Ogden, UT Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

An applicant for an Ogden City short-term rental license must submit floor plans labeling every room's use, a drawing or description of the legal off-street parking that will serve the rental, a statement of how transient room tax will be collected and remitted along with a state sales tax license or proof a third party will remit it, a statement of whether the unit will be owner-occupied with supporting proof such as a driver's license address, voter registration or tax return, the name and phone number of the required responding agent, and the applicable fee set in § 4-6-1.

The Building Services Division reviews the application and the planning manager approves or denies it based on compliance with § 15-13-38 and payment of that fee. An approved license runs for one year from issuance and must be renewed annually; renewal requires fresh proof of owner-occupancy where applicable and evidence that the required neighbor mailing was sent. Selling the property invalidates the license unless the new owner obtains a fresh one within 90 days of the ownership change and before operating the rental. Before any license issues, and again at scheduled intervals, the Building Services Division inspects the structure at initial application, after any housing complaint, and every two years for non-owner-occupied units, confirming compliance with the application, building and fire codes, egress windows in sleeping rooms, a functioning interconnected fire alarm, and a tagged fire extinguisher rated at least 2-A:10BC.