Ogden, UT Short-Term Rentals: Host Platform Liability (2026)

Section 15-13-38 governs short-term rental advertising in Ogden City. Subsection L makes it unlawful for an owner or agent to advertise, orally represent, or sign a rental contract that authorizes more occupants, outdoor sleeping, or more parking than the license allows. 4 carves out a specific protection: notwithstanding the rest of the section, a person cannot be fined, charged, prosecuted, denied a business license, or otherwise punished solely because the short-term rental was listed or offered on a short-term rental website (a platform such as Airbnb or Vrbo).

The liability exposure instead attaches to the substance of what is advertised or represented, not to the mere fact of the listing. Advertisements themselves must still disclose the license number, sleeping room count, basement ceiling heights between 6'8" and 7', maximum occupancy, pet policy, number of legal off-street parking spaces, a notice that guest street parking is prohibited within two blocks in residential zones, and a notice that events are not allowed, per subsection K. The Building Services Division administers short-term rental licensing citywide, and Community and Economic Development enforces the advertising standards alongside Code Enforcement.