NUISANCES AND ABATEMENT

Salt Lake City Code tit. 9, ch. 9.40

in effect

Salt Lake City Code § 9.40.010 NUISANCE CONDITIONS DESIGNATED AND UNLAWFUL

9.40.010: NUISANCE CONDITIONS DESIGNATED AND UNLAWFUL: Whatever is dangerous to human life or health and whatever renders soil, air, water or food impure or unwholesome, are declared to be nuisances and to be illegal. (Prior code § 18-26-1)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.40.020 LIABILITY FOR EXISTENCE OF NUISANCES

9.40.020: LIABILITY FOR EXISTENCE OF NUISANCES: Where a nuisance exists upon property and is the outgrowth of the usual, natural or necessary use of property, the landlord thereof, or such landlord's agent, the tenant, or his or her agent, and all other persons having control of the property on which such nuisance exists, shall be deemed to be the authors thereof, and shall be equally liable therefor, but where any such nuisance shall arise from the unusual or unnecessary use to which such property may be put, or from business use to which such property may be put, or from business thereon conducted, then the occupants, and all other persons contributing to the continuance of such nuisance shall be deemed the authors thereof. (Prior code § 18-26-2)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.40.030 CREATING OR MAINTAINING NUISANCES PROHIBITED

9.40.030: CREATING OR MAINTAINING NUISANCES PROHIBITED: It is unlawful for any person, either as owner, agent or occupant, to create, or aid in creating or contributing to, or to maintain a nuisance. (Prior code § 18-26-3)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.40.040 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES; HEALTH DIRECTOR POWERS AND DUTIES

9.40.040: ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES; HEALTH DIRECTOR POWERS AND DUTIES: It shall be the duty of the director of health to ascertain and cause all nuisances declared to be such by ordinance to be abated, and he or she shall have authority, either by himself or herself, or by his or her agents or deputies, to enter any house, stable, store or any building, at any time, in order to make a thorough examination of cellars, vaults, sinks or drains; to enter upon all lots and grounds and cause all stagnant waters to be drained off and pools, sinks, vaults, drains, holes or low grounds to be cleansed, filled up or otherwise purified, and to cause all noisome substances to be abated or removed. (Prior code § 18-26-4)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.40.050 COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATION; ABATEMENT ORDERS

9.40.050: COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATION; ABATEMENT ORDERS: Whenever a complaint is made in writing or otherwise of the existence of a nuisance to the Salt Lake Valley health department, the director of health or a regularly appointed inspector shall forthwith investigate and determine whether the alleged nuisance is detrimental to the public health, or the cause of any special disease or mortality, and in case he or she shall so find, the director of health shall notify the occupant, or, if the premises are unoccupied, the owner, agent or person having charge of the premises, in writing, of such finding. The Salt Lake Valley health department shall order and direct the abatement and removal of the same within two (2) days. (Ord. 1-06 § 30, 2006: prior code § 18-26-5)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.40.060 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES; NOTICE REQUIRED

9.40.060: ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES; NOTICE REQUIRED: Except as provided in section 9.40.050 of this chapter, or its successor section, the director of health may serve a notice in writing upon the owner, occupant or agent of any lot, building or premises in or upon which any nuisance may be found, or upon the person who may be the cause of such nuisance, requiring such person to abate the same in such manner as the director of health may direct, and within a reasonable time to be fixed in the notice; and failure to give a notice as provided herein shall not relieve the author of any nuisance from the obligation to abate such nuisance, or from the penalty provided for the maintenance thereof. (Prior code § 18-26-6)

Salt Lake City Code § 9.40.070 WORK PERFORMED BY CITY WHEN; COSTS

9.40.070: WORK PERFORMED BY CITY WHEN; COSTS: In case of neglect or refusal of any person to abate any nuisance defined by ordinance, after notice in writing has been served upon such person, as provided in section 9.40.060 of this chapter, or its successor section, and within the time specified in such notice, it is hereby made the duty of the director of health to abate or procure the abatement thereof, and the expense of such abatement shall be collected from the person so offending. (Prior code § 18-26-7)

Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-51110Fetched: 11/1/2026