Provo, UT

Provo lets the Municipal Council designate permit parking areas where only residents holding a City-issued parking permit may park overnight on public streets. Neighborhoods petition…

Provo City Code 9.31.090 lets the Mayor ban parking on designated snow emergency routes once forecasts or falling snow require plowing. Six inches of accumulation triggers an automatic…

Provo City Code 14.34.080 bans keeping any wrecked, junked, or inoperable vehicle on private property for more than 72 hours unless it's inside a building or behind an opaque fence…

Provo requires paved, well-maintained driveways for licensed rental dwellings under Provo City Code 6.26.110, setting an 8.5-foot minimum paved width, sealed and graded surfaces, and a…

Provo's City Traffic Engineer paints curbs to control parking, and a yellow curb means no stopping, standing, or parking except for temporary loading or unloading of passengers while…

Provo requires every visitor parking space in an off-street lot to be identified by curb or pavement painting, or by signage, reading "Visitor Parking Only." Under City Code Section…

Provo lets multifamily developers earn amenity credit for EV infrastructure: charging stations at 5% or more of parking spaces score 45 of the 60 points a project needs, while EV-ready…

Provo allows overnight on-street parking but every vehicle must display current registration and move at least 400 feet every 72 hours; a vehicle left longer is treated as stored and…

Provo City Code 9.32.090 bars trucks rated 1.5 tons or more (or licensed over 18,000 lbs gross) from parking on residential public streets for more than 2 hours (8 hours absolute max)…

Recreational vehicles, trailers, and boats may not be parked on any public street or alley for more than 72 consecutive hours (Provo City Code 9.31.055), and in residential zones they…

Provo prohibits stopping, standing, or parking on sidewalks, crosswalks, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within an intersection, and other listed locations under Provo City Code…

Utah caps what a nonconsensual tow can cost and how long you can be made to wait. Under the 2026 Non-Consent Towing Fee Schedule that UDOT publishes under Utah Code § 72-9-603(16), a…

Provo has no citywide mandatory spay/neuter law for pet dogs and cats. The only mandatory spay/neuter rule in the code applies narrowly to feral cats a university uses for research…

Provo City Code 8.02.130 makes it unlawful to keep an animal overnight at a grooming parlor unless the animal belongs to the parlor's own operator. Groomers can bathe and clip during…

Provo City Code 8.02.080 makes it unlawful to possess, sell, barter, or keep any wild animal within city limits. Only zoos, shelters, vet hospitals, labs, and circuses may hold one…

Provo City Code 8.02.200 makes it unlawful to place food or minerals that attract wild deer, elk, moose, or turkey in numbers that cause property damage, endanger anyone, or create…

Provo allows veterinary hospitals, animal kennels, boarding, breeding, training, and grooming (excluding large animals) as a conditional use, but only inside a fully enclosed…

Provo lets owners license cats the same way as dogs under Section 8.06.020, and an unlicensed cat is presumed unowned. A female cat in season must be confined to prevent contact with…

Provo bans any animal from running at large citywide and holds the owner strictly liable, even if the escape was accidental, with an animal defined as 'under restraint' only when on a…

Provo City Code 8.02.200 makes it unlawful to place food, grain, or minerals anywhere in the city that draws wild deer, elk, moose, or turkey in numbers or circumstances that damage…

Provo allows backyard beekeeping under City Code Chapter 8.03, but caps hive counts by lot size, bans hives that threaten health or safety, and requires state registration. Up to five…

Provo cannot ban or restrict any dog by breed. Utah Code 18-2-101 prohibits a municipality from adopting or enforcing any breed-specific rule, regulation, policy, or ordinance…

Provo City Code 8.06.070 limits each residence or commercial establishment to no more than two dogs and no more than two cats six months of age or older, with licensed kennels…

Provo City Code 8.02.190 lets residents in residential zones keep hen chickens (no roosters) for egg production, with the number tied to lot size from two hens at 6,000 sq ft up to six…

