“Unlawful conduct” includes:

(1)  using the title landscape architect or any other description, words, letters, or abbreviation indicating that the person is a landscape architect if the person has not been licensed under this chapter; and

Terms Used In Utah Code 58-53-501

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Practice of landscape architecture: means rendering or offering to render any of the following services:
(a) production of a site plan which may include the design of any of the following:
(i) sprinkler irrigation systems;
(ii) landscape grading and drainage plans; or
(iii) parking lots;
(b) design of any of the following structures incidental to the production of a site plan:
(i) retaining walls; or
(ii) raised platforms, decks, and walkways;
(c) design of any of the following structures incidental to the production of a site plan when the structure does not exceed 1,000 square feet:
(i) covered pavilions;
(ii) gazebos;
(iii) restrooms;
(iv) storage and maintenance facilities; or
(v) other accessory structures; or
(d) collaboration with architects and professional engineers in the design of roads, bridges, buildings, and structures with respect to the functional and aesthetic requirements of the area in which they are to be placed. See Utah Code 58-53-102
(2)  engaging in or representing oneself as engaging in the practice of landscape architecture as a corporation, proprietorship, partnership, or limited liability company unless exempted from licensure under Section 58-1-307 or 58-53-304.

Enacted by Chapter 191, 1998 General Session