MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH REGULATIONS

Salt Lake City Code tit. 9, ch. 9.36

in effect

Salt Lake City Code § 9.36.010 BUILDINGS MUST BE CLEAN AND FREE OF INSECTS AND RODENTS

9.36.010: BUILDINGS MUST BE CLEAN AND FREE OF INSECTS AND RODENTS: It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning, leasing or acting as agent in conducting, operating, controlling, managing or occupying any hotel, apartment house, rooming house, public camp, place of business, public building or residence to permit or allow the floors, ceilings or walls of any such building to become dirty or foul or become or remain infested with bedbugs, cockroaches or any other parasitic insects or rodents. (Prior code § 18-25-49)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.36.020 CLEANUP OF STAGNANT WATER OR OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCES

9.36.020: CLEANUP OF STAGNANT WATER OR OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCES: When any lot or excavation in the city shall, from any cause whatsoever, become the repository of stagnant water or of any decaying or offensive substances, liquid or solid, it shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or agent of such premises (within a specified time given in a written notice from the Salt Lake Valley health department) to cause such excavation or lot to be drained or cleaned and to be filled with clean earth or other inoffensive substances. (Ord. 1-06 § 30, 2006: prior code § 18-25-44)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.36.030 PRIVIES AND SINKS REQUIRED WHERE

9.36.030: PRIVIES AND SINKS REQUIRED WHERE: It is unlawful for the owner of any structure used as a dwelling house, boarding house, factory or for any other purpose where people dwell or are employed, to fail to furnish such premises with such water closets for privies and sinks, etc., as may be required by the Salt Lake Valley health department, and to maintain the same in a sanitary condition. (Ord. 1-06 § 30, 2006: prior code § 18-25-42)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.36.040 OFFENSIVE BUSINESSES; CLEANLINESS REQUIREMENTS

9.36.040: OFFENSIVE BUSINESSES; CLEANLINESS REQUIREMENTS: It is unlawful for the owner or occupant of any brewery, distillery, tannery, livery stable, barn, laundry or factory of any kind, place or premises, to permit the same to become noisome, foul or offensive. (Prior code § 18-25-34)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.36.050 COMMON DRINKING VESSELS PROHIBITED

9.36.050: COMMON DRINKING VESSELS PROHIBITED: It is unlawful for any person to keep or provide or suffer or permit to be kept, for use in common, any drinking vessel in any railroad station, public or private school, public playground, public park, public building or in any other building or premises to which the public is admitted. (Prior code § 18-25-39)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.36.060 PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AT DRINKING FOUNTAINS

9.36.060: PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AT DRINKING FOUNTAINS: It is unlawful for any person to expectorate or spit or to perform any ablutions in, upon, at or near any public drinking fountain, or to permit any horses, cattle, dogs or any other animals to come into contact with or drink from said drinking fountain. (Prior code § 18-25-40)

Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-51090Fetched: 11/1/2026