What permits do you need to open a restaurant in Davis County Ut?

Food Establishment Permit

Any restaurant or coffee shop operating anywhere in Davis County — inside any of the 15 incorporated cities or in the unincorporated area — needs this annual permit from the Davis County Health Department, priced by risk category under the current, signed Board of Health Food Service Sanitation Regulation (effective September 23, 1980, last revised August 20, 2024): Risk 1 $225.00, Risk 2 $350.00, Risk 3 $475.00, Risk 4 $600.00, and Risk 5 $1,200.00. A plan review for new construction is $750.00, a site review where construction proceeded without a prior plan submittal is $1,500.00, and a limited/remodel plan review or a change of ownership is billed as one combined $300.00 fee line, not two separate charges. DCHD is a single-county health department that reaches every incorporated city and the unincorporated area alike, unlike the county's own CED programs, which reach unincorporated territory only.

Microenterprise Home Kitchen Permit

A home-based restaurant operation anywhere in Davis County needs this permit, priced at $300.00 a year under the current, signed Board of Health Food Service Sanitation Regulation (effective September 23, 1980, last revised August 20, 2024), with an additional $100.00 fee if a Division inspection finds the kitchen produced adulterated food or was the source of a foodborne illness outbreak. Utah Admin. Code R392-106-5 requires that a local health department set this fee at an amount that reimburses its own cost of regulating a microenterprise home kitchen — Davis County, not the state, sets the $300.00 figure, and no conflicting state-set amount exists. This record is cited to the current, signed, Aug-20-2024-revised regulation, not to any earlier draft; DCHD reaches every incorporated city and the unincorporated area alike.

Beer (Retail) License

A restaurant, coffee shop, retail store, or food truck selling or serving beer in unincorporated Davis County needs this license from the Davis County Commission, separate from the general business license: $75.00 a year for an Off-Premises Beer Retailer license, or $100.00 a year for an On-Premises Beer Retailer license, both re-confirmed against the county's own freshly re-downloaded current fee schedule. An on-premise retailer must also hold a state DABS license, and Davis County Code §5.04.350 bars a license from being granted within 600 feet of a church or school. Applies only in unincorporated Davis County — a business inside any of the county's 15 incorporated cities instead applies to that city for its own beer license. The county's own Handbook and Guide for Doing Business still quotes the underlying ordinance text using the pre-2010 'Title 32A' and pre-2022 'ABCC' names for what is now Utah Code Title 32B and the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services; that citation-hygiene issue does not affect either dollar figure above.

Food Handler Card

A food handler card is required, and it must come from a provider on the state's own approved list — the agriculture department publishes that list directly and states plainly that a card from an unapproved source will not be accepted by a local health department. Utah Administrative Code R392-103 sets the food handler permit fee at no more than $15, uniform statewide, payable to the local health department, and states that food handler permits are valid for 3 years statewide; a training provider may charge its own reasonable training fee on top. Confirm the provider's training price before budgeting for it.

Shared with other businesses in Davis County Ut

• Seasonal Food Establishment Permit (including Flavored Ice) — Davis County Health Department, Environmental Health Division, Risk 1 / Flavored Ice $200.00; Risk 2 $350.00; Flavored Ice plan/site review $50.00 each; Risk 1/2 plan review $750.00, site review $1,500.00 (shared with the general Food Establishment Plan Review fee line)., Seasonal, April 1 to October 31. Also required for coffee shops and food trucks; what it involves is set out on the food trucks page.
• Food Handler Permit — Davis County Health Department, Environmental Health Division, $25.00 combined per individual (itemized in the current regulation as a $15.00 permit plus $10.00 training); duplicate/replacement card $10.00., Not stated in the published fee schedule. Also required for coffee shops, food trucks and childcare centres; what it involves is set out on the food trucks page.
• Temporary Food Establishment Permit — Davis County Health Department, Environmental Health Division, Single event: Risk I $70.00, Risk II $100.00. Annual (January 1 to December 31): Risk I $200.00, Risk II $275.00. Late fee $20.00 if submitted fewer than 2 business days before the event; $50.00 on-site penalty if operating without a permit obtained beforehand., Per event (up to 14 days), or annual (January 1 to December 31). Also required for coffee shops and food trucks; what it involves is set out on the food trucks page.
• Food Service Establishment Permit (local, not state) — Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, Regulatory Services Division, No fee, set locally. Also required for coffee shops and food trucks; what it involves is set out on the food trucks page.