Salt Lake City, UT short-term rental license

What Salt Lake City asks of you

• Section 5.13.010 defines a short-term rental as a dwelling, or part of one, offered as paid lodging for less than 30 days.^[5]

• It is unlawful to operate, maintain or advertise a short-term rental without a valid license. Each dwelling unit needs its own.^[5]

• Business Licensing began accepting short-term rental applications on July 1, 2026.^[6]

• Licenses go only to property in 17 listed zones: six mixed-use zones, the four downtown zones and seven others, from M1 to JRF.^[5]

• The city's planning answers state that short-term rentals are generally not allowed in its residential zones.^[6]

• No licensee may hold more than one license in the city, directly or through a third party. Entities under common control count as one.^[5]

• Buildings with 10 dwelling units or fewer get one license. Larger buildings may license up to 10% of their units.^[5]

• The application names a local contact with a home or office in Salt Lake County. That person is reachable around the clock and responds within two hours.^[5]

• A condominium needs written consent from its homeowners association. A rented dwelling needs the landlord's consent.^[5]

• Each rental keeps at least one off-street parking stall for the exclusive use of its guests.^[5]

• The license number appears conspicuously in every advertisement, listing and booking platform page.^[5]

• A city notice posted inside and near the front door shows the license number. It also gives the local contact's text number and email.^[5]

• The license is renewed every year, with the fee set in the city's consolidated fee schedule.^[5]

• The consolidated fee schedule amended June 16, 2026 lists $342 per short-term rental unit. The base license fee comes on top.^[7]

• Three verified noise, nuisance or parking violations within 12 months can suspend the license for the rest of the license period.^[5]

• After suspensions in three consecutive license periods, the city may revoke the license. The dwelling and licensee then wait at least three years.^[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]