19 published records
Business licences and permits in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City's own general Business Licence is mandatory and reviews zoning, fire and building-code compliance in one process; it charges a base fee plus an employee fee plus, for several specific trades, a further named-category fee on the Consolidated Fee Schedule. Food service, mobile-food, and salon/cosmetology premises licensing is delegated to the Salt Lake County Health Department (confirmed as the department's current name via its own history page — the city's own Mobile Food Business page still uses 'Salt Lake Valley Health Department,' a name retired in 2013). No published fee could be found for a Certificate of Occupancy, no Fire Department day-care-specific operational permit was found, and no separate local licence exists for veterinary or fitness-studio use beyond the base business licence.
What are you opening in Salt Lake City?
- RestaurantsFull-service restaurants carry the densest permit load of any small business: food, fire, occupancy, waste, and usually alcohol.See the full permit list
- Coffee shopsCafés are permitted as food service establishments