Logan, UT Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

Chapter 12.08 of the Logan Municipal Code puts the whole upkeep burden on the private side of the property line. Section 12.08.010 names "all owners and occupants of city lots," so a landlord and a tenant are both covered, and the city does not wait for an owner to be identified before the duty attaches. The duty reaches two things: the sidewalk and the bus stop adjacent to the lot. It has two parts. The first is repair, meaning the walk must stay "in condition for travel." The second is clearing, meaning weeds, brush, snow, hail, sleet, ice and other obstructions must come off.

The rest of chapter 12.08 fills in the details. Section 12.08.020 bars a grating in the sidewalk without the consent of the manager of the street division, requires spaces of less than one inch between the bars, and caps projection into the sidewalk at three feet. Section 12.08.030 makes it unlawful to hang a gate or door so it swings across a sidewalk. Section 12.08.060 requires businesses to sweep the abutting sidewalk each morning before nine o'clock A.M., and § 12.08.070 covers weeds on the sidewalk or ditch banks in front of a person's premises.

Trees tie into the same duty. Under § 12.12.070(B) the city forester can direct city crews to prune or remove private trees that damage curb, gutter or sidewalk, after six working days' written notice to the tenant and property owner, except in an emergency. Section 12.12.120 makes the owner of property abutting a park strip responsible for keeping lawn or shrubbery from infringing on gutters, streets and sidewalks.