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Most Utah backyard pergolas never needed a permit. If yours did and you skipped it, the state calls it an infraction, your city adds its own penalty, and the bill can arrive again at resale. Here is what actually happens, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
Provo's ground snow load is 31 pounds per square foot. Park City's is 114. What a pavilion roof actually carries is a different number, an open pergola carries far less of it because most of the snow falls through, and whether you need an engineer is decided by a rule you can read. Here are the numbers for 27 Utah cities.
Utah building code has no word for "pergola." Which of two buckets your city puts it in decides everything. Here is the rule, the 200-vs-120 confusion, and what still applies when you are exempt.
Guides answer the early questions. Service, style, and area pages show how those answers apply to your yard.
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