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Utah installation guides.

Utah Admin. Code R307-302 bars selling or installing a wood stove that is not EPA certified in the Wasatch Front and other PM2.5 areas, and makes burning on no-burn days unlawful unless the home is a registered sole source of heat.

Utah Admin. Code R307-302, Solid Fuel Burning Devices
21 towns

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  1. Bountiful

    Davis County / southern Davis County, Wasatch Front

    All of Davis County, Bountiful included, falls under Utah’s mandatory no-burn rule, which bans even EPA-certified stoves on no-burn days and has no power-outage exemption.

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  2. Cedar City

    Iron County / southwestern Utah

    Iron County is outside the areas named in Utah’s R307-302 no-burn rule, so Cedar City has no state mandatory no-burn days for wood stoves.

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  3. Cottonwood Heights

    Salt Lake County / southeast Salt Lake Valley

    Cottonwood Heights sits at 4,500 to 5,100 feet, well below the 7,000-foot line where Utah lifts its no-burn rule, so Salt Lake County’s winter action-day ban applies across the city.

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  4. Eagle Mountain

    Utah County / west of Utah Lake

    Eagle Mountain’s own permit list names wood stoves outright, and the city sits inside Utah County’s mandatory no-burn area, where R307-302 has no outage exemption.

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  5. Holladay

    Salt Lake County / east Salt Lake Valley

    Holladay’s Building Division lists heating and venting equipment, and fireplaces under plumbing, among the work that needs a city permit, and it is working from a temporary City Hall in Millcreek during the remodel.

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  6. Kaysville

    Davis County / Wasatch Front

    Kaysville’s Building Department lists fireplaces among work that needs a permit, and Davis County’s mandatory no-burn days still apply when the power is out.

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  7. Kearns

    Salt Lake County / west Salt Lake Valley

    Kearns has no building counter of its own: the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District in Taylorsville issues its permits, and its permit list names woodstoves outright.

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  8. Layton

    Davis County / northern Wasatch Front

    Davis County’s health department says wood burning is restricted on mandatory action days and only discouraged on voluntary days, so Layton follows the state no-burn rule alone.

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  9. Lehi

    Utah County / northern Utah Valley

    Lehi falls under Utah’s R307-302: wood burning is banned on mandatory no-burn days with no outage exemption, though Utah County has no Salt Lake County-style ban on voluntary days.

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  10. Magna

    Salt Lake County / northwest Salt Lake Valley

    Magna’s own building page says a permit for installing or replacing any fireplace or woodstove must be bought from the Greater Salt Lake MSD, and its code adopts a wildland-urban interface code with no map yet.

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  11. Midvale

    Salt Lake County / central Salt Lake Valley

    Midvale City Hall is closed Friday through Sunday, so building inspections are booked online Monday to Thursday only, and Salt Lake County’s winter rule bans burning on both voluntary and mandatory action days.

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  12. Millcreek

    Salt Lake County / east Salt Lake Valley

    Since January 1, 2026 Millcreek has administered Utah’s Wildland-Urban Interface Code, which requires spark arresters on solid-fuel chimneys in its mapped WUI area, on top of Salt Lake County’s voluntary-day burn ban.

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  13. Murray

    Salt Lake County / central Salt Lake Valley

    Salt Lake County’s Air Quality Bureau, which enforces the county’s winter no-burn rule, is based in Murray, and that rule bans burning on both voluntary and mandatory action days without an exemption.

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  14. Ogden

    Weber County / northern Wasatch Front

    Ogden sits in the Weber County no-burn area west of the Wasatch Range, where wood burning is banned on mandatory days with no outage exemption.

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  15. Orem

    Utah County / Utah Valley

    Orem’s permit list names wood fireplaces outright, and Utah’s R307-302 bans burning on mandatory no-burn days with no outage exemption.

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  16. Roy

    Weber County / northern Wasatch Front

    Roy sits in the Weber County no-burn area, and its building page lists wood fireplaces among permits you can apply for online and names approved third-party inspectors.

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  17. Sandy

    Salt Lake County / south Salt Lake Valley

    Sandy homes fall under Salt Lake County’s ban on burning during both voluntary and mandatory air action days from November 1 to March 1, so a stove here is not dependable outage heat without an exemption.

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  18. Saratoga Springs

    Utah County / northwest shore of Utah Lake

    Saratoga Springs’ own permit guidance says every wood stove must be a listed and labeled unit, and the city sits in Utah County’s mandatory no-burn area, where R307-302 has no outage exemption.

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  19. Spanish Fork

    Utah County / south Utah Valley

    Spanish Fork requires every contractor on a permitted job to hold a Utah license, and Utah County’s mandatory no-burn days apply here with no outage exemption.

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  20. Syracuse

    Davis County / northern Davis County, Wasatch Front

    Syracuse’s own permit checklist lists fireplaces (wood, pellet or gas) among inside work that requires a building permit, and Davis County no-burn days apply even in an outage.

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  21. West Valley City

    Salt Lake County / Wasatch Front

    Salt Lake County bans wood burning on voluntary and mandatory air action days from November 1 to March 1, so a stove here is not dependable winter outage heat without an exemption.

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We add guides as local research is completed. Rules and business coverage vary by address. Explore national planning guides for areas not yet covered.