Short-Term Rentals in Utah (2026)

Utah Code 10-8-85.4 and 17-50-338 prohibit municipalities and counties from using listings on short-term rental…

Orem does not license short-term (under-30-day) rentals in residential zones: the zoning code limits dwellings to…

Provo requires a short-term rental business license under Provo City Code Chapter 6.33; the city only permits STRs in…

Sandy prohibits leasing any dwelling for under 30 days without first obtaining both an STR special use permit and a…

Anyone renting a home for less than thirty consecutive days in unincorporated Iron County must first get a short-term…

In Logan City, Utah, nobody can keep, conduct, operate or maintain a short term rental without a business license…

Ogden City Code § 15-13-38(D) makes it unlawful to rent a dwelling as a short-term rental without a valid current Ogden…

Salt Lake City requires a short-term rental business license before any dwelling can be advertised or rented for stays…

South Jordan requires anyone operating a hotel, motel, or short term rental to keep a guest register recording each…

Washington County requires a written Short Term Rental License application filed with Community Development at least 30…

Renting a home for less than 30 days anywhere in unincorporated Weber County without short-term rental approval is…

West Jordan requires a short-term rental license under City Code section 4-2R-4 before anyone rents a dwelling, or part…

Every short-term rental in Lehi needs a current business license under Development Code Section 12.240.E, displayed…

Short-term rental license applications in unincorporated Salt Lake County must list the property, room and guest…

St. George requires a city business license for every short term residential rental property, with one license covering…

Salt Lake City STR licensees must control noise and nuisance, and three verified violations in 12 months can get the…

A second noise violation at a Sandy short-term rental within any 72-hour period forces the owner to immediately evict…

Washington County bans events, parties, and excessive noise at any short-term rental, defining quiet time as 10 p.m. to…

Weber County short-term rentals must stay under 50 decibels at the property line between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and…

STRs must follow city noise ordinances. Bountiful requires no audible sound at the property line from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Iron County must keep noise inside between ten p.m. and ten a.m. under Iron County…

Lehi puts the burden on the host, not the City, to set STR noise limits: Development Code Section 12.240.H requires the…

Short term rentals in Logan City, Utah must follow the noise standards in Chapter 8.16 and keep posted quiet hours…

Ogden ties short-term rental licensing directly to noise compliance. A short-term rental that becomes a nuisance…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Salt Lake County must be laid out so noise and foot traffic don't substantially…

Utah imposes a state-administered transient room tax framework under Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 3, applying to lodging…

Eagle Mountain charges a 1% transient room tax on short-term rentals, defined as homes, condos, apartments or trailer…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Iron County pay a four and one-quarter percent transient room tax under Iron…

A short term rental in Logan City, Utah pays an annual business license fee set in the consolidated fee schedule…

Ogden City taxes short-term rentals as public accommodations: Ogden City Code § 5-2D-2 levies a one percent transient…

Salt Lake City levies a 1% transient room tax on short-term rental stays under 30 days, collected by the state tax…

A short-term rental in unincorporated Salt Lake County pays the same annual fee as a general business license, set in…

Sandy short-term rental owners must pay every tax and fee tied to the rental: the special use permit fee, the business…

St. George levies a 1% transient room tax on gross rental revenue from stays under 30 consecutive days, and City Code…

Every Washington County short-term rental must collect and remit all applicable taxes, including the transient room…

Every Weber County short-term rental owner must collect and remit all applicable state and local taxes on their rental…

West Jordan ties a short-term rental's license fee and its renewal to money owed the city. City Code section…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Iron County must provide parking on the rental property itself under Iron…

Lehi requires all short-term rental parking to be off-street and to meet Table 37.070's parking counts under…

Ogden City Code § 15-13-38(J)(4)-(5) ties every short-term rental to an on-site parking table, from two spaces for one…

Every Provo short-term rental license application must include a parking plan, reviewed and approved by administrative…

