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

Sandy City Code Chapter 16-1 regulates massage establishments as a licensed adult business. Section 16-1-2 makes it unlawful for any person to operate, conduct, or maintain a massage establishment or engage in the business of a masseur in Sandy City without first obtaining a business license. Section 16-1-3 sets the license fee by resolution of the City Council, computed and paid annually and administered through the Sandy City Business License Section. Section 16-1-4 bars a massage establishment from existing as an independent business: it may only be licensed as a use subsidiary to a recreational, health, spa, or exercise facility that has already been approved for zoning, business, and other regulatory compliance, and the massage operation cannot occupy more than ten percent of that facility's net usable floor space.

Applicants under section 16-1-5 must be at least 18, disclose current and prior addresses and business addresses going back ten years, submit five character-reference letters, list any convictions involving moral turpitude, and prove qualifying massage therapy training or apprenticeship status. Section 16-1-6 routes every application through the Chief of Police, Fire Chief, Zoning Department, and the Salt Lake City-County Board of Health for investigation before the Mayor decides on issuance under section 16-1-9. Every establishment must operate under the supervision of a master massage therapist per section 16-1-11, and licenses run on the calendar year, expiring December 31 under section 16-1-13.