Provo caps in-home Family Day Care at six children and requires a Home Occupation Permit, with the provider living on site. Family Group Day Care (7-12 children) and larger Child Day…

Provo caps home-business retail sales at two customers per hour between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., rising to six per hour before 5 p.m. for a Development Services-approved major home…

Provo City Code Section 14.41.040 sets the baseline conditions every home occupation must meet, including that the business be conducted wholly within the dwelling, employ no…

Provo City Code Section 14.41.040 prohibits any sign or advertising on the premises of a home occupation except a permitted nameplate, and bars any display visible from the exterior…

Utah runs two separate home food routes and the cottage food one is the registered route. Utah Code 4-5-501(4) requires the operator to register with the Department of Agriculture and…

Utah Code § 26B-7-416 lets a resident sell ready-to-eat meals cooked in a home kitchen once the local health department issues a microenterprise home kitchen permit. The core operating…

Every Provo short-term rental license application must include a parking plan, reviewed and approved by administrative staff, showing the dwelling meets the zone's minimum parking…

Provo requires every short-term rental license applicant to submit proof of liability insurance for each licensed dwelling as part of the license application, on top of state sales tax…

Provo requires hosting platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo to report every local listing twice a year and bars them from completing a booking for any property that is not licensed under…

Provo does not set a separate per-guest STR occupancy cap, but it sharply limits STR location: they are allowed only in eight commercial/mixed-use zones, and in multifamily buildings…

Provo requires a short-term rental business license under Provo City Code Chapter 6.33; the city only permits STRs in eight commercial and mixed-use zones, not in residential or…

Utah imposes a state-administered transient room tax framework under Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 3, applying to lodging rentals under 30 days. Counties may levy up to 4.25% county TRT…

Provo caps sight-obscuring front-yard fences at 3 feet (6 feet if at least half open), side yards at 7 feet, and lets rear-yard fences exceed 7 feet only with a building permit…

Provo does not require a building permit for structural fences 7 feet or under. Any structural fence over 7 feet needs a building permit from the Building Inspection Division, and…

In Provo's Critical Hillside Overlay Zone, terraced retaining walls are limited to 3 walls of up to 8 feet each, spaced at least as wide as they are tall, faced in stone or earth-tone…

Provo City Code 9.14.020 makes it unlawful to erect or maintain a barbed wire fence anywhere in the city, with narrow exceptions for livestock lots and a six-foot-high top strand…

Under Utah Code Section 4-26-103, a qualifying grazing or agricultural landowner can require an adjoining qualified landowner to pay half the cost of a partition fence, and recover…

Provo requires appropriately located, operational smoke alarms in every licensed rental dwelling under Provo City Code 6.26.100(9), one of twelve minimum conditions the Chief Building…

Provo layers a Critical Hillside (CH) Overlay Zone over the east bench, adding development standards on top of the underlying zoning specifically to manage slope, fire, and other…

Provo bans removing trees or vegetation outside the approved Limits of Disturbance in the Critical Hillside Overlay Zone, but Section 14.33A.160(1)(e)(ii) carves out an exception for…

Backyard recreational fires and small cooking fires are allowed in Provo under the adopted International Fire Code (Provo City Code 9.51), but a recreational fire must stay at least 25…

Provo allows Class C (state-approved) fireworks on the dates and hours fixed by Utah Code 53-7-225, but bans discharge in the east foothills and most city parks because of wildfire…

Provo prohibits open burning under its adopted International Fire Code (Provo City Code 9.51), with narrow exceptions. Where yard-waste burning is allowed, Utah Division of Air Quality…

In Utah County's unincorporated Wildland/Urban Interface zone, Utah County Code § 6.11.060 requires a cleared vegetation buffer around every propane or fuel tank: low ground cover for…

Provo prohibits artificial turf grass in required landscaped yards citywide, allowing it only on athletic fields and public recreation spaces, and separately bans outdoor carpet as a…

Provo's landscape design standards push every project toward drought-tolerant and native plantings and let anyone landscaping a street-facing yard choose a xeric design over turf…

