Sandy, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Auto Repair on Residential Property (2026)

Section 21-11-5 governs every home occupation in Sandy, requiring a license from the Business License Office of the Community Development Department unless a specific exemption applies, and classifying licensable businesses as Category I, permitted by right, or Category II, requiring Planning Commission approval as a conditional use. The Section's stated purpose is to keep incompatible business activity out of residential neighborhoods and to safeguard peace, quiet, and domestic tranquility, protecting residents from noise, traffic, and fire hazards. Toward that end, a list of uses is prohibited outright regardless of category because they substantially impair the use and value of residentially zoned areas.

' Junkyards, auto wrecking yards, and salvage yards are separately banned in the same list. This is distinct from a resident simply fixing their own car in their own driveway: Code § 19-1-8 allows an occupant to repair one vehicle they own outdoors if it otherwise meets junk-vehicle storage standards, giving the owner 30 days from a City notice to finish, with one possible 30-day extension. What § 21-11-5 forecloses is turning that activity into a business, taking in other people's vehicles for pay, running a repair shop, or storing vehicles commercially, at a residential address.