Brighton, UT short-term rental limits

What Brighton asks of you

• Section 5.19.010 covers any dwelling, condominiums included, used in whole or in part for lodging of less than 30 consecutive days.^[5]

• Two communities cap licenses at 15% of the dwellings with water and sewer connections on May 1, 2025. That makes 31 in Silver Fork, then 5 in Pine Tree.^[5]

• When a cap is reached, complete applications join a waitlist by date received. An owner reached on the list has 14 business days to proceed.^[5]

• Five neighborhoods ban short-term rentals outright, among them Mount Haven, Laurel Pines and Cardiff Fork.^[6]

• The Forest Service prohibits short-term rentals on properties sitting on Forest Service land.^[6]

• Letters from the water provider and the sewer district confirm year-round service before the first license.^[5]

• No rental may be shorter than two nights.^[5]

• Occupancy is limited to 15 people or the fire code maximum, whichever is smaller. Larger groups require a hotel license.^[5]

• A home with an internal accessory dwelling unit may hold one short-term rental license, for one unit or the whole property.^[5]

• Parking is two spaces per dwelling plus one per bedroom beyond two, all on the property.^[6]

• Before licensing, the applicant notifies every dwelling within 300 feet of the property. Renewals repeat the notice at least every three years.^[6]

• Smoke alarms go in each bedroom and adjoining hallway. Carbon monoxide detectors go on each floor.^[5]

• Quiet hours run from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Open fires are banned, apart from gas grills, gas stoves and pellet smokers.^[5]

• Every short-term rental is inspected for building and fire code compliance every three years.^[5]

• Two violations within six months can bring suspension or revocation. A revoked owner waits one year to apply again.^[5]

• The license fee equals the general business license fee in the town's consolidated fee schedule.^[5]

• Operating without a business license is fined $650 per day.^[6]

• Rentals in the Solitude Village Master Association area are exempt from several rules, the two-night minimum among them.^[5]

What Utah asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• Under Utah Code § 10-8-85.4, a city may make you get a business license or permit first. It may not punish you merely for advertising the home online.^[1]

• Lodging rented for less than 30 consecutive days owes the state sales tax of 4.85%, made of 4.70% and 0.15%. Local sales taxes come on top.^[2]

• The State Transient Room Tax Act charges 1.07% on the same stays, a 0.32% rate plus a 0.75% rate. Stays in a county of the first class owe another 0.25%.^[3]

• Marketplace facilitators such as Airbnb collect both the sales tax and the room taxes on stays they book. Hosts who also take direct bookings register both accounts on form TC-69.^[4]