Provo City Code 9.20.050 makes it unlawful to plant, remove, spray, trim, prune, or cut any tree or shrub on city parking strips, parks, or other public property without first…

Provo City Code 10.02.160 makes it unlawful for any water user to waste water through leaks, overflowing troughs, or wasteful running of hydrants and faucets. Under Provo City Code…

Provo City Code Chapter 7.02 (Weed and Refuse Abatement) lets the City inspect for injurious and noxious weeds and serve written notice requiring the owner to remove them within at…

Utah Code 73-3-1.5 lets homeowners capture rainwater on their own parcel. Up to 200 gallons in two covered containers needs no registration; storing more, up to a 2,500-gallon maximum…

Provo allows one accessory dwelling unit per single-family detached home in most residential zones under Chapter 14.30 of the Provo City Code, but requires owner occupancy, four…

Provo permits an accessory apartment created over an attached garage or by conversion inside the home, and Utah Code 10-9a-530 makes an internal ADU within an owner-occupied…

Provo treats sheds, gazebos, and other detached accessory buildings under its yard-requirement code (14.10.080); accessory buildings outside the buildable area must sit at least three…

A Utah County Accessory Dwelling Unit larger than 1,000 square feet, up to a 1,500-square-foot ceiling, requires the property owner to sign and record a covenant with the Utah County…

Utah regulates tiny homes through the State Construction Code. Tiny homes on permanent foundations must meet the IRC including Appendix Q for dwellings under 400 square feet. Tiny…

A City of Provo building permit is required to install any indoor or outdoor swimming pool, and the application must show setbacks, required barriers, utilities, pool equipment and…

Provo requires an outdoor pool to be enclosed by a wall or fence at least six feet high with no openings that pass a 4-inch sphere and with automatic self-closing, self-latching gates…

Provo has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Noise from landscaping equipment is exempt from the Chapter 9.06 noise restrictions when operated between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; outside…

Provo City Code makes it unlawful to maintain a sound level exceeding 105 dBA in any public entertainment venue, including restaurants, bars, cafes, discotheques, or dance halls…

No Provo ordinance sets dBA limits for aircraft in flight. Provo's airport chapter adopts FAA and Utah State Aeronautics Commission regulations by reference, and aircraft noise…

Provo City Code Chapter 9.06 caps residential noise at a property line at 55 dBA between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. and 65 dBA between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. It is also unlawful to create loud…

Provo has no chapter setting fixed start and stop times for construction. Construction noise is governed by the general Chapter 9.06 dBA limits, and special construction projects may…

Provo City Code deems any animal that barks, whines, or howls in an excessive, continuous or untimely fashion a nuisance. Excessive barking means barking continuously for ten minutes…

A moving vehicle on a public road in unincorporated Utah County may not exceed 80 dB(A) measured 25 feet from the road, though the limit rises to 88 dB(A) on state highways and…

Unincorporated Utah County caps off-site noise on a sliding scale by zoning district: 55 dB(A) daytime and 50 dB(A) at night in residential zones, 65/60 dB(A) in commercial zones, and…

Provo City Code 9.19.090 makes it unlawful to use tobacco products or e-cigarettes within any City park, trail, or recreation facility. The same section bars possessing or consuming…

Provo City Code 9.30.040 makes drinking alcohol or carrying an open container a misdemeanor anywhere within the Center Street pedestrian mall, from 500 West to 100 East. The ban is…

Provo City Code 9.32.170 treats skateboards as micromobility devices, capping sidewalk speed at 10 mph and banning use on two designated downtown sidewalk stretches outright. A…

Provo City Code 9.11.010(6) makes it unlawful to urinate or stool in any public place, except public restrooms, or anywhere exposed to public view. Each violation is a separate…

Provo City Code 9.14.200 makes loitering a class C misdemeanor: appearing at a place or time under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of persons or property, then refusing…

Provo bans aggressive panhandling under City Code Chapter 9.70: touching a person without consent, blocking their path, following them, or soliciting within 30 feet of a bank or ATM…

