Logan, UT Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

Chapter 5.16 of the Logan Municipal Code defines a home occupation as any business activity conducted or operated from or in a residential premises within the City that is secondary to and compatible with the residential use of the property. The zoning gate comes first. Under section 5.16.040, an applicant who needs a license must obtain a home occupation permit from the City Zoning Administrator, who reviews each request against the definitions of permitted home occupations in the zoning ordinance. Only after presenting that approved permit to the Business Licensing Division does the applicant receive, fill out and file a business license application under chapter 5.02, and the chapter 5.02 provisions then control license requirements, fees, exemptions and renewals.

Section 5.16.060 is one sentence: home occupations shall comply with all zoning requirements. The use and dimensional standards behind that sentence sit in Title 17, the Logan Land Development Code, which is a separate title from the license chapter quoted here.

Section 5.16.020 exempts a home occupation from the business license unless the combined offsite impact of the home-based business and the primary residential use materially exceeds the offsite impact of the primary residential use alone. An exempt business still answers to other state and local business licensing regulations, including those in Title 17. An exempt owner who wants a local license anyway can apply to the Logan City Business Licensing Division and pay the administrative fee for application and renewal shown on the Logan City fee schedule.

A business that does need a license must display it conspicuously in its place of business so it is plainly visible to the public (5.16.030). Section 5.16.050 reserves the division's right to inspect any home occupation premises that presents a potential danger to the public health, morals or welfare, though it does not require every premises to be inspected.