Sandy, UT Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Sandy City Code § 21-11-26 gives the Community Development Director, or a designee, front-line enforcement over every residential short-term rental (STR). When a violation is found, the Director requires the owner to halt, eradicate, destroy, remove, or otherwise cure it within 48 hours (longer if the Director allows). The issuing officer can then write a citation or notice of violation spelling out the violation and the penalty. The ordinance escalates hard on repetition: a first and second violation in a rolling 12-month window draw a civil fine, but a third violation in that same 12-month period triggers automatic revocation of both the short-term rental license (STRL) and the STR special use permit, in addition to the fine.

Once revoked, the owner is ineligible to hold either an STRL or an STR special use permit for two full years, counted from the date of the third notice of violation. Any additional violation that lands within 12 months after that third strike carries a civil fine plus the same permit-and-license ban. Fines are set and collected under the City's general fee schedule and enforcement provisions in Title 1, Chapter 4, and the City may pursue enforcement criminally, civilly, or administratively under that same title.

Sandy also uses short-term rental tracking software, budget permitting, to help flag repeat offenders. The underlying STR rules that generate violations include an eight-person occupancy cap, a 29-consecutive-night maximum stay, a 182-night annual cap on whole-dwelling rentals, a required off-street parking plan, and a rule that the owner must evict all renters immediately if noise complaints recur more than once in any 72-hour period.