If a water main breaks or you notice a drastic drop in water pressure, please call our Water Department supervisor, Jed Woodward, at 435-770-9339 or Mayor Mike Benson 435-770-2188 to report it.

Newton Town provides culinary water to residents within Newton Town boundaries.  If you are a homeowner, you must fill out this form and bring it to the Newton Town office during business hours.

Newton is contracted with Waste Management for Garbage and Recycling services.

For MISSED PICK UP, it can be reported on the Waste Management website:
Report Missed Pick Up Here

2025 Recycle Schedule: Newton is Gold Week
Waste Management  Schedule

For New Service: please fill out following form an bring into Newton Town office during regular business hours
Garbage Service Application

If you are opening a business in town or running a business from your home, you will need to obtain a business license from Newton Town.  In some cases, a conditional use permit will also need to be obtained from the Newton Planning Commission.
Please click here (Business License Application )for the application for a business license. Once you've filled it out, please bring it to the Newton Town office during regular office hours.  All license requests are reviewed for approval.  Licenses must be renewed annually.  The business license fee is $25.

No, but the fence can't be higher than six feet. And if you're on a corner lot, it can't obstruct the view of the intersecting streets. The fence must be located on your property.

As long as the square footage of the shed is under 200 sq. ft you won't need a building permit. However, if you plan to run any utilities to the shed, regardless of size, you will need a permit. When planning where to put the shed on your property, if it is 50 feet back from your front property line, than it can be one foot off the side or back property line. Also, it must be 10 feet from the dwelling. Contact any member of the Newton Planning Commission to verify your setbacks.

Only if additional plumbing, electrical or heating/cooling work will be done. If the basement has already been "roughed" in with those items, a building permit is not required.

Same conditions as the basement apply. However, if you are doing any type of structural addition or modification, you will need a permit.

Procedure for Newton Town Building Permit Application

• We are now using City Inspect software for all building permit applications.
https://newton.cityinspect.com/register?registration_id=15989d4f23a6be
• A builder must create an account or if you already have an account with City Inspect just log in and create a new application. The portal tells you everything you need to submit. It varies from type of application (shed, remodel, new home). After your submission you will get plan review emails and updates. With City Inspect you can see the status of your project not only during plan review, but during construction.
A new plan review fee will be implemented by Hyde Park City,  $250 for new home construction or $75 for other construction projects. The review fee should be paid to Newton Town at time of application.
• A building permit application may require all of the following:

• Completed application
• Building plans drawn to scale, including: exterior elevations, floor plans, foundation plan, framing detail, cross-section, stair detail, electrical plan, and plumbing/heating plan.
• For new home construction; a model energy code analysis. www.energycodes.gov
•  site plan showing building, property lines and set backs
• proof of ownership or county plat map
• notarized owner/builder form if applicable

• Site Plans submitted along with the application and plans will be automatically reviewed by a member of the Newton Planning Commission.
• To receive your building permit after receiving notice of plan review approval from the building inspector or town clerk, please make an appointment to submit fees and any additional supporting documentation (if needed) to the assistant town clerk – Nicole Kunzler (435)563-9283 (Town Hall)
newtonclerk@newtonutah.org

Building Permit Fees must be paid at time of permit issuance.

Also required for New Home Construction
• Bear River Environmental Health Dept. septic tank permit. Go to www.brhd.org for instructions and application.
• Proof of a Newton Secondary water share (copy of share certificate)
• $3,000 water meter connection fee
• $10,383.75 water impact fee

Building Inspection and Plan Review is contracted through Hyde Park City
Hyde Park City Offices
113 East Center, Hyde Park, UT
(435)563-6507 Or contact at: planreview@hydeparkcity.org
• Call to schedule inspections at (435) 563-6507 ext. 25 or requested on City Inspect
• Questions, scheduling and additional required information can now be conducted through the City Inspect software.

