Eagle Mountain, UT Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Eagle Mountain has not adopted a stand-alone short-term rental ordinance that sets a maximum number of overnight guests or a persons-per-bedroom limit. The principal code reference is EMMC Chapter 3.40 (Transient Room Tax), which defines a short-term rental as a public transient facility offering sleeping accommodations or temporary living arrangements for a period of less than 30 consecutive days, and which imposes a one-percent transient room tax on rents charged. Persons operating a short-term rental are required under Chapter 3.40 to keep records in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles for at least three years and to make those records available to Eagle Mountain City or the Utah State Tax Commission. Short-term rentals operated as a business out of a home are also subject to EMMC Chapter 17.65 (Home Businesses) and the business licensing requirements of EMMC Chapter 5.05. Chapter 17.65 limits a home business to no more than one-third of the dwelling's total floor area, allows only one on-premises non-resident employee, and limits customer-facing operating hours to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., but it does not establish a numeric overnight-guest cap. Eagle Mountain separately prohibits short-term renting of accessory dwelling units: EMMC Chapter 17.70 provides that an ADU may not be rented for a period of less than 30 consecutive days. Operators must also comply with the Utah Residential Code and the Utah Fire Code as adopted by Eagle Mountain, which set egress, smoke alarm, and carbon monoxide alarm requirements that effectively cap habitable sleeping rooms based on bedroom egress and floor area, but the city itself does not publish a per-rental occupant limit. Utah Code 10-8-85.4 prevents Utah cities from prohibiting an individual from listing or offering a short-term rental on a short-term rental website, while leaving zoning, business licensing, life-safety, and tax rules to the city. Operators should confirm any occupant limits with the Planning Division and Building Division before advertising a stated guest count.