General building work permit checklist — Taylorsville, Utah
Assembled from Taylorsville’s own published permit rules. Every line below is quoted from a city document and linked to it. Nothing here is generated, estimated, or inferred from another jurisdiction.
Do you need a permit?
Taylorsville requires a permit for general building work.
Handout B-1, 'Do I Need a Building Permit,' sorts work into permit and no-permit categories. On the no-permit side the City lists: accessory buildings at a home under 200 square feet, or under 120 square feet on commercial property; fences topping out at 7 feet; retaining walls under 4 feet tall that carry no load from another structure; walkways and driveways rising no more than 30 inches over the grade beside them; paint, wallpaper, carpet and similar finish work; backyard play structures at one- and two-family homes; a window awning carried on the exterior wall of a single-family home; water tanks holding under 5,000 gallons whose height stays within twice their width; above-ground pool kits shallower than 24 inches and under 5,000 gallons; and, in commercial spaces, movable cases and counters that stop below five feet nine inches. The handout also spells out what does need a permit: taking out, converting or swapping electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing systems; making a structure bigger, tearing it down, or changing how it is used; sign structures and their supports; patios, patio covers and decks attached to a building; and earthwork moving more than 50 cubic yards, or any cut or fill at all where the site is touched by a waterway or a slope hazard.
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Sources
- building — permit rules, building — fee schedule ↗verified August 2026
Other permits Taylorsville publishes rules for
Listed because the city publishes a separate rule for each type — not because this project necessarily triggers one. Whether it does depends on your scope of work.
- Deck permit checklist
- Fence permit checklist
- Shed permit checklist
- Water heater permit checklist
- Re-roof permit checklist
- Retaining wall permit checklist
- Electrical work permit checklist
BuildSpec is a reference, not the authority having jurisdiction. Confirm requirements with Taylorsville before you build.