Provo makes it unlawful to knowingly possess marijuana or any other controlled substance anywhere in the city, public or private, unless it comes from a valid prescription. There is no…

Provo licenses secondhand dealers under the same chapter as pawnbrokers, but a straight resale of used goods with no redemption right must sit unsold for 30 days, or just 7 days for…

Provo requires anyone operating as a pawnbroker to hold a City business license and post a $1,000 surety bond before taking in a single item. Pawned goods must stay redeemable for at…

Provo confines every sexually-oriented business to its SOB Overlay Zone and bars it from operating within 1,000 feet of a residential zone, church, public park, library, or school. A…

Any tow truck or parking-enforcement business based in Provo must hold a city business license, post a $1,000 surety bond, and carry $25,000 in property damage insurance. Non-consent…

Utah County requires anyone operating a massage parlor or working as a masseur in the unincorporated county to hold a county license, bans opposite-sex treatments outside licensed…

Unincorporated Utah County will not permit a residential auto repair, body, or paint shop as a home occupation under any circumstances. UCLUO 8.20 names automotive repair, body work…

A Provo street fair or festival needs a special event permit that discloses the number and location of every vendor booth and tent, and any food trucks or carts working the event…

Provo treats a block party as a special event once it hits certain triggers: 150+ attendees, fireworks, water slides, bounce houses, alcohol, or open fires. Closing a residential…

Provo City Code Chapter 6.20 requires anyone sponsoring a parade, defined as a march, procession or motorcade that interferes with normal street or sidewalk traffic, to obtain a…

Provo City Code 9.19.020 requires a reservation permit from the Parks and Recreation Department for exclusive or group use of a park, and separately bans selling anything or running…

Provo only allows sidewalk cafes where the underlying zone permits them, under a revocable City license: tables must leave 6 feet of clear sidewalk, hours run no earlier than 6 a.m…

Provo levies a 1.5% innkeeper revenue tax on gross rental income from any motor court, motel, hotel, inn, or similar public accommodation renting rooms for stays of less than 30 days…

Provo zoning does not allow cannabis retail at all; it only permits cannabis production establishments (cultivation, processing, testing labs) as principal uses, and even then confines…

In Provo's R1 zone, homes need a 23-foot front setback from the back of curb (or 14 feet behind the sidewalk, whichever is greater), a 20-foot rear yard, and 10-foot side yards…

Provo caps R1-zone homes at 35 feet measured at each building facade, with the front elevation limited to 30 feet, and accessory structures may never exceed the height of the main…

In Provo's R1 (One-Family Residential) zone, all buildings and accessory structures on a lot cannot cover more than 40% of the lot area. Paving is capped separately by yard, with…

Provo runs parkway tree planting through the Forestry Division under Code 9.20.090. New homeowners must pay a public tree fee, get an occupancy permit, and prep the parking strip with…

Provo City Code 9.20.160 lets the Forestry Division and Energy Board list rare or historic trees on the Heritage Tree List. Citizens can nominate public or private trees, but…

Provo requires door-to-door solicitors to check every residence for a No Soliciting sign and leave immediately if one is posted, whether or not the solicitor is registered. Soliciting…

Anyone going door-to-door in Provo to sell goods, services, or subscriptions must first register with the City Licensing Officer and carry a certificate. Registration requires a…

New buildings in Provo's DT1, DT2, GW, WG, and ITOD downtown zones must meet City Code Section 14.34.295 design standards: minimum storefront glass, pedestrian entrance spacing…

Provo's Performance Development (PD) Overlay Zone rewards residential projects with extra dwelling units for specific design features. Section 14.31.090 sets a hard ceiling: the total…

Provo mobile food vendors using the public right-of-way must park in parallel spaces only, keep vending windows facing the sidewalk or private property, and never block pedestrian…

Provo confines mobile food business right-of-way vending to specific commercial and industrial zones under Provo City Code 6.32.030(2), such as SC1-SC3, downtown DT1-DT2 and adjacent…

Provo requires every mobile food business, food trucks and trailers alike, to hold a City business license before operating, plus fire, health and insurance documentation. Vending in…

Provo makes it unlawful for anyone who owns, controls, or operates a structure used for human occupation to allow it to be occupied while infested with insects or rodents, backed by…

Provo requires a building permit from the Building Inspection Division before any building or structure is constructed, reconstructed, altered, or moved, and before any change in the…

Anyone erecting scaffold or staging on a Provo public way, such as a sidewalk or street, to work on a building must obtain a permit from the City Engineer before occupying that space.

