Taylorsville, UT Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Section 14.20.040 of the Taylorsville City Code bars anyone from constructing, placing, keeping or maintaining an open ditch, flume, conduit, waterway, headgate, log, building material, vehicle, railway or other obstruction upon or across a sidewalk, curb ramp or highway. Building materials and vehicles may sit temporarily on a public highway only if they do not impede, endanger or obstruct ordinary traffic, and the city council can order even a temporary placement removed. Piling dirt or making any other defacement on a sidewalk, curb ramp or highway that interferes with ordinary use is separately unlawful.

Subsection B extends the ban to driving or placing any vehicle, animal or other object on or along a sidewalk, curb ramp or highway in a manner likely to impede or obstruct ordinary use. A companion provision, section 14.32.080, separately prohibits an abutting owner or occupant from placing broken ware, glass, filth, rubbish, ice, mud, garbage, lumber, boxes, fencing, dead trees or merchandise on the sidewalk, curb ramp or the adjoining half of the street without city council permission. Because chapter 14.20 sets no unique fine, a violation falls under the citywide default penalty of Taylorsville City Code section 1.08.020: a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in the county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both, with corporate violators facing up to $5,000. The department (Community Development/Public Works) may also issue notice to remove an unlawful installation from the right of way under related chapter 14.20 provisions.