General Contractor in North Salt Lake, Utah

Section 10-19-17(A) of the North Salt Lake Municipal Code, as amended by Ordinance 2025-06 on April 1, 2025, covers internal and detached ADUs together and sets conditions that include these, in its own order.

• The owner shown on the Davis County tax assessment rolls living full time in part of the main dwelling or in a detached unit on the same single-family lot, apart from a bona fide absence of three years or less for a temporary work assignment, sabbatical, or voluntary service by one who lived there before leaving and intends to return
• Occupancy by one person; by two or more people all related by blood, marriage, adoption, legal guardianship, or foster care; or by up to four unrelated persons living as a single housekeeping unit
• An ADU in a single-family dwelling or a detached accessory structure on a single-family lot in any zone, and none in a multi-family dwelling, on a multi-family lot, or on a lot that cannot meet the parking, setback, or lot coverage requirements
• One ADU per owner-occupied single-family dwelling or its detached accessory structure
• A unit in a basement or addition, over an attached or detached garage, or in a detached cottage home, guest house, or tiny home; an addition meeting the home's setbacks; and a unit in an accessory structure behind the home keeping the zone's side yard and a 10-foot rear setback, or 5 feet with no windows, doors, or other openings adjacent to the property line
• A unit on the second story of an accessory structure only when that building meets the zone's height limits and the home's front, side, and rear setbacks
• An interior unit that keeps the home's single-family appearance, and a detached one compatible, to the degree reasonably feasible, with the house's exterior materials, color, and roof pitch
• A basement unit allowed to take the entire basement regardless of area or bedroom count, and a detached unit of 300 to 1,200 square feet with no more than two bedrooms
• A separate, accessible entrance or stairway for a new home approved with an ADU, and no side-by-side front doors used as separate entrances unless the second door leads directly to the basement
• The home's address number, with the ADU as unit B
• At least one off-street space for the ADU beyond the home's minimum, never in tandem with the main dwelling's required parking; a second one for a unit with two or more bedrooms; and a one-space reduction for the main dwelling within a quarter mile of a bus rapid transit route
• Separate meters allowed for each water, gas, and electric service, each in the owner's name
• Interior access kept between the home and an attached ADU unless the fire department finds sufficient means of egress at an inspection
• An ADU never sold separately or detached by deed
• A land use permit from the Community Development Department in addition to any required building permit, with a site plan, floor plans labeled by room use, the corrections the Chief Building Official identifies, and photos of the carbon monoxide and smoke detectors and the water heater earthquake strapping
• A Planning Commission conditional use permit to modify the maximum size, the minimum parking, or the setbacks

Utah's ADU statutes apply in North Salt Lake as well, as our ADU page explains.

Sources: North Salt Lake, Accessory Dwelling Units; ADU Regulations, Section 10-19-17; Ordinance 2025-06; Ordinance 2026-04; Utah Code 10-21-303; Utah Code 10-21-304; Utah Code 10-21-101. We confirm the parking count and the land use permit for your unit with the city during preconstruction.