6.9 PARKING HEAVY EQUIPMENT
Unofficial copy. It may be out of date. Not legal or zoning advice. Zoning rules change, and only the city or county can say for sure what is allowed on a property. Confirm with the city or county planning department before you buy, sign or build.
The official Leeds code is at https://leeds.utah.gov/town-code/.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
Chapter 10 is a scanned image on the town's site and is not included; chapter 19 is a placeholder and chapter 23 was repealed.
Tables (like use tables) may not copy cleanly, so check any table against the official code.
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Heavy equipment in excess of 12,000 lb. gross vehicle weight excluding pick-up trucks and including, but not limited to, construction equipment, excavation equipment, dump trucks, front end loaders, road graders, 18-wheel semi trailer rigs, school buses, and live stock trucks may be parked in open space zones providing the following restrictions are met:
6.9.1. Equipment shall be parked on property owned by the same person who is the registered owner of the equipment;
6.9.2. Equipment shall not be parked on any roadway, street, or highway fronting or bordering the property, but shall be parked on the lot and/or parcel itself;
6.9.3. The equipment shall be parked in a place and manner to be reasonably screened from view from the roadway on which the property fronts;
6.9.4. The equipment engines and/or associated motors (i.e., refrigeration units) shall not be allowed to run while parked;
6.9.5. All equipment used for construction may be parked on the construction site during the period of ongoing construction that is authorized by a current building permit. In the case of a subdivision, the equipment may be parked on the subdivision property during construction but shall be removed at the end of the construction period.