Salt Lake City requires every licensed short-term rental to provide at least one off-street parking stall reserved for…

Sandy requires every short-term rental to have a written off-street parking plan limited to the existing garage…

Washington County requires one graveled or paved on-site parking stall per approved bedroom for every short-term…

Weber County requires licensed short-term rentals to provide at least one nine-by-twenty-foot parking space for every…

West Jordan's short-term rental license conditions, at City Code section 4-2R-4(B)(2), require that parking for guests…

Every short term rental in Logan City, Utah must post, in a conspicuous place inside the unit, the maximum number of…

Orem City Code 22-6-2(F) restricts a single-family dwelling to occupancy 'by one single family,' and the 22-2-1…

Provo does not set a separate per-guest STR occupancy cap, but it sharply limits STR location: they are allowed only in…

Lehi caps every short-term rental at 10 renters at a time, or fewer if off-street parking cannot support that many…

In Logan City, Utah, every sleeping room in a short term rental must meet current international code egress…

Ogden City Code § 15-13-38(J)(1) caps every short-term rental at two guests per sleeping room, counting any long-term…

Salt Lake City ties short-term rental occupancy caps to fire and building code limits rather than a flat headcount…

Sandy caps short-term rental occupancy at eight renters and forbids renting to more than one party at a time. The rule…

Washington County caps every short-term rental at four guests per approved bedroom, counted against the bedrooms listed…

Weber County caps short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus four, up to a hard ceiling of ten people…

Salt Lake County sets no county-written guest number for short-term rentals; instead §5.19.080 requires a permanent…

Provo requires every short-term rental license applicant to submit proof of liability insurance for each licensed…

Washington County requires every short-term rental license applicant to sign a Compliance Affidavit certifying the…

Utah defines a short-term rental as a stay under 30 consecutive days. No Davis County city imposes an annual night cap…

Salt Lake City limits licensed short-term rentals to 200 nights of occupancy per year under the annual license period.

Sandy limits whole-dwelling short-term rentals to 182 nights per year. The annual cap is written directly into the STR…

Lehi lets short-term rentals operate in every residential zone, but Development Code Section 12.240.C requires the…

Every short term rental in Logan City, Utah needs a designated local contact or property manager who resides within one…

Ogden City Code § 15-13-38(J)(9) requires every short-term rental to keep an agent available during the rental period…

Salt Lake County does not require an owner or host to live on site at a licensed short-term rental. Instead, Code…

St. George does not require an on-site host, but every short-term rental must have a local property manager reachable…

Washington County requires every short-term rental to have an owner, owner-occupant, or designated local property…

In Ogden City's R-1 zones, § 15-13-38(C)(1) limits short-term rentals to owner-occupied units, defined in Subsection B…

Sandy only permits short-term rentals inside a home the owner actually lives in. The owner must reside there at least…

A Washington County Short Term Rental License will not issue unless the single-family home or its ADU is…

Lehi allows short-term rentals in every residential zone, but only out of the operator's own home. Development Code…

Sandy lets an owner rent out a portion of their home, rather than the whole dwelling, for all 365 nights of the year…

A Sandy short-term rental owner who racks up a third violation notice in any 12-month period loses the STR license and…

Three written violations of Iron County's short-term rental ordinance can cost an operator the rental's business…

Lehi ties every short-term rental's annual business license renewal to its complaint history: Development Code Section…

In Logan City, Utah, three or more violations of the short term rental chapter or the Land Development Code within any…

Salt Lake City suspends a short-term rental license after three verified nuisance, noise, or parking violations in…

Washington County's short-term rental ordinance runs on a three-strikes system: once the Community Development…

Weber County tracks minor and major violations against a short-term rental license: three minor violations in 12 months…

Ogden will not pull a short-term rental license over a single parking or visitor complaint. Revocation requires a…

Provo requires hosting platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo to report every local listing twice a year and bars them from…

Ogden City Code shields short-term rental hosts from punishment based solely on a listing itself. A property owner or…