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2025 Utah Code
Title 10 - Utah Municipal Code
Chapter 11 - Inspection and Cleaning
Section 1 - Abatement of weeds, garbage, public nuisances, and hazardous materials -- Selection of service provider.
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UT Code § 10-11-1 (2025)
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Effective 5/7/2025
10-11-1. Abatement of weeds, garbage, public nuisances, and hazardous materials -- Selection of service provider.
Amended by Chapter 91, 2025 General Session
10-11-1. Abatement of weeds, garbage, public nuisances, and hazardous materials -- Selection of service provider.
- (1)As used in this chapter, "hazardous materials" means the same as that term is defined in Section 19-6-902.
- (2)A municipal legislative body may:
- (a)designate and regulate the abatement of:
- (i)the growth and spread of injurious and noxious weeds;
- (ii)garbage and refuse;
- (iii)a public nuisance;
- (iv)an illegal object or structure; or
- (v)for a structure or any real property closed to occupancy or entry by a local health department, hazardous materials; and
- (b)appoint a municipal inspector for the purpose of carrying out and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
- (a)designate and regulate the abatement of:
- (3)A municipal legislative body may not:
- (a)prohibit an owner or occupant of real property within the municipality's jurisdiction, including an owner or occupant who receives a notice in accordance with Section 10-11-2, from selecting a person, as defined in Section 10-1-104, to provide an abatement service for injurious and noxious weeds, garbage and refuse, a public nuisance, or an illegal object or structure; or
- (b)require that an owner or occupant described in Subsection (3)(a) use the services of the municipal inspector or any assistance employed by the municipal inspector described in Section 10-11-3 to provide an abatement service described in Subsection (3)(a).
- (4)A municipality may require that an owner or occupant described in Subsection (3)(a) use the abatement services, as described in Section 10-11-3, of the municipal inspector, including the use of a certified decontamination specialist as described in Section 19-6-906, or any assistance employed by the municipal inspector if:
- (a)the municipality adopts an ordinance providing a reasonable period of time of at least 10 days for an owner or occupant to abate the owner's or occupant's property after receiving a notice described in Section 10-11-2; and
- (b)the owner or occupant fails to abate the property within the reasonable period of time and in accordance with the notice.
- (5)A municipality may require that an owner or occupant use the abatement services of a certified decontamination specialist to abate hazardous materials.
- (6)Nothing in this chapter may be construed:
- (a)as authorizing a municipality to regulate items that are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture and Food as provided in Section 4-2-305, including commercial feed, plant food, pesticides, and seeds; or
- (b)as limiting or abrogating the authority of a local health department under Section 19-6-905.
Amended by Chapter 91, 2025 General Session
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