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Public Works and Municipal Services Divisions

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Animal Services

Salt Lake County Animal Services is dedicated to providing superior support, education, protection and advocacy for all animals and members of the community.
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Flood Control Engineering

Salt Lake County Flood Control Engineering provides permitting, inspection, engineering design, and maintenance services along over 500 miles of county waterways.
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Fleet Management

Fleet Management is an ASE Certified repair facility with four shops and over 30 technicians handling the transportation and mobile mechanical needs of all Salt Lake County Agencies and Contracts.
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Public Works Engineering

Salt Lake County Engineering provides services to build roadways and sidewalks, manage traffic calming programs, encroachments and excavation permitting, and special event permitting.
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Public Works Operations

Road maintenance services promoting safety and welfare of residents including; pavement management, snow & ice control, street lighting, signs & striping, traffic signals, weed control.

Resources

Public Works Interactive Map

Animal Services

Animal Services

Animal Services FAQs

Salt Lake County Animal Services serves the residents and pets of Unincorporated Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, Herriman, Holladay,Riverton, and Midvale.

Legally, all pets are required to be licensed in the city in which they live. Licensing your pet is also one of the quickest ways to get your pet back to you if it gets lost.

Each city differs in its pet ordinances regarding how many dogs and cats you can legally own. In some cities it is unlimited as long as they are all licensed and cared for. In other cities, there is a set number. Please refer to your city's animal ordinances for exact limits.

If you can contain the cat in a box or carrier, please bring it in to the shelter during open business hours or call (801) 745-7043 (officer dispatch) for an animal control officer to pick up. If the cat is feral, please call (385) GOT-PETS to arrange for our TNR coordinator to come trap the cat.

In order for the animal's owner to have the best chance of finding their pet, it should be taken to the appropriate shelter.

The appropriate shelter is based on where the animal was found. It is also a violation of animal control ordinances to harbor a stray for more than 24 hours.

If you pick up a stray in our jurisdiction, you can bring it in to the shelter during open business hours. If it is outside of business hours or you cannot contain the stray pet, you can call our animal control dispatch 24/7 at (801) 743-7045.

Call the Utah Division of Wildlife Services at (801) 538-4700 or Federal Wildlife Protection at (801) 975-3307.

Visit the shelter within 24 hours and then every other day. Visit our wLost Pets page for more information or to see animals in the shelter online. We also encourage you to hang flyers in your neighborhood and post pictures on social media. Most importantly, never give up hope that you will find your lost pet.

Lost Pets

Visit the shelter. We have many to choose from. Or, visit the Animal Services' website and Facebook page to see adoptable animals.

Animal Services

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If you live in a jurisdiction city (Unincorporated Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Herriman, Holladay, Midvale, or Riverton), call (801) 743-7045 to reach animal control dispatch directly. Our animal control officers work 24/7.

Public Works Engineering

Public Works Engineering

Public Works Engineering FAQs

You may be interested in our Traffic Calming programs. Or call (385) 468-6600.

Traffic Calming

For residents of Unincorporated Salt Lake County there are a few options available for sidewalk installation. Check out our sidewalk programs.

Safer Sidewalk Program

Salt Lake County Ordinance 14.32.010 stipulates that individual property owners are required to maintain curbs, gutters, and sidewalks in front of their property.

Ordinance 14.32.010

You need a permit to excavate in the County right-of-way. Call (385) 468-6600.

Excavation Permit

You need a permit to hold a Special Event on the County right-of-way. Call (385) 468-6600.

Special Event Permit

Flood Control

Flood Control

Flood Control FAQs

Call County Dispatch at (385) 468-6101, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

County Dispatch

(385) 468-6101

Available 24/7

Type your address into the FEMA Flood Map Service Center Or call (385) 468-6636.

FEMA Flood Map

Salt Lake County does not provide sewer or water services. Contact your respective utility company.

Salt Lake County does not provide sewer or water services. Contact your respective utility company.

Public Works Operations

Public Works Operations

Public Works Operations FAQs

Contact the Public Works Operations department

Public Works Operations

(385) 468-6101
24-Hour Dispatch

604 West 6960
South Midvale, Utah 84047

Available 24/7

Some snow will come off the blade onto driveways. Our primary duty is to open and keep open the main roadway system.

It is illegal to leave a car parked on the street November through April, as stipulated by Salt Lake County Ordinance 11.20.130.

Having to swerve a snow plow in and out between parked vehicles is not only dangerous, but also nerve wracking for our drivers. We can not do an efficient job with parked vehicles on the street.

Additionally, vehicles parked on the road could be plowed in with a snow bank or damaged by the snow plow. Typically the street will not be plowed if cars are parked on it.

Ordinance 11.20.130

Main roads are expected to be cleared within eight hours, and residential cul-de-sacs within 48 hours, after the storm ends. County crews prioritize snow removal in this order:

  • Major arterial streets: Provide connectivity and access to hospitals, fire stations, police stations and emergency medical services
  • Minor arterial streets: Access to public schools and selected "hot spots" such as steep hills
  • Streets serving public transportation
  • All remaining streets such as residential and local
  • Cul-De-Sacs

Contact the Public Works Operations department.

The Operations Division provides road maintenance services to the residents of Unincorporated Salt Lake County, Cottonwood Heights, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Holladay City.

Public Works Operations

(385) 468-6101
24-Hour Dispatch

604 West 6960
South Midvale, Utah 84047

Available 24/7

Our goal is to sweep every street approximately twice a year. You can request the street be swept by calling or emailing the Operations Division.

Public Works Operations

(385) 468-6101
24-Hour Dispatch

604 West 6960
South Midvale, Utah 84047

Available 24/7

Not all street lights are maintained by Salt Lake County; however, we are happy to direct your concern to the appropriate agency for repair.

Call or email the Operations Division to report a street light outage.

To request a new street light, please send a request in writing to Salt Lake County Operations Division at:

604 West 6960 South Midvale, Utah 84047 Attn: Electrical Department.

Make sure you include your name and address. Our electrical department will contact you.

Public Works Operations

(385) 468-6101
24-Hour Dispatch

604 West 6960
South Midvale, Utah 84047

Available 24/7

It is the homeowner's responsibility to maintain the right-of-way that abuts the road in accordance with County Tree Ordinance 14.44.010.

County Tree Ordinance 14.44.010

Contact the Public Works Operations department

Public Works Operations

(385) 468-6101
24-Hour Dispatch

604 West 6960
South Midvale, Utah 84047

Available 24/7

Contact the Operations Division at (385) 468-6100. We maintain and install highway signs, street markers, and regulatory signs in Unincorporated Salt Lake County, Cottonwood Heights, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Holladay City.

Contact the Operations Division at (385) 468-6100. We maintain highway markings in Unincorporated Salt Lake County, Cottonwood Heights, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Holladay City.

For residential complaints for weeds in Unincorporated Salt Lake County, call the Weed Hotline at (385) 468-6100. Or email Public Works Operations.

Salt Lake County has a program that allows civic organizations the opportunity to Adopt-a-Highway. Requests must be made in writing to the Public Works Department Operations Division, 604 West 6960 South, Midvale, UT 84047.