West Valley City
City of West Valley City Finance Department, Business Licensing Division
In short
City of West Valley City Finance Department, Business Licensing Division issues 2 permits we publish for West Valley City, last verified 2026-09-09. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Vending Unit License | City of West Valley City Finance Department, Business Licensing Division | The fee schedule (§ 1-2-104) and the vending ordinance publish no separate dollar figure for the Food Vending Unit license beyond the standard base business license ($110/year plus $10/year per employee, shown in the General Business License record), so that base figure is the one given here. | fixed annual term running May 15 to May 14 the following year, regardless of issue date (a mid-cycle issuance is prorated to the same May 14 end date) | 2026-09-09 |
| General Business License | City of West Valley City Finance Department, Business Licensing Division | A single flat base Commercial license fee of $110/year plus $10/year per employee — the same figure for every business type among the ten industries this site tracks except where a narrow named 'Disproportionate Service Fee' category applies (Alcoholic Beverage Licensees, Banks/Credit Unions, Department Stores, Drive-In Theaters, large Home Improvement Centers, Hotels/Motels, Mobile Home Parks, Rental Dwelling Units, Pawnshops, Racetracks, Salvage Yards — none of which match a restaurant, retailer, contractor, childcare centre, salon, fitness studio, veterinary clinic or ordinary auto-repair shop). Business-license compliance inspections (building and fire) are billed separately: $50 for up to two building and two fire inspections, $30 for each additional inspection. A restaurant or bar that also holds a Utah DABC alcohol license separately owes $500 per DABC license category held, in addition to the base fee. | annual — unless otherwise provided, expires each year on the first day of the month in which the license was originally issued | 2026-09-09 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Food Vending Unit License
No more than fifteen Food Vending Unit licenses are issued citywide at any time. New applications are accepted only between April 1 and May 1 each year (year-round if fewer than fifteen are currently issued); an applicant turned away for lack of an open slot is placed on a waiting list rather than simply told to reapply, with priority renewal for current licensees not cited or closed by the Health Department more than twice in the prior year. A license covers one unit at one location; applicants must submit both a standard business license application and a separate Planning and Zoning Division application, plus evidence of approval from the Health Department and the West Valley City Fire Department, a notarized property-owner permission letter, and a commissary/restroom agreement. Operationally, vending is confined to 7:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m., a vehicle may not remain at one location (or within 500 feet of it) more than four hours per day, and units may carry no awnings, tarps or furniture. This is the city's own vending license; the Salt Lake County Health Department's separate Mobile Food Service Permit (recorded below) additionally licenses the food-safety side and is required on top of this one.
General Business License
Mandatory for any person engaging in business within city limits; a separate license is required for each type of business and each place of business, and each day of noncompliance is its own violation. Exempt: home occupations grossing under $2,000/year, produce stands selling only self-grown produce, vehicles merely passing through or in interstate commerce, and deliveries from an out-of-city business already licensed at home. The Planning & Zoning Division should be contacted before committing to a location to confirm the business activity is allowed there — see the Zoning Determination Letter record below.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- West Valley City
- Phone
- (801) 963-3290
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Business Licensing — program overview and mandatory-licence statementCity of West Valley City, Finance Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-09
- West Valley City Municipal Code § 1-2-104, Consolidated Fee Schedule — Finance Department / Business and Economic Services Division fee table: business licence base fee ($110), per-employee fee ($10), business-license compliance-inspection fees, and the Disproportionate Service Fee table by business class — live official Municipal Code, read through a text-extraction retrieval proxy, current through at least Ordinance 26-02 (effective 01/27/2026) as reflected in the same fee-schedule chapterCity of West Valley City, hosted by General Code · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-09
- West Valley City Municipal Code §§ 17-1-101 through 17-1-103 — Definitions (confirming 'Health Department' means the Salt Lake County Health Department), Business License Required (mandatory statement and exemptions), and Application Requirements, License Issuance, and Term (confirming the annual, issue-anniversary expiration date) — live official Municipal Code, read through a text-extraction retrieval proxy because the host returns HTTP 403 to direct automated requestsCity of West Valley City, hosted by General Code · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-09
- West Valley City Municipal Code §§ 17-2-1101 through 17-2-1104 — Food Vending Unit Licenses (the 15-licence citywide cap, April 1–May 1 application window and waiting list), Food Vending Unit Location Regulations, Food Vending Regulations (operating hours, single-location time limit) and Public Streets — live official Municipal Code, read through a text-extraction retrieval proxyCity of West Valley City, hosted by General Code · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-09
Other offices serving West Valley City
- Salt Lake County Health Department, Environmental Health Division (Food Protection Bureau)
- City of West Valley City Community and Economic Development Department, Building Inspection Division
- West Valley City Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division
- City of West Valley City Community and Economic Development Department, Planning and Zoning Division
The full permit list for this jurisdiction
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