Newton Town Building Permit Fees

Building Permit Fee	see table below
Water Connection Fee	$3,000.00
Water Impact Fee	$10383.75
Subdivision Application	$25.00
Service Change Fee	$90.00
Conditional Use Permit	$25.00
Plan Review Fee SFD	$250.00
Plan Review Fee Other	$75.00

 

Newton Town Building Permit Fee Schedule

Total Valuation	Fee
$1.00 to $500.00	$30.55
$501.00 to $2,000.00	$30.55 for the first $500.00 plus $3.97 for each additional $100.00 valuation, or fraction thereof, to and including $2,000.00
$2,001.00 to $25,000.00	$90 for the first $2,000.00 plus $18.20 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $25,000.00
$25,001.00 to $50,00.00	$508.63 for the first $25,000.00 plus $13.13 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $50,000.00
$50,001.00 to $100,000.00	$836.88 for the first $50,000.00 plus $9.10 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $100,000.00
$100,001.00 to $500,000.00	$1,291.88 for the first $100,000.00 plus $7.28 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $500,000.00
$500,001.00 to $1,000,000.00	$4,203.88 for the first $500,000.00 plus $6.18 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, to and including $1,000,000.00
$1,000,001.00 and up	$7,291.38 for the first $1,000,000.00 plus $4.10 for each additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof.

effective July 8, 2024

To schedule an inspection log into your City Inspect account and schedule it online or call
Hyde Park City at (435)563-6507 

The Park Pavilion is available to rent along with the kitchen. The pavilion has 6 tables with benches, and can seat 20 people each. The park has outdoor restrooms available during the warmer months for use, located on the north side of the Town Hall Building by the baseball diamond.

The Town Hall Classroom is available to rent and has a capacity to seat 60.  There are 4 long tables and 4 round tables, along with 60 chairs available for use. Please note it is an older building and their are limited electrical outlets, so we recommend you bring power strips and extension chords to use.

Please contact the Newton Town office during town office business hours to make a reservation. You can also check for availability on our town calendar located on the website under reservations.

See link below for pricing
Rental Fees Table

Any dog six months or older is required to be licensed yearly with Newton Town. All dogs that live in Newton (regardless of ownership) are required to be licensed even if they stay inside your home or never leave your yard. Proof of rabies vaccination is required. All dogs must be licensed beginning January 1 to  March 31. After this date license fees double. Owners may be issued a citation for failure to have his/her dog properly licensed. Three or more dogs require a conditional use permit and kennel license.

Animal Nuisance forms can be downloaded here and printed, or a paper copy can be picked up at the Newton Town Hall.
Animal Nuisance Complaint Form
Once filled out please give to Newton Town Clerk during office hours.

The Newton Cemetery is located about a mile north of Newton Town. The Newton Town Cemetery is managed by its own special district and not Newton Town.

For information about the cemetery, you can contact one of the following members of the board:

Casey Crosby (435) 881-5577; Board President
Kim Parkinson (435) 770-5581; Secretary

Please remember these are volunteer board members who serve without compensation for their services to oversee the operation, maintenance and development of our cemetery.

Library Hours:
Monday:           3 pm - 7 pm
Tuesday:          10 am - 1 pm & 3 pm - 6 pm
Wednesday:     3 pm - 6 pm
Thursday:        10 am - 1 pm & 3 - 6 pm, 
Friday:               CLOSED
Saturday:         12 pm - 4 pm
Sunday:             CLOSED

Story Time : Thursday at 10:30 am ( Sept - May)
Summer Story Time ( June & July): Tuesday @ 10:30 am ages 8+
                               Thursday @ 10:30 am ages 7 and younger

Newton Public Library facebook page
Newton Public Library website 

Newton dam is under the management of the Bureau of Reclamation.

Overview

Newton Dam is an earthfill structure on Clarkston Creek approximately 2 miles north of Newton. It is 101 feet high and has a volume of 410,000 cubic yards. The reservoir has a capacity of 5,600 acre-feet. The service spillway is controlled by a radial gate. An emergency spillway with an uncontrolled crest 1,000 feet long is located near the west end of the dam. A horseshoe conduit, 4 feet in diameter, controlled by a slide gate, serves as outlet works.

Geology

Newton Dam is located in the Cache Valley, a Late Tertiary (Neogene) graben along the eastern margin of the Basin and Range Province. The valley was occupied by an arm of Lake Bonneville in Quaternary times. The dam and appurtenant structures are founded in surficial sediments deposited in the ancient lake.

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