the hearing officer under 9.08.110. If the deadline passes without correction, section 9.08.100(B) sets a monetary fine of $100 per day for the first week the weeds remain unabated and $200 per day after that, cumulative and payable within ten days of notice; the city may also abate the weeds itself under 9.08.100(A) and bill the responsible person for the cost, including personnel time and attorney fees, and record a lien on the property under 9.08.100(F) for unpaid amounts. Criminal prosecution as a class C misdemeanor is available under 9.08.100(D) if voluntary correction was attempted first.