Provo enforces plumbing work through the state-adopted Uniform Plumbing Code, per City Code 9.52.010, with one local amendment: a public sewer counts as available whenever it sits…

Provo enforces electrical work through the state-mandated National Electrical Code, adopted as part of the State Building Code under City Code 9.52.010. Fees follow the city's…

A Child Day Care Center in Provo needs a Conditional Use Permit and must meet Section 14.34.250(7)(b)'s building, licensing, site-plan, and fencing standards before it can open…

Utah County Code § 8.18.080 gives anyone seeking a single-family residential building permit the right to request review of an inspection performed by the county's building inspector…

Unincorporated Utah County requires automatic fire sprinkler systems in every dwelling built, added onto, or more-than-50%-remodeled inside the mapped Wildland/Urban Interface overlay…

Provo lets residents run a garage sale without a temporary use permit, but only for up to five days total per calendar year. Go over that and the exemption disappears, meaning…

Provo Code Enforcement can cite 29 specific conditions as public nuisances, from junk vehicles and graffiti to overgrown weeds, unsecured trash and deteriorated buildings, without…

In Provo's Special Flood Hazard Area, the lowest floor of every new structure, including basements, must sit at least one foot above the base flood elevation, and a licensed engineer…

Provo requires a floodplain development permit before any construction begins in a special flood hazard area, with the lowest floor elevated at least one foot above the base flood…

Provo bans dumping anything but clean storm water into the storm drainage system or Utah Lake tributaries under City Code 18.02.020. Violators face Class C misdemeanor charges, and…

Provo requires every slope disturbed by hillside construction to be revegetated to match or beat the erosion-control value of what was there before. Section 14.33A.160(3)(d)-(e) sets…

Provo bans idling a Class A commercial vehicle, tractor-trailers included, for more than one minute on public property or on private property open to the public, under City Code…

Provo defines defensible space in Section 14.33A.020 as the buffer between a structure and wildland that slows or halts a wildfire, and Section 14.33A.160 makes that buffer mandatory…

Anyone building a marina, mooring dock, or boat launch along Utah Lake or another water body in unincorporated Utah County needs a permit from the Zoning Administrator under UCLUO…

Land inside a Provo Agriculture Protection Area gets a right-to-farm shield: sound agricultural practices there cannot be treated as a public nuisance under city code, and nearby…

Farms inside a Provo-designated agriculture protection area using sound agricultural practices cannot be deemed a public nuisance under the City's nuisance code, unless the activity…

Renting a dwelling in Provo for a month or longer requires a rental dwelling business license under Provo City Code 6.26.020 before any tenant moves in. One license covers every rental…

Every licensed rental dwelling in Provo must meet twelve minimum building conditions under Provo City Code 6.26.100, covering everything from structural integrity and working plumbing…

Utah eviction begins with a notice to quit under Utah Code 78B-6-802. Nonpayment of rent requires a 3-business-day pay-or-quit notice; lease violations require a 3-calendar-day…

Utah does not require just-cause for eviction and uses a streamlined unlawful detainer process under Title 78B Chapter 6 Part 8. Landlords may terminate month-to-month tenancies with…

Under the Utah Fit Premises Act, a landlord must give the renter at least 24 hours' prior notice before entering the rental unit, unless the rental agreement provides otherwise (Utah…

Utah does cap residential late fees. Under the Fit Premises Act, an owner may not charge a late fee exceeding the greater of 10% of the rent or $75 (Utah Code 57-22-4(5)(a)). Any fee…

