Eagle Mountain, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)
Key Facts
- License type
- Commercial or home business license
- Background check
- Internet-based, required for massage therapy
- Late penalty, under 30 days
- 25% of license fee
- Late penalty, over 30 days
- 100% of license fee
- Denial appeal window
- 10 days to city council
Summary
Massage therapy businesses in Eagle Mountain must hold a city business license and pass a required internet-based criminal background investigation before the license issues, per EMMC 5.05.190. Owners or employees are screened alongside other regulated occupations, and the applicant pays all investigation fees on top of the standard license fee.
The license official or designee shall perform a records review and background investigation in conjunction with each submitted business license and use application that involves owners or employees of a business who will be working with minors. Internet-based background investigations are required for individuals operating or making application for businesses including, but not limited to, preschools, childcare, instruction classes, locksmiths, residential and commercial cleaning, massage therapy, photography, peddlers (door-to-door salespersons), and sexually oriented businesses regulated by Chapter 5.20 EMMC. All fees associated with background investigations shall be paid by the applicant in addition to the regular license application fee.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O-34-2026, passed August 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
110 unless the operator is exempt under state or federal law. 65 EMMC. 190 requires the license official to run a records review and background investigation whenever the application involves owners or employees, and it specifically lists massage therapy among the businesses that must undergo an internet-based background check, alongside childcare, locksmiths, cleaning services, photography, peddlers and sexually oriented businesses. The investigation is completed within 15 days of receipt, or 30 days if outside correspondence is needed. All background-check fees are billed to the applicant separately from the regular license fee.
160 tacks on a penalty fee equal to 25 percent of the regular license fee for under 30 days of unlicensed operation, rising to 100 percent past 30 days in that calendar year. 240 lets the license official deny an application over a disqualifying conviction, prior fraud, unpaid city fees, or a licensing-law violation within the prior 10 years, with the applicant able to appeal a denial to the city council or a hearing examiner within 10 days.
Violations & Fines
Operating a massage business without a valid Eagle Mountain license is unlawful under EMMC 5.05.110. Under EMMC 5.05.160, an applicant who began operating before licensure owes a penalty fee equal to 25 percent of the license fee if unlicensed less than 30 days, or 100 percent if unlicensed more than 30 days in that calendar year, in addition to the standard fee. A license can also be denied or later revoked under the grounds in EMMC 5.05.240.
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