Washington County, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Massage Establishments (2026)

Code § 10-10-2's commercial use chart lists 'Massage establishment' as a permitted (P) use across all four commercial zones: C-1 Convenience Commercial, C-2 Highway Commercial, C-3 General Commercial and PDC Planned Development Commercial, so no conditional use permit or use-specific standards apply to siting one. Separately, county-wide business licensing under title 3, chapter 1 requires that any person who transacts, engages in, or operates a business, directly or indirectly, within the unincorporated area obtain, maintain and annually renew a county business license under § 3-1-2, unless the business qualifies for the narrow exemptions for occasional youth-operated businesses or minor home occupations.

Section 3-1-3 makes it unlawful to operate any business in the unincorporated county without a current valid license, and a violation is a class B misdemeanor subject to the penalty set in § 1-4-1. Fees for the license are set by a county commission fee schedule under § 3-1-4, with half the annual fee due for licenses issued after July 1 of a given year and those licenses expiring the following January 31. The code's chapter 8 sexually oriented business provisions separately define and regulate an 'adult massage parlor,' a different and more restrictive category from a routine, licensed massage establishment operating as a personal service business.