Getting set up in Eagle Mountain

When your yard has to be landscaped. Front yard within one year, back yard within two years. The clock starts at your certificate of occupancy, which is the approval the city issues before a new home can be lived in, so for most people it starts at move-in.

This covers single-family homes. If your neighborhood has an HOA, its rules can set a shorter deadline than the city does. Those rules are called CC&Rs and they came with the house.

Weeds and the park strip. Weeds cannot be more than six inches tall at any time. The park strip, the grass between your sidewalk and the road, is yours to landscape and maintain, not the city’s.

How much lawn you can have. In your front and side yards, lawn is limited to half the landscaped area. If half comes to less than 250 square feet, you can still have 250.

This applies to homes whose building permit was issued on or after February 1st, 2024. An older house is not covered.

When you are allowed to water. No sprinklers between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. First violation is a written warning. On the second the city shuts your water off, and turning it back on costs $100.

How much to water this week. The state guide updates every week based on actual weather. The city points to it instead of publishing its own numbers.

Get paid to replace your lawn. $1.50 a square foot to replace lawn, $0.50 a square foot to convert planting beds to drip irrigation. Apply through Utah Water Savers, which tells you what your own water provider qualifies you for.

What needs a building permit. Sheds over 200 square feet, decks more than 30 inches off the ground, finished basements and permanent pools.

What you can keep on your lot. Chickens, ducks and similar fowl are exempt from the animal limits and fall under the residential land use rules instead. Horses need at least an acre. For other animals, how many you can keep depends on how big your lot is.

The exception for horses is the equine overlay zone, which allows two on half an acre or more. You are not in it by default. A landowner applies for it, and it goes through public hearings at the planning commission and the city council, with notice to owners within 600 feet.

Find out which school your kids will go to by using this map.

Enroll your kids. Alpine School District. You enroll at your child’s school, not at the district office. Bring proof of address, a birth certificate and immunization records.

Charter schools are a separate option. Two of them are in Eagle Mountain. John Hancock Charter School, 2890 N Scarlet Road, kindergarten through 8th grade. Rockwell Charter School, 3435 E Stonebridge Lane, 7th through 12th grade.

Charters are public schools and do not charge tuition. You apply to the school itself, not through the district. The state’s rule is that when more students apply than a school has room for, those admitted are “chosen at random from among the applicants.” Each school sets its own application window, so check the school’s site for dates.

Your district changes in 2027. Alpine runs schools here through June 30th, 2027. On July 1st, 2027 the new Lake Mountain School District takes over, covering Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, Cedar Fort and Fairfield. If you move in now, you enroll through Alpine and change districts within a year.

The city and Alpine both keep a page on the transition.

There is no post office in Eagle Mountain. The closest thing is a postal counter inside Ridley’s at 4045 E Pony Express Parkway, which USPS runs under contract. 801-789-5995.

The nearest post offices are Cedar Valley and Lehi. Cedar Valley, 103 S 200 E, which does not do passports. Lehi, 333 E Main Street.

A mail dropbox at 1650 Stagecoach Run is closer than either one. That is the City Hall and library building.

The UPS Store at 4211 N Pony Express Parkway takes what USPS will not.

There is no Eagle Mountain Police Department. Law enforcement is the Utah County Sheriff’s Office under contract. Non-emergency dispatch is 801-798-5600.

Fire and ambulance is Unified Fire Authority. Non-emergency is 801-794-3970.

Two free landfill passes a year. Every household with a city utility account gets two, each good for one load up to 6 cubic yards and 500 pounds. They do not expire. Pick them up at City Hall, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, with an ID.

They are for the Intermountain Regional Landfill, 800 S Allen Ranch Road in Fairfield.

If you rent, you can pick up your household’s passes yourself. They belong to the household, so if your landlord already collected them, they are gone for the year.

Do not park on the street when it snows. From November 1st to March 15th, whenever snow accumulates. First violation $25, second within a year $50, third and after is towing at your expense. Sidewalks and driveways are yours to clear. Cul-de-sacs get salted rather than plowed.

License your dog within one month of it turning four months old, or within one month of getting a dog that is already older than that. $15 a year if the dog is fixed, $35 if not. Apply online and upload the rabies certificate.

Know what your builder warranty covers and when it ends. It is in the paperwork from closing. If something goes wrong and it is covered, call the builder first, before you call anyone else, and put the request in writing. The FTC explains what these warranties usually cover and for how long.