General Contractor in West Jordan, Utah

West Jordan City Code 13-5B-8, as amended by Ordinance 26-18 on March 24, 2026, sets ADU requirements in addition to Utah's ADU statutes. Those requirements and the ones the city's Accessory Dwelling Unit Application lists include these.

• One ADU per property, never an internal and a detached unit on the same property
• No ADU on a property where the primary dwelling is served by a septic tank
• A valid business license if the primary or accessory unit is rented
• One additional off-street parking space of 9 by 18 feet, paved in asphalt or concrete and placed beside the existing driveway or the house, or in the backyard
• No credit toward the ADU's parking for the driveway that leads to the garage or carport
• ADU parking never in tandem with the home's required parking or blocking it
• At least two parking spaces kept intact in the garage or carport
• A required attached garage converted only when a replacement two-car garage, described in the city's application as fully enclosed, at least 20 feet wide, and 400 square feet in area, is built on the property to City Code standards
• No ADU in multi-family units, mobile homes, or attached housing
• No separate utility meters for an internal ADU, though separate meters for a detached ADU may be allowed when the utility provider approves them
• A detached ADU on a platted lot of 10,000 square feet or larger in the R-1, RR, RE, PC, LSFR, and VLSFR zones
• A detached unit on a permanent foundation, with a smaller footprint than the house, no placement in the front yard, and coverage of no more than 20 percent of the rear and side yard
• Detached unit setbacks of 6 feet from the house, the rear property line, and the interior side property line, and 20 feet from a corner side property line; a maximum height of 20 feet; and 1 more foot of side and rear setback for each foot, or part of a foot, that a unit rises above 17 feet
• For a detached unit, design and materials similar to and compatible with the design of the house, approved by the West Jordan Design Review Committee in a separate review
• A notarized Notice of Acknowledgement recorded with the Salt Lake County Recorder before the ADU is approved
• One family, or no more than five unrelated adult roommates, living in the unit, with no subleasing
• Rentals of at least 30 consecutive days

The septic, utility meter, and yard coverage rules in the list follow Section 13-5B-8. The city's Accessory Dwelling Unit Application lists them differently: no ADU where a failing septic tank serves the primary dwelling, no separate utility meters for any ADU, and no detached unit covering more than 20 percent of the yard area where it sits. We confirm with the city which version applies to your lot.

Utah's ADU statutes apply in West Jordan as well, as our ADU page explains.

Sources: West Jordan Ordinance 26-18; Accessory Dwelling Unit Application; Utah Code 10-21-303.

Utah ADU Law and Building Code