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

City Code Section 13.11.040(C)(3)(c) requires every home occupation to be conducted entirely within the dwelling, and specifically states that garages and accessory buildings shall not be used for home occupations except for the parking of approved business vehicles or trailers. That single clause forecloses running an auto repair operation out of a home garage, since the repair work itself, not just vehicle storage, would occupy the garage space. The vehicle rules layered on top make the restriction concrete for anyone trying to operate an auto-related business from home: Section 13.11.040(C)(4) allows only one business vehicle per home occupation, caps its size at a 10,000-pound gross vehicle weight rating with no more than two axles, and expressly prohibits parking tow trucks, tanker trucks, box vans, and delivery vans on-site, requiring any such vehicle to be kept at an approved off-site storage location instead.

A single business trailer with no more than two axles is allowed, capped at 20 feet of body length if enclosed or 16 feet if open, and auto transport trailers designed to carry more than one vehicle are barred outright from the property. Combined, the garage-use ban, the one-vehicle limit, and the tow truck prohibition leave no path to lawfully operating a repair, towing, or vehicle-transport business from a Taylorsville residence.