Parking Rules in Utah (2026)
134 rules on the books across Utah, 17 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
RV & Boat Parking
Where you can park recreational vehicles and boats on your property, including front yard restrictions, screening requirements, and size limits.
Sandy
Heavy RestrictionsSandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-5 makes it unlawful to park, store or leave any recreational vehicle, camper, boat…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Significant RestrictionsWest Valley City bans leaving RVs, boats, campers, or trailers on public streets, alleys, or rights-of-way, but allows…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsEagle Mountain caps agricultural, recreational and other trailer parking on public streets in residential zones at 24…
Read full rule →Layton
Some RestrictionsLayton requires any recreational vehicle, trailer or boat kept at a home to sit next to an approved driveway leading to…
Read full rule →Lehi
Some RestrictionsLehi limits parking a motor home, trailer, camper, boat or other recreational vehicle on a public street to 12 hours…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem City Code 19-3-5 makes it unlawful to park or keep any trailer, unattached camper, or boat on a public street for…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsRecreational vehicles, trailers, and boats may not be parked on any public street or alley for more than 72 consecutive…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Some RestrictionsSalt Lake City caps outdoor RV parking at one motor home or travel trailer plus a total of two recreational vehicles…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsRecreational vehicles may sit in the front, side, or rear yard of a home in unincorporated R-1 and R-2 zones only if…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Some RestrictionsSouth Jordan requires RVs, boats, campers, and trailers on single-family lots to sit behind the front of the house, 8…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsSt. George prohibits parking RVs, trailers, or boats on front lawns, sidewalks, or required landscape area; the vehicle…
Read full rule →Weber County
Some RestrictionsWeber County lets an owner or guests occupy a self-contained recreational vehicle parked at a private residence for up…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan City Code section 13-8-14(C) lets residents park a boat, trailer, camper, RV, or motor home in a…
Read full rule →Driveway Rules
Requirements for driveway width, materials, and whether you can park on unpaved surfaces or grass in your front yard.
Salt Lake City
Significant RestrictionsSalt Lake City zoning bars parking stalls in a required front or corner side yard, but a compliant driveway in the FR…
Read full rule →Davis County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Davis County bars parking in a required front yard under County Code Section 15.20.140, except for…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsEagle Mountain bans parking agricultural vehicles, RVs and trailers in the front yard of a residential lot unless they…
Read full rule →Layton
Some RestrictionsIn Layton's R-1 and R-2 zones, only driveways leading to a garage or approved parking area may be paved in the front…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem requires every driveway from the street to a garage, carport, or off-street parking space to be paved with…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo requires paved, well-maintained driveways for licensed rental dwellings under Provo City Code 6.26.110, setting…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsEvery dwelling in an unincorporated Salt Lake County R-1 or R-2 zone must be served by a driveway built of a durable…
Read full rule →Sandy
Some RestrictionsSandy City requires every area used to park a vehicle at a home, front, side, or rear yard, to be paved with concrete…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Some RestrictionsSouth Jordan bars most watercraft, trailers, campers and RVs from front or street-side yards unless set back and…
Read full rule →Spanish Fork
Some RestrictionsVehicles parked in driveways must not overhang the sidewalk or public right-of-way. Driveways must be paved for ADUs…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsSt. George requires driveways to be paved with concrete, asphalt, or approved pavers, though homes in the RE-20…
Read full rule →Utah County
Some RestrictionsEvery dwelling and occupied building in unincorporated Utah County needs a driveway at least 10 feet wide with a grade…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsIn Washington County's R-2 and R-3 multiple-family zones, Section 10-8F-7.G bans parking inside the front yard setback…
Read full rule →Weber County
Some RestrictionsIn a residential zone, Weber County bans parking anywhere in the required front setback: that space must stay open…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan requires vehicles and construction equipment parked in residential zones to sit on an approved hard…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Some RestrictionsWest Valley City limits how much of a home's front yard can be paved and what materials count as legal driveway…
Read full rule →Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Rules about parking work trucks, vans with commercial lettering, and vehicles over a weight or length threshold in residential areas, the thresholds, the exemptions, and the fines.