To end a month-to-month tenancy in Utah, the owner must serve notice to quit at least 15 calendar days before the end of the rental period (Utah Code 78B-6-802(1)(b)(i)). A tenancy at…

Utah prohibits local rent control. State law bars any county, city, or town from enacting an ordinance or resolution that controls rents or fees on private residential property unless…

Utah sets no statutory cap on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit. After a tenant moves out, the landlord has 30 days to return the deposit and any prepaid rent, with…

Utah adverse possession requires continuous occupation and claim of land for seven years AND payment of all taxes levied and assessed on it during that period (Utah Code 78B-2-208…

Provo City Code 9.14.290 sets an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for minors 15 and under, and for 16- and 17-year-olds Sunday through Thursday, with a later 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. window Friday and…

Provo City Code 9.19.030 closes every City park between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., barring anyone on foot, on horseback, or in a vehicle except when passing directly through on a public…

Provo requires trash storage containers of two cubic yards or larger to be screened and set back under City Code 14.34.080. Enclosures cannot sit in a required yard without a…

Every occupied dwelling in Provo must have refuse service, and the city collects at least once a week from curbside containers. Owners pay the Consolidated Fee Schedule rate monthly…

Provo collects yard waste at least once a week from March through December, but only if you opt in: household recycling is automatic, yard waste curbside pickup is not. Customers who…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Provo other than an approved solid waste facility is a Class B misdemeanor under City Code 11.01.080, regardless of whether the property owner…

Provo automatically enrolls every curbside refuse customer in household recycling under City Code 11.02.015(1); there is no opt-in step. Residents who don't want it have only a 90-day…

Provo requires curbside containers to sit at the edge of the street for automated truck pickup, not blocking sidewalks or traffic. City Code 11.02.030(4)-(6) sets the window for…

Every occupied dwelling in Provo must have residential refuse service under City Code 11.02.010; curbside collection comes exclusively from Provo City, with dumpster or roll-off…

Provo collects household recyclables curbside at least every other week under City Code 11.02.030(2)(c), a slower cycle than weekly garbage pickup. Section 11.02.030(2)(d) bills the…

A Provo rental dwelling is subject to inspection any time the City has reasonable cause to believe it violates code, under Provo City Code 6.01.070(3) as applied to rentals by Section…

Provo ties mobile home rental dwelling licensing to a structured inspection program: Section 6.30.120 applies the citywide inspection rule in Section 6.01.070, giving a passed mobile…

Provo City Code 9.15.010 bars any vehicle, equipment or device from blocking a sidewalk for more than five minutes, or creating a hazard for pedestrians, without a sidewalk use permit…

Private use of a Provo public way, sidewalk, street, or right-of-way easement requires a permit from the City Engineer, who evaluates capacity, potential damage, and disruption before…

In Provo, abutting property owners split the cost of sidewalk, curb, and gutter repair with the City on a 50/50 basis, unless the owner caused the damage, in which case the owner pays…

Provo designates historic buildings, structures, objects and sites to its Landmarks Register under City Code Chapter 16.05. Once listed, any exterior alteration, addition or demolition…

Provo City Code 9.15.050 requires a permit before using public streets, sidewalks or public places for a motion picture or video production. Applications go to the Police Department…

Provo requires a City permit before anyone shoots a motion picture or video production on public streets, sidewalks or public places. The Police Department handles applications, and…

Provo City Code 9.16.040 makes it unlawful for a property owner, tenant or lessee to leave snow or ice on an adjoining sidewalk once the average depth exceeds one inch, or whenever it…

Provo requires vacant lots awaiting construction, in every zone, to stay free of unsightly stored equipment, construction materials, overgrown weeds, and nuisance vegetation while the…

Provo declares a deteriorated, unfit-for-habitation, or partially built and abandoned building a public nuisance under City Code 7.01.020(21). The City can issue a notice of violation…

