Short-term rental permit rules in Provo, UT — also called Airbnb permits, vacation rental licenses, or STR registration — list the application steps, fees, and operating requirements for hosting.
Provo requires a short-term rental business license under Provo City Code Chapter 6.33; the city only permits STRs in eight commercial and mixed-use zones, not in residential or agricultural zones. Utah Code 10-8-85.4(4) expressly authorizes the city to require this license.
Operating a short-term rental (a residence rented for periods of less than one month, e.g. Airbnb or VRBO) in Provo requires a commercial business license issued under Provo City Code Chapter 6.33 (Short-Term Rental Dwellings), enacted by Ordinance 2024-19 on April 16, 2024. Section 6.33.020 requires the license, and applicants select the 'short-term rental' classification through the city's CityView business license portal; the application fee is $125. STRs are permitted by Provo only in the DT1, DT2, SC3, GW, WG, FC1, FC2, and PIC zones, and are prohibited in residential zones. Utah Code 10-8-85.4(4) confirms that a municipality 'may adopt an ordinance requiring the owner or lessee of a short-term rental to obtain a business license or other permit from the municipality before operating a short-term rental.'
Operating an STR without the required Chapter 6.33 business license, or operating outside a permitted zone, is a code violation subject to Provo's code-enforcement process and, where business-license or zoning requirements are violated, to a city request that the hosting platform remove the listing (Utah Code 10-8-85.4(5)-(6)).
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