Lehi
Heavy RestrictionsLehi prohibits parking any vehicle of 16,000 pounds or more, any semitractor or semitrailer, or any vehicle that…
Read full rule →Provo
Heavy RestrictionsProvo City Code 9.32.090 bars trucks rated 1.5 tons or more (or licensed over 18,000 lbs gross) from parking on…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Significant RestrictionsCommercial vehicles over 2.5 tons cannot sit on a residential street longer than one hour except while loading, capped…
Read full rule →Layton
Significant RestrictionsLayton limits homes in residential zones to one commercial vehicle, generally parked in the side or rear yard on a hard…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Significant RestrictionsSalt Lake City bars parking restricted vehicles, over 45 feet long, wider than 8 feet loaded, or 36,000+ pounds, on any…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Significant RestrictionsIn Salt Lake County's R-1 and R-2 residential zones, commercial vehicles can't be parked or stored on residential…
Read full rule →Sandy
Significant RestrictionsSandy prohibits parking a commercial vehicle, defined as more than four wheels, over 19 feet long, a semi-tractor, or a…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Significant RestrictionsSouth Jordan bars trucks from parking anywhere in the city by default, and residential and P-C zones allow no truck…
Read full rule →St. George
Significant RestrictionsSt. George prohibits parking semi-trucks or trailers on any public road, street, alley or municipal property, with only…
Read full rule →Utah County
Significant RestrictionsUnincorporated Utah County bans outdoor parking or storage of trucks and commercial vehicles rated over one ton, and…
Read full rule →Weber County
Significant RestrictionsIn Weber County's unincorporated Agricultural zones, parking a large vehicle as an accessory to a residential use needs…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Significant RestrictionsWest Jordan prohibits parking classes 6 through 13 vehicles, semitrucks, box trucks, and heavy equipment, in…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Significant RestrictionsWest Valley City bars storing or parking commercial vehicles of 14,000+ pounds GVWR, and construction equipment, on any…
Read full rule →Davis County
Some RestrictionsBountiful defines a commercial vehicle as 26,000 pounds GVWR or more and bans unattended parking on streets or public…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem City Code 19-3-4 prohibits parking any vehicle or trailer 25 feet or longer (or over 1.5 tons rated capacity) on a…
Read full rule →Street Parking Limits
Time limits for parking on public streets, permit parking zones, and rules about moving your car to avoid tickets.
Davis County
Some RestrictionsBeyond the overnight ban, Davis County bars parking any vehicle in a fire lane, blocking essential-service access…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsEagle Mountain bans parking that blocks driveways, sidewalks, crosswalks, intersections and fire hydrants, and requires…
Read full rule →Lehi
Some RestrictionsLehi City Code section 7-1-1 outlaws several specific ways of parking on a public street: for vehicle repairs beyond an…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem caps continuous parking in the same on-street location at 72 hours (Orem City Code 19-3-6), and Utah state law…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo prohibits stopping, standing, or parking on sidewalks, crosswalks, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within an…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Some RestrictionsSalt Lake City bars parking within five feet of any driveway and requires vehicles on two-way streets to park facing…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsCounty Code §11.20.050 bans parking in fifteen specific spots on unincorporated Salt Lake County streets: sidewalks…
Read full rule →Sandy
Some RestrictionsSandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-2 bars stopping, standing or parking a vehicle with its wheels on a stall line, or in…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Some RestrictionsSouth Jordan bars parking in an alley or public lane that leaves less than 10 feet of roadway clear or blocks a…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsSt. George bans stopping or parking in front of driveways, on sidewalks, within intersections, near fire hydrants, and…
Read full rule →Utah County
Some RestrictionsUtah County Code § 8.10.020 lets the County Sheriff's Department post signs banning or limiting parking on any county…
Read full rule →Weber County
Some RestrictionsWeber County makes it unlawful to park or stop a vehicle on any county highway where signs or pavement markings…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan City Code section 7-3-5 tells drivers exactly how to sit at the curb: right-hand wheels within 12 inches on…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Some RestrictionsWest Valley City bars parking within five feet of a driveway, on sidewalks, in intersections, or within 15 feet of a…
Read full rule →Overnight Parking
Whether cars can be left on the street overnight, including any permit programs and restrictions during street sweeping hours.
Utah County
Significant RestrictionsUtah County Code § 8.11.030 bars any vehicle from parking overnight at the county's own parking facilities, the Utah…
Read full rule →Washington County
Significant RestrictionsWashington County bans overnight parking of vehicles and trailers at the Kolob Reservoir Facility without a proper…
Read full rule →Davis County
Some RestrictionsFrom November 1 through March 1, Davis County bans parking any vehicle on an unincorporated public street between…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsEagle Mountain does not ban overnight parking outright, but a vehicle left on any public street for more than 48 hours…
Read full rule →Lehi
Some RestrictionsLehi bars parking any vehicle on a public street for more than a consecutive 48-hour period under City Code section…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem has no blanket overnight on-street parking ban, but Utah Code 41-6a-1408 treats a vehicle left unattended on a…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo allows overnight on-street parking but every vehicle must display current registration and move at least 400 feet…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Some RestrictionsSalt Lake City bans overnight and other hour-restricted street parking wherever the city posts signs or markings, with…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsSalt Lake County Code §11.20.135 caps how long a vehicle can sit on any county street or alley in the unincorporated…
Read full rule →Sandy
Some RestrictionsSandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-3 bars parking any vehicle on a city street or alley for more than a consecutive…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Some RestrictionsFrom November 1 to March 1, South Jordan bans on-street parking on odd-numbered-address sides during any snow event and…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsSt. George bars parking any vehicle or trailer on a city street or alley for more than 96 consecutive hours, enforced…
Read full rule →Weber County
Some RestrictionsWeber County bans overnight street parking every winter: no vehicle, trailer, or object may sit on any roadway or…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan Code section 7-3-6 bars leaving any vehicle on a public street for more than 72 straight hours. A parking…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Some RestrictionsWest Valley City bars parking any vehicle on a public street for longer than 72 consecutive hours, and separately bars…
Read full rule →EV Charging
Rules about installing home EV chargers, running cables across sidewalks, and any incentives or permits required for charging stations.
