Retaining Walls & Geologic Hazard Investigations

The City of North Salt Lake is home to several types of topographical areas including flat land, slightly hilly property, and extremely steep hillsides. The safety of our residents and their property is of utmost importance, and therefore the City has established requirements related to the construction of retaining walls throughout the City.

Retaining walls require a building permit if the wall exceeds four (4) feet in height measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the retaining wall, or if the proposed retaining wall location is in the City's Sensitive Overlay Zone. 

The submittal for the building permit must include:

  1. a stamped engineered plan from a licensed engineer,
  2. a drainage plan which provides for containment of run-off water on site or discharged to a City approved location,
  3. plans for a conduit as required by the City Engineer if the retaining wall is to be constructed within the public utility easement where utilities do not exist. The property owner shall be financially responsible for the removal or reconstruction of a retaining wall in a public utility easement if the easement is needed per Utah Law (UCA 54-3-27).

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