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Construction & Remodeling in Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City has older unreinforced brick homes, properties in local historic districts and a city program for accessory dwelling units. Exterior changes in a local historic district need city approval before work starts, the city asks for a site review before any ADU permit, and the state snow load table lists 28 pounds per square foot for the city at 4,239 feet.
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Services in Salt Lake City
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Kitchen Remodeling in Salt Lake City
Some Salt Lake City kitchens sit in older brick houses or in homes inside local historic districts.
Bathroom Remodeling in Salt Lake City
Bathroom projects in Salt Lake City range from updating a small bath in an older house to adding one in a basement or accessory dwelling unit.
Repairs & Maintenance in Salt Lake City
Repair and maintenance work in Salt Lake City can range from masonry and window repairs to water heaters and small structural fixes, and older houses in historic districts add their own rules.
Homes & buildings
What shapes a project in Salt Lake City
Local conditions worth knowing before scope and budget are set.
Local historic districts
Salt Lake City has local historic districts and locally designated landmark sites. Exterior work on these properties, other than paint color and minor maintenance, needs a Certificate of Appropriateness before work starts, while interior work does not. Unpainted historic masonry in these districts cannot be painted.
Unreinforced brick homes
Salt Lake City has unreinforced masonry homes, a type of construction Utah stopped allowing in the 1970s. Signs include rows of bricks turned endways every five or six courses and deeply recessed windows. The city's Fix the Bricks program has helped pay for seismic retrofits of brick houses built before 1975, but the city says it is not accepting additional applications at this time.
Accessory dwelling units
Salt Lake City publishes an ADU Handbook and pre-approved ADU plans, including new units of 650 to 800 square feet and detached garage conversions. Every ADU needs a site review before a building permit is issued. For an ADU created inside the footprint of an owner-occupied house, Utah's residential code amendments waive the dwelling separation rules in IRC Section R302.3 when separating walls have at least 1/2-inch gypsum board on each side and separating floors have it on the underside.
Sources (8)
- Utah State Legislature (Utah Code 15A-3-202) · checked 2026-09-24
- State of Utah earthquake program (earthquakes.utah.gov) · checked 2026-09-24
- Salt Lake City Building Services · checked 2026-09-24
- Salt Lake City Planning Division, Historic Preservation · checked 2026-09-24
- Salt Lake City Planning Division, Historic Preservation · checked 2026-09-24
- Salt Lake City Planning Division, Historic Preservation · checked 2026-09-24
- Salt Lake City Building Services · checked 2026-09-24
- Salt Lake City Housing Stability Division · checked 2026-09-24
Permits & service area
Before a project starts in Salt Lake City
Local permit office
Salt Lake City Building Services
Which permits a project needs depends on its scope. We identify them during planning; the official site has current requirements, forms and fees.
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County
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