In Provo's Downtown DT1, DT2, ITOD, GW, and WG zones, window signs on or inside first-floor windows of commercial establishments cannot cover more than 25 percent of the total window…

Provo bans new off-premises billboards outright, but an existing billboard can convert to a digital display inside the designated Sign Overlay Zone if it meets strict brightness…

Provo exempts holiday lighting displayed during November, December, and January from its outdoor lighting shielding and glare rules, provided the display doesn't create dangerous glare…

A garage sale sign in unincorporated Utah County counts as a temporary sign under UCLUO 8.24, capped at 9 square feet per face and allowed in any zone without a sign permit, but it…

Utah Code Title 20A Chapter 17 governs political campaign signs statewide. Municipalities may impose only content-neutral, politically neutral restrictions, and may not bar political…

Provo runs its own electric utility, so home solar panels need a generation license from the Department, not a zoning permit. Applicants submit a license application, wait up to 30…

Utah Code § 57-8a-701(2)(a) says no governing document other than a declaration may prohibit a detached dwelling owner from installing a solar energy system, which is the crucial…

Provo City Code Chapter 9.18 bans camping or sleeping on public property, sidewalks and rights-of-way without authorization. City agents may remove an unlawful campsite and its…

Provo confines data centers to a DC Overlay Zone that can only be layered onto Light Manufacturing (M1) or Planned Industrial Commercial (PIC) land, requires a 200-foot buffer from…

Every data center in Provo's DC Overlay zone has to hold its cooling towers, generators, and transformers to the same citywide limits every other use follows: 55 dBA at a residential…

Provo's Data Center Overlay Zone chapter defines cryptocurrency mining and blockchain validation facilities right out of its own 'data center' definition, so miners aren't bound by the…

Provo requires new development lighting to be fully shielded, cut-off fixtures aimed downward, bans uplighting outside approved landscaped areas, and requires most outdoor lighting to…

Any outdoor lighting plan Provo requires, for everything except one- and two-family dwellings, must certify the fixtures are fully shielded, cutoff types that keep light from spilling…

In unincorporated Utah County's I-1 industrial zone, the only zone where billboards may stand, UCLUO 8.24 sets no county light-output or curfew standard of its own for billboard…

Provo City Code 9.32.170 folds electric-assisted bicycles into its micromobility device rules: 10 mph max on any public sidewalk, an infraction if you exceed it, and an outright…

Provo bars any company from renting out shared micromobility devices, e-scooters included, on city streets unless it operates under a contract with Provo itself, per City Code…

In Utah a golf cart may not be driven on any highway unless the municipality whose jurisdiction that highway sits in has passed an ordinance allowing it. Utah Code 41-6a-1510(1)(b)…

Provo's open-burning ban carves out backyard cooking: contained barbecues and fire pits used for outdoor cooking are exempt from the general open-fire prohibition in City Code…

Outdoor cooking setups that don't fit Provo's six-foot contained-barbecue exemption, smokers and larger rigs included, still need the fire authority's sign-off: City Code…

Where a multifamily, commercial, or industrial lot in Provo abuts a one-family, agricultural, or residential-agricultural zone, any outdoor air conditioner, fan, or pump within 25 feet…

Utah County can declare a plant a County noxious weed even if it is not on the state's list, and can force any property owner to control or destroy it. Utah County Code § 7.11.060 lets…

Commercial drone use in Utah is governed primarily by FAA Part 107 with Utah's UAS preemption statute limiting local interference. State law adds restrictions for emergencies…

Utah expressly preempts local regulation of unmanned aircraft systems, reserving authority to the state and federal governments. Recreational drone operators must follow FAA rules and…

Utah Title 34 Chapter 40 establishes the state minimum wage and preempts local governments from enacting their own minimum wage ordinances.

Utah recognizes both a concealed firearm permit under Title 53 Chapter 5 and permitless concealed carry for qualifying adults statewide, preempting local restrictions.

Utah Code 53-5a-102 broadly preempts local firearm regulation, reserving authority to the Legislature with limited exceptions for state property and government buildings.

