Salt Lake County, UT Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Customers
- appointment-only, no walk-ins
- Allowed hours
- 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Group lesson/session cap
- 6 people at a time
- Customer parking
- required in driveway or garage
- Governing section
- Salt Lake County Code §19.85.020.D
Summary
Home businesses in unincorporated Salt Lake County can only see customers by appointment, and only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., under County Code §19.85.020.D. Group lessons or sessions are capped at six people at a time, on top of the appointment-only and time-window rules.
Customers shall be allowed at the residence only if scheduled on an appointment basis, and are only allowed between the hours of seven a.m. and ten p.m. Group lessons or sessions shall not exceed six people at a time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 49).
Full Breakdown
m. " Walk-in customers aren't allowed at all, every visit has to be scheduled in advance, which limits the unpredictable traffic and parking impact on a residential street. window applies to every appointment regardless of the type of home business, and the six-person cap on group lessons or sessions, think tutoring, fitness classes or craft workshops run from a home, applies on top of the appointment and time-window rules, not instead of them. C, which caps outside employees to one, and only on lots fronting a right-of-way 80 feet or wider. A, and violating any of them can trigger the same enforcement path as violating the permit itself.
Violations & Fines
A home business that allows walk-in customers, schedules appointments outside the 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. window, or runs group sessions larger than six people violates §19.85.020.D and risks a business-license revocation hearing under §19.85.030(C), in addition to Title 19's general written-notice, civil-penalty and Class C misdemeanor enforcement under §19.94.040(A).
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