Utah: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsUtah limits homeowners associations from banning an electric-vehicle charging station an owner installs on their own…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo lets multifamily developers earn amenity credit for EV infrastructure: charging stations at 5% or more of parking…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Some RestrictionsNew multi-family buildings must dedicate 1 EV charging space per 25 parking spaces and wire 20% of spaces as EV-ready.
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsNew parking areas in St. George, including multi-family developments, must rough in electrical capacity for EV charging…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan requires a 220-volt electric vehicle charging station in every parking structure built for mixed-use…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Few RestrictionsWest Valley City doesn't mandate electric vehicle charging at apartment buildings, but it counts as an approved…
Read full rule →Abandoned Vehicles
How cities define and handle abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property and public streets, including removal timelines.
Utah: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsUtah Code Title 41, Chapter 6a, Part 14 establishes uniform statewide procedures for impounding, noticing, and…
Read full rule →Orem
Heavy RestrictionsUtah Code 41-6a-1406 authorizes a peace officer to remove and impound vehicles at the owner's expense, including…
Read full rule →Layton
Significant RestrictionsLayton treats an inoperable, unregistered, or stripped-for-parts vehicle stored outdoors as a "deleterious object"…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Significant RestrictionsSalt Lake City tows any vehicle left on a public street for more than 48 hours without being moved, and impounds it as…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Significant RestrictionsWest Valley City deems a vehicle abandoned after 24 hours unattended on a highway or 7 days on any property, and bans…
Read full rule →Davis County
Some RestrictionsUnder Utah Code 41-6a-1408, a vehicle left unattended over 48 hours on a highway, or over seven days on public or…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsEagle Mountain treats any unregistered, dismantled, wrecked or inoperable vehicle parked outside an enclosed building…
Read full rule →Lehi
Some RestrictionsLehi declares it a nuisance to park or store an inoperative, unregistered, abandoned, wrecked or dismantled vehicle…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo City Code 14.34.080 bans keeping any wrecked, junked, or inoperable vehicle on private property for more than 72…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Salt Lake County bans keeping unused or abandoned vehicles, vehicle parts or junk on any yard, lawn or…
Read full rule →Sandy
Some RestrictionsSandy City Code § 19-1-8 caps outdoor junk-vehicle storage at one per lot, and only if the vehicle sits on a hard-paved…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Some RestrictionsSouth Jordan's nuisance ordinance bars parking or storing inoperative, unregistered, abandoned, wrecked, or dismantled…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsSt. George bars keeping any inoperable vehicle or vessel on property, with a narrow exception for one covered vehicle…
Read full rule →Utah County
Some RestrictionsUtah County bans abandoning a vehicle anywhere in the county and gives owners just 30 days to remove a dismantled…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsWashington County bans storing junk cars, unregistered vehicles, or cars with expired plates anywhere on a property in…
Read full rule →Weber County
Some RestrictionsWeber County Land Use Code § 108-7-6 makes it unlawful for any landowner or occupant in the unincorporated county to…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan City Code prohibits parking, storing, or leaving any wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, inoperative, or…
Read full rule →Curb Color Rules
What red, yellow, white, green, and blue painted curbs mean in your city, who can paint them, and how parking restrictions are enforced.
St. George
Heavy RestrictionsSt. George paints curbs red to ban stopping, standing or parking entirely, at any time, reserving the space for…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Significant RestrictionsSalt Lake City paints curbs red to mean no stopping, standing, or parking at any time, enforced citywide by the…
Read full rule →Layton
Some RestrictionsLayton's adopted Fire Code Appendix D requires permanent red curb paint and posted signs on fire apparatus access…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem's parking code assigns fixed meanings to painted curbs: a red curb bars stopping, standing, or parking at any…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo requires every visitor parking space in an off-street lot to be identified by curb or pavement painting, or by…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsSalt Lake County's traffic engineer marks curbs red for no stopping or parking at any time, and yellow 'Restricted…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Some RestrictionsSouth Jordan paints and maintains curb markings on city streets to signal parking restrictions, with red meaning no…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Some RestrictionsWest Valley City's Section 22-5-105 bars parking wherever a curb is painted red, marked 'no parking,' or where parking…
Read full rule →Loading Zones
Yellow and white loading zone rules, time limits for commercial and passenger loading, and which vehicles qualify as commercial loaders.
