Salt Lake City, UT Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual cap
- 200 nights per license period
- Minimum stay
- 2 consecutive nights
- Recordkeeping
- Track nights occupied, provide on request
- Enacted
- Ord. 38-26 (2026)
Summary
Salt Lake City limits licensed short-term rentals to 200 nights of occupancy per year under the annual license period.
D. Annual Rental Night Cap: No short-term rental shall be rented, leased, or otherwise occupied for more than two hundred (200) nights within any annual license period.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-21: Code current through: Ord. 40-26, passed June 16, 2026).
Full Breakdown
City Code caps every licensed short-term rental at 200 nights of paid occupancy within each annual license period. The cap sits alongside a 2-consecutive-night minimum stay rule in the same section. Licensees must keep records showing nights occupied and hand them over to the city on request, so the cap is auditable, not just aspirational. Violating it risks license suspension under the code's nuisance and enforcement provisions.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding 200 rented nights in a license period is a licensing violation; the city can suspend or revoke the short-term rental business license and bar a new license at that address for a set period.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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