Provo, UT Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Section 6.26.100 lists twelve conditions every rental dwelling must achieve, or be mitigated to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official to achieve, before a business license issues or renews under Section 6.26.090. The list covers structural integrity; properly installed and operational plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems; appropriate exiting; stairways built with consistent rise and run; bedroom egress windows with correct sill height and window-well size for basement rooms; a minimum bedroom floor area; adequate guardrails; backflow prevention devices; appropriately located, operational smoke alarms; a watertight, sound roofing system; fire-rated separation between dwelling units; and properly placed street addressing.

These standards apply on top of, not instead of, the legal-status review in Section 6.26.090, which can require abatement of any illegal zoning or building-code condition before licensing, except where Section 6.26.100 itself controls. A rental that fails Health Department rules or these building conditions is grounds for license denial under Section 6.26.070(6), and continuing to operate in that condition can support suspension or revocation under Section 6.26.080. Compliance is checked at the initial license inspection under Section 6.01.070, after which a passed rental dwelling is exempt from routine reinspection for thirty-six months unless the City has reasonable cause to believe a later violation occurred.