Utah generally allows open carry of firearms by adults who may lawfully possess them, with local regulation preempted by Utah Code 53-5a-102.

Utah's gambling statute defines a "lottery" to include any raffle or gift enterprise where entrants pay for a chance at a prize, and folds lottery directly into the criminal definition…

Utah Code § 76-9-1401(8) defines "gambling" as risking anything of value on a chance-based outcome tied to an agreement that someone will receive value: a definition with no exception…

Utah is one of only two states with zero legal gambling, and that includes sports betting: no retail sportsbooks, no mobile betting apps, and no daily-fantasy cash contests. Utah…

Utah's Community Association Act gives an HOA a statutory lien on a lot for unpaid assessments, collection costs, attorney fees, and qualifying fines (§ 57-8a-301). The association may…

Utah Code § 57-8a-227 gives a lot owner a records right with hard numbers attached: the association must answer a written request within 10 business days, may charge no more than 10…

A Utah HOA board may adopt and amend rules and design criteria under Utah Code § 57-8a-217, but only with 15 days' advance notice to owners, an open forum, and a copy of the change…

Utah Code § 57-8a-231(2) bars an association from enacting or enforcing a governing document that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the owner of a detached dwelling from…

Utah Code § 57-8a-802 overrides any contrary governing document and forbids a homeowners association from prohibiting a lot owner from installing or using an electric vehicle charging…

Utah Code § 57-8a-219 bars a homeowners association from prohibiting a lot owner's display of a United States flag inside the dwelling, on a limited common area, or on the lot, so long…

Utah Code § 57-8a-208 puts no dollar limit on an association fine. Subsection (3)(b) says only that the fine shall be in the amount provided for in the association's governing…

A Utah association can sell your home without a lawsuit, but Utah Code 57-8a-303 puts four separate locks on that power. It must deliver notice at least 30 calendar days before…

Utah Code § 57-8a-209(1)(a) expressly allows a homeowners association to cap the number and term of rentals or to prohibit rentals outright, so Utah runs the opposite way from states…

Utah allows sobriety checkpoints, but only with a magistrate's written authorisation obtained in advance. Utah Code Section 77-23-104 requires a command level officer to file a signed…

Utah wrote the protection directly into the interference offense. Utah Code Section 76-8-305(4) says that recording a peace officer with a camera, mobile phone or other photographic…

Utah is one of the states with a genuine stop-and-identify duty, but the duty is narrower than the questions an officer is allowed to ask. Utah Code Section 77-7-15 lets a peace…

Utah has no statute regulating consent to search a vehicle, no odour-based probable cause provision and no pretextual-stop reform. The one statutory limit on what a Utah officer may…

As of March 25, 2025, Utah bans selling electronic cigarette products with any characterizing flavor other than tobacco or menthol. The ban applies to all retailers, and every vape…

Utah wrote a dedicated auxiliary lighting provision into the traffic code in 2024. Utah Code Section 41-6a-1604(7) says an auxiliary light installed on a motor vehicle may only be…

Utah has no statute naming dash cameras, so the answer comes from three provisions that do apply. Utah Code Section 41-6a-1635(2)(a) prohibits operating a motor vehicle with an object…

Utah runs two rules at once and they are not the same thing. Lane splitting, riding a motorcycle between clearly marked lanes while traffic is in motion, is flatly prohibited by Utah…

Utah Code 41-1a-403(2)(a) says an individual may not attach to or over a license plate a license plate cover. There is no tint qualifier, no transparency exception and no exception…

A radar detector is legal in a private vehicle in Utah. The Utah Code contains no provision on radar detectors at all; what it does contain is Section 41-6a-609, which prohibits radar…

Utah Code 41-6a-1636(3) makes any stud, cleat, spike or other non-rubber protuberance on a tire unlawful, and then Subsection (5)(a) carves out the one thing most Utah drivers want…

Utah Code Section 41-6a-1635(1) bars operating a motor vehicle with a windshield allowing less than 70% light transmittance or a front side window allowing less than 35%, with no more…