Property Maintenance in Utah (2026)

Unincorporated Davis County bars property owners and occupants from letting unsightly or deleterious objects…

Eagle Mountain's enforcement officer, chief building inspector or fire marshal can post a property as unsafe…

Layton enforces dangerous and substandard buildings through the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous…

Orem has adopted the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings to govern unsafe and substandard…

Provo declares a deteriorated, unfit-for-habitation, or partially built and abandoned building a public nuisance under…

Salt Lake City's building official can order repair, vacation, or boarding of any building declared dangerous, then…

Salt Lake County has adopted the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, giving the building official…

Washington County treats a rundown or unsafe structure, or a lot depreciated by lack of maintenance, as a public…

West Jordan adopts the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, letting the city order the repair…

West Valley City has adopted the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, giving the City authority…

Lehi treats a building left unfit for human habitation, abandoned or partially destroyed for six months or more, or…

Sandy City Code § 19-1-2 defines 'blight' broadly, covering debris, rotting or crumbling structures and fences, and…

South Jordan's nuisance code treats deteriorated, abandoned, or unsafe buildings as a public nuisance, covering dry…

St. George treats junk, inoperable vehicles, broken machinery and noxious weeds left on private property as a public…

Utah County treats a dilapidated building unfit for human habitation, an unsanitary structure that threatens neighbors'…

Eagle Mountain requires every property owner, built or vacant, to keep weeds under the height limit and clear away…

Layton requires every property owner, occupied or vacant, to keep real property clean and secured under LMC Section…

Lehi caps weeds, vegetation and grass at nine inches on any lot, vacant or occupied, and a dedicated weed control…

Provo requires vacant lots awaiting construction, in every zone, to stay free of unsightly stored equipment…

Sandy City bars weeds over six inches on any real property, vacant lots included, and requires cuttings hauled away. A…

South Jordan's nuisance ordinance lists weeds on vacant lots, other property, sidewalks, and street edges as a public…

St. George bans letting grass or weeds on any property, occupied or vacant, grow past six inches: cuttings must be…

In Washington County's C-1, C-2, C-3 and PDC commercial zones, no trash, rubbish, weeds or combustible material may sit…

Weber County makes every landowner responsible for clearing weeds from their property, including the adjoining…

Large undeveloped parcels get a break from West Jordan's twelve-inch weed limit. City Code section 5-3-1A9b lets an…

West Valley City requires owners of real property, including vacant lots, to keep weeds cut, remove solid waste, and…

Layton property owners and occupants must clear snow, sleet, hail or other precipitation from the sidewalk abutting…

Lehi requires the occupant or owner of any property abutting a platted street to keep the sidewalk in front of the…

Orem City Code 16-1-6 requires every owner, occupant, tenant and lessee to keep the public sidewalk, curb and gutter…

Provo City Code 9.16.040 makes it unlawful for a property owner, tenant or lessee to leave snow or ice on an adjoining…

Salt Lake City property owners must clear a 42-inch path of snow, ice, and sleet from abutting sidewalks within 24…

Property owners in unincorporated Salt Lake County must clear snow, hail or sleet from their paved sidewalk within…

Property owners, occupants, lessees, or anyone in control of property next to a paved sidewalk in Sandy have 24 hours…

South Jordan owners, occupants, or agents must clear sidewalk snow and ice within a reasonable time, and by 8 AM after…

Weber County places the snow-clearing duty on the abutting property owner or resident, not the county road department…

West Jordan property owners must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24 hours after it stops falling, per City Code…

West Valley City gives owners, occupants, lessors, and agents of property abutting a paved sidewalk 24 hours after…