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Historic Preservation in Utah (2026)

10 rules on the books across Utah, 10 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Historic-Cultural Monuments

How buildings, sites, and trees are nominated and designated as Historic-Cultural Monuments, the protections that follow, and the demolition-stay process.

Lehi

Significant Restrictions

Lehi designates individual properties as Landmark Sites when they impart high artistic, historic, or cultural values…

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Provo

Significant Restrictions

Provo designates historic buildings, structures, objects and sites to its Landmarks Register under City Code Chapter…

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Salt Lake City

Significant Restrictions

Salt Lake City designates landmark sites and historic districts through the Historic Landmark Commission using criteria…

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St. George

Significant Restrictions

St. George's city council can designate a building, structure, or site a landmark site if it is at least 100 years old…

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West Jordan

Significant Restrictions

West Jordan designates buildings, sites and districts to its historic landmark register under Title 13, chapter 6…

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Eagle Mountain

Some Restrictions

Eagle Mountain designates important historical and archaeological sites as landmark structures on its city register…

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Salt Lake County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Salt Lake County, historic designation is a two-step act: the Historic Preservation…

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Sandy

Some Restrictions

Sandy designates historic areas, districts, landmark sites, and buildings of significance under City Code 21-18-3…

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South Jordan

Some Restrictions

South Jordan's Historic Preservation Committee designates buildings and sites at least 50 years old to a city historic…

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Orem

Light Restrictions

Orem's Historic Preservation Advisory Commission can designate a building, site, or district to the Historic Landmark…

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