Public Conduct in Utah (2026)

Lehi's aggressive solicitation ordinance, City Code chapter 6-7, bans panhandling within 30 feet of a bank or ATM…

Orem bans aggressive panhandling under City Code 9-2-14. Soliciting money in an intimidating manner, touching someone…

Provo bans aggressive panhandling under City Code Chapter 9.70: touching a person without consent, blocking their path…

Accosting another person in a public place, or a place open to the public, for the purpose of begging is disorderly…

St. George makes aggressive panhandling a Class C misdemeanor, banning touching, blocking, following, or intimidating…

Provo City Code 9.11.010(6) makes it unlawful to urinate or stool in any public place, except public restrooms, or…

Salt Lake City makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any place open to public view, alongside other disorderly…

Lehi treats public urination and defecation as a listed nuisance. A property whose environment causes, encourages or…

Orem's "Befouling public places" ordinance makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate in any public place, or on private…

Urinating anywhere other than a restroom facility is public indecency in unincorporated Salt Lake County when it…

Sandy City Code Section 13-1-11 makes it a Class C misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere in public other than a…

South Jordan code lists publicly urinating or defecating on any property or adjacent public place as a nuisance…

Within Weber County's unincorporated area, County Code Section 30-2-1 makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere…

Lehi City Code Section 7-2-3 requires skateboarders on sidewalks to yield to pedestrians and signal before passing…

Orem makes it unlawful to skateboard, roller skate, or roller blade on someone else's private property without…

Provo City Code 9.32.170 treats skateboards as micromobility devices, capping sidewalk speed at 10 mph and banning use…

Skateboards, roller skates, and scooters are banned on downtown and Sugar House district sidewalks and on all roadways…

Sandy Traffic Code Section 14-3-2 bars roller skates, skateboards, coasters and similar devices from any roadway except…

St. George bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and go-peds on downtown historic district sidewalks and on…

Utah County allows skateboards and longboards on county trails and parkways only in the lane marked for wheeled…

Salt Lake City fines property owners, not just partygoers, when police find an unruly gathering on their land: a…

Layton bans loud parties through its disturbing-the-peace ordinance, LMC Section 9.08.010, which prohibits clamor or…

Lehi's noise chapter lets the city hold a host responsible for a loud party even if someone else made the actual noise…

Loitering, prowling or wandering on someone else's private property without a visible or lawful reason is disorderly…

Layton bars anyone from gathering or lingering on the public areas of a parking lot when doing so blocks pedestrians or…

Orem makes it unlawful to loiter on or about any school or college grounds or buildings, on foot or in a vehicle…

Provo City Code 9.14.200 makes loitering a class C misdemeanor: appearing at a place or time under circumstances that…

Salt Lake City makes it unlawful to stand, sit, or lie on a sidewalk for more than two minutes if it blocks pedestrian…

Sandy City makes it a Class B misdemeanor to loiter, idle, wander or play on any school, college or university grounds…

South Jordan makes it an infraction to congregate on sidewalks, stairways, doorways, or windows in a way that blocks…

Lehi City Code makes it an infraction to loiter on business or commercial property without lawful reason once the…

Smoking, including vaping, is banned on every piece of Orem city-owned property and at any mass gathering under Orem…

South Jordan bans smoking outright in every city park, trail, and open space, listing it among prohibited activities…

Washington County bans smoking and vaping on all county-owned property, including the County Legacy Park fairgrounds…

Smoking is barred within the confines of any Eagle Mountain park except in specially designated areas, under EMMC…

Lehi bans smoking, including e-cigarettes, in every city park, cemetery and rail station, and within 50 feet of any…

Provo City Code 9.19.090 makes it unlawful to use tobacco products or e-cigarettes within any City park, trail, or…

Salt Lake City bans smoking in all city parks, cemeteries, trails, and golf courses, plus near bus stops, mass…

St. George prohibits smoking in all public parks, public squares, and city-owned cemeteries, plus a buffer zone near…

West Jordan bans smoking on or near public seating in its parks under City Code section 8-13-8. The rule reaches anyone…

West Valley City Municipal Code § 4-1-128 makes it unlawful to smoke in any park or recreational area open to the…

The Utah County Fire Marshal can designate public roads, parks, and public land where lighting a cigarette, cigar, or…

Salt Lake City bans crossing outside a crosswalk unless the nearest crosswalk is 700+ feet away, and requires marked…

Provo makes it unlawful to knowingly possess marijuana or any other controlled substance anywhere in the city, public…

West Jordan makes it unlawful to consume or even possess beer or any alcoholic beverage inside a city park or…

West Valley City bans drinking or carrying an open alcohol container in any public place, from sidewalks and parks to…

Layton bans drinking alcohol in streets, stores, public gatherings and other unlicensed public places under LMC Section…

Orem bans both possessing and drinking alcohol anywhere on city-owned property, not just inside park boundaries, under…

Salt Lake City bans opening, possessing, or drinking from an open alcohol container in unpermitted public places like…

Possessing or drinking any alcoholic beverage on the grounds of a Salt Lake County-owned or -operated park is unlawful…

South Jordan prohibits possessing or consuming alcohol anywhere in city parks, trails, and open spaces, treating it as…

St. George bans open containers and alcohol consumption on streets, sidewalks, parks and other public property, with an…

Weber County bans drinking or possessing an open alcoholic beverage in county parks and around Pineview and Causey…

No one may possess or use alcoholic beverages within an Eagle Mountain city park under EMMC 7.05.040(Y), a flat ban…

Provo City Code 9.30.040 makes drinking alcohol or carrying an open container a misdemeanor anywhere within the Center…

Sandy bans drinking any alcoholic beverage in a public place lacking the required alcohol licenses and permits, and…

Drinking or possessing beer, liquor, or any alcoholic beverage in a public park in unincorporated Utah County is an…