Salt Lake City
Significant RestrictionsCommercial vehicles need a city freight license parking permit to stop in freight curb loading zones, and stops are…
Read full rule →Davis County
Some RestrictionsDavis County's zoning ordinance requires every commercial and industrial use to provide off-street loading berths sized…
Read full rule →Layton
Some RestrictionsLayton requires manufacturing, storage, retail, hotel, hospital and similar uses to provide adequate off-street loading…
Read full rule →Lehi
Some RestrictionsLehi requires one loading space for every 10,000 square feet of floor area at wholesale, manufacturing and industrial…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem requires every business receiving or shipping goods by truck to provide at least one off-street loading space at…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo's City Traffic Engineer paints curbs to control parking, and a yellow curb means no stopping, standing, or…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsCommercial or industrial buildings over 10,000 square feet in unincorporated Salt Lake County must provide at least one…
Read full rule →Sandy
Some RestrictionsSandy City requires commercial and industrial buildings of 10,000 square feet or more to provide at least one…
Read full rule →South Jordan
Some RestrictionsIn South Jordan's Redwood Road Mixed Use zones, loading areas must sit at the rear of buildings and stay separated from…
Read full rule →St. George
Some RestrictionsNew or expanded commercial buildings in St. George must provide dedicated on-site loading and unloading space, separate…
Read full rule →Utah County
Some RestrictionsEvery building in unincorporated Utah County that receives or ships goods by vehicle must provide at least one…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsAny Washington County building used for manufacturing, warehousing, retail display, a hotel or a hospital, or another…
Read full rule →Weber County
Some RestrictionsAny Weber County building or use that receives or distributes materials by vehicle must keep an off-street loading…
Read full rule →West Jordan
Some RestrictionsWest Jordan requires dedicated off-street loading berths for any building over 25,000 square feet of gross floor area…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Some RestrictionsWest Valley City curb loading zones cap freight stops at 30 minutes and passenger stops at three minutes, with the…
Read full rule →Preferential Parking Districts
Permit-only residential parking districts, how they're established, who qualifies for permits, and how visitor passes work.
Provo
Significant RestrictionsProvo lets the Municipal Council designate permit parking areas where only residents holding a City-issued parking…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Significant RestrictionsSalt Lake County Code §11.26.010 lets residents in the unincorporated county petition the county council to designate…
Read full rule →Sandy
Significant RestrictionsSandy designates four residential areas, including Wallace Heights and Mount Jordan Meadows subdivisions, as Permit…
Read full rule →Lehi
Some RestrictionsLehi designates residential parking permit areas by city council map, requiring a permit to park in designated red…
Read full rule →Orem
Some RestrictionsOrem lets residents petition to turn their street into a residential permit parking area when nonresident vehicles are…
Read full rule →Salt Lake City
Some RestrictionsSalt Lake City designates preferential parking permit areas near commuter magnets like hospitals and university…
Read full rule →Snow Removal Parking Rules
On-street parking bans during declared snow events, alternate-side rules for plow access, and tow/fine schedules in snow-belt cities.
West Jordan
Significant RestrictionsWest Jordan City Code section 7-3-11 bars parking any vehicle or semitrailer on the street during a snow event and bars…
Read full rule →Eagle Mountain
Some RestrictionsFrom November 1 through March 15, Eagle Mountain bans parking vehicles, trailers or other obstructions on any street…
Read full rule →Lehi
Some RestrictionsLehi bars parking on any street during a snowstorm and for 48 hours after it ends, or whenever an inch or more of snow…
Read full rule →Provo
Some RestrictionsProvo City Code 9.31.090 lets the Mayor ban parking on designated snow emergency routes once forecasts or falling snow…
Read full rule →Salt Lake County
Some RestrictionsFrom November through April, Salt Lake County Code §11.20.130 bans parking on any county street in the unincorporated…
Read full rule →Sandy
Some RestrictionsSandy Traffic Code Section 14-7-3 bans parking on any street for more than one hour between midnight and 7:00 a.m. from…
Read full rule →Washington County
Some RestrictionsWashington County makes it unlawful to park or leave construction materials, equipment, vehicles, attachments, or…
Read full rule →West Valley City
Some RestrictionsWest Valley City bans on-street parking anywhere snow or ice has accumulated to one inch or more, under Municipal Code…
Read full rule →Towing & Impound Rights
What a towing company may charge and must do when a vehicle is taken without the owner consenting: capped hookup, mileage and storage rates, the drop fee owed if the driver returns before the tow leaves, signage required at private lots, retrieval of belongings left inside, and how a tow gets contested.