Logan, UT Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Chapter 5.17 of the Logan Municipal Code treats an owner who rents out housing as a business licensee. A rental dwelling is a building or portion of a building used or designated for use as a legally established dwelling unit that is available to be rented, loaned, leased, or hired out for a period of one month or longer. Section 5.17.030 makes it unlawful for any owner to keep, conduct, operate or maintain one without a business license. An owner of multiple rental dwellings or multiple buildings needs only one license. The license is not transferable, and an owner who transfers or otherwise disposes of legal or equitable control of a rental dwelling must give written notice to the business license official within thirty (30) days, naming the person or entity succeeding to ownership or control.

Section 5.17.030(C) excuses a dwelling that is ordinarily owner occupied but temporarily rented because the owner is placed in a hospital, nursing home, assisted living facility or similar facility, or has a bona fide temporary absence of three (3) years or less for activities such as temporary job assignments, sabbaticals or voluntary service. Indefinite absences do not qualify.

The application follows section 5.02.060 and adds the address of each rental dwelling, the owner's name, address and home and business telephone numbers, an agent residing in Utah authorized for service of process if applicable, and the owner's signed certification that use and occupancy conform to applicable ordinances (5.17.040). Under section 5.17.050, Logan evaluates each declared rental dwelling for eligibility: it must sit in a zoning district that allows the same type of occupancy, or be determined legally existing nonconforming.

The fee is set in the consolidated fee schedule adopted by the municipal council, is paid annually, and is delinquent if paid after the license expiration date (5.17.060). Issuing a license does not legalize an illegally created dwelling unit or recognize a nonconformity (5.17.070).