Landscaping Rules in Utah (2026)

Provo City Code 9.20.050 makes it unlawful to plant, remove, spray, trim, prune, or cut any tree or shrub on city…

Davis County makes it unlawful for a tree or shrub on private property to overhang a sidewalk, street, or right-of-way…

Eagle Mountain requires trees that overhang a road, parking area, sidewalk or path to be trimmed to a set clearance: 8…

Lehi property owners must keep trees and shrubs pruned clear of sidewalks and sight lines: 15 feet of clearance above…

Orem City Code Section 11-1-3 declares dead, decayed, diseased, or hazardous trees, weeds, hedges, and overgrown or…

Salt Lake City requires trees and landscaping to keep 7 feet of clearance above sidewalks and 10 feet above streets…

Salt Lake County's operation division can order abutting owners to remove dead or diseased trees on county roads, and…

Sandy City requires property owners to keep tree branches pruned to eight feet above any public sidewalk and 14 feet…

South Jordan requires property owners to prune park-strip trees to keep sidewalks and roads clear, with set minimum…

St. George requires owners to prune trees overhanging a street or sidewalk to keep 8 feet of clear space and to remove…

Weber County's Form-Based (FB) zone code requires street trees to be pruned with at least seven feet of clearance above…

Any tree overhanging a West Jordan street or right-of-way must be pruned by its owner to keep fourteen feet of…

West Valley City requires property owners to prune any tree limb hanging lower than seven feet above street level…

Trees that are part of an approved Layton landscape plan cannot be removed on a whim: the Community and Economic…

New development in Salt Lake City must preserve city forester-designated specimen trees or pay into the tree fund and…

West Jordan does not require a permit to remove a tree from private property, but any city-owned tree, including a park…

West Valley City bans planting sidewalk-damaging trees and lists specific species, including birch, cottonwood…

Removing any tree or shrub from a public street or city-owned property in Eagle Mountain requires written authorization…

Felling an entire public or private tree so it falls onto or across a Lehi street, sidewalk, or alley requires written…

Orem's landscaping maintenance rule, City Code 22-14-13, requires every required landscaped area to be kept neat and…

In the foothills and canyons overlay zone, a significant tree removed from inside the approved limits of disturbance…

South Jordan's Tree Stewardship Ordinance bars anyone from damaging, paving too close to, or piling material against a…

Anyone who damages or removes a street, park, or heritage tree without authorization must pay the city restitution…

Provo City Code Chapter 7.02 (Weed and Refuse Abatement) lets the City inspect for injurious and noxious weeds and…

Utah's Noxious Weed Act makes every property owner control listed noxious weeds. The Davis County Weed Control Board…

Eagle Mountain caps weeds at six inches under EMMC 8.07.020(B), and any taller growth counts as a fire and pest hazard…

Layton City limits weeds on every parcel, including the abutting parking strip, alley and street edge, to one foot in…

Orem City Code Section 11-1-3 declares noxious weeds on vacant lots or other property, along sidewalks or the outer…

Salt Lake City caps weeds and grass at 6 inches on any real property, with noxious species like puncturevine and poison…

Salt Lake County does not actively enforce a grass-height ordinance at the county level - the Salt Lake County Health…

South Jordan property owners can't let weeds grow past six inches, and poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac are…

St. George makes it unlawful to let grass or weeds grow past six inches on any property, with tighter road-and-dwelling…

In unincorporated Utah County, owners and occupants must control injurious and noxious weeds on their own property or…

Weber County Land Use Code § 108-7-6(b) caps weeds and turf grass at eight inches tall on any yard, adjacent sidewalk…

West Valley City requires weeds on any property to be kept at six inches or less at all times, with cuttings promptly…

Salt Lake County is not a water utility and does not set outdoor watering schedules. Restrictions are set by the water…

South Jordan can order mandatory outdoor watering restrictions during a declared water shortage. Phase III bars outdoor…

In Weber County subdivisions built with a secondary water system, culinary (drinking) water cannot be used to run…

Utah has no statewide mandatory homeowner watering ban. In Davis County, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District…

Eagle Mountain has significant water constraints: 90% of residential water is used for irrigation. The city has a…

Lehi uses a phased water shortage management plan. Phase 3 limits watering to twice weekly. Secondary irrigation season…

Orem has no fixed year-round watering-day or watering-hour ordinance for residents; mandatory odd-even watering days…

Provo City Code 10.02.160 makes it unlawful for any water user to waste water through leaks, overflowing troughs, or…

Salt Lake City's mayor can proclaim mandatory water-use restrictions during drought or supply shortages, activating a…

Sandy City bans sprinkler irrigation of any public or private landscape between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. under City…

Spanish Fork operates a metered pressurized irrigation (PI) system and enforces water waste prohibitions under SFMC…

St. George limits landscape irrigation to a seasonal day count, one day a week in winter up to three days a week in…

Washington County bans potable landscape watering between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day from June 1 through September 1…

West Jordan caps how much lawn a property can carry and locks in efficient irrigation under City Code section 13-13-5…

West Valley City bars spray and stream sprinklers on regulated landscaping from running between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m…

Utah Code 73-3-1.5 lets homeowners capture rainwater on their own parcel. Up to 200 gallons in two covered containers…

Rain collection is legal in Davis County under Utah Code 73-3-1.5. You may keep up to 200 gallons in two containers…

New development and redevelopment in Orem must use site designs that infiltrate, evapotranspire, or harvest and reuse…

Davis County cities encourage and, for new landscaping, sometimes require water-wise plants over turf. Bountiful…

At least 90% of the plants and trees on a covered Layton landscape plan must come from the Weber Basin or Jordan Valley…

Salt Lake City requires nearly all required shrubs, perennials, and groundcover to be drought-tolerant, adapted, or…

When Salt Lake County reviews a landscape plan under Chapter 19.77, not less than eighty percent of the trees and…

South Jordan caps new lawn at 250 square feet or 35% of the landscaped area and requires Localscapes-style planting…

St. George requires native or other water-conserving plants in residential landscaping and mandates water-conserving…

West Valley City bans lawn from parkstrips and caps turf at 35% of front and side yards, pushing new landscaping toward…

Lehi caps rock mulch at 60% of required landscaping for multi-family, institutional, commercial and industrial sites…

Provo's landscape design standards push every project toward drought-tolerant and native plantings and let anyone…

West Jordan does not restrict which plants you use. Instead it caps lawn: sod and turf cannot exceed 250 square feet or…

Eagle Mountain caps weed height at six inches citywide, but EMMC 8.07.020(B) expressly excludes landscaping…

Orem's landscaping code encourages, but does not mandate, xeriscaping: City Code 22-14-13 promotes native…

Provo prohibits artificial turf grass in required landscaped yards citywide, allowing it only on athletic fields and…

Salt Lake City's zoning code bans artificial turf in any area where landscaping is required, including park strips…

Orem lets property owners substitute artificial or synthetic turf for living plants in required landscaped areas under…

West Valley City allows artificial turf as landscaping only with a Community Development permit and strict material…

West Jordan names artificial turf as an approved park strip material for multi-family, business/research park…

Eagle Mountain lets residents keep a compost pile for home gardening under EMMC 8.05.170, but the pile must be located…

West Valley City lets residents keep a compost pile for home gardening as long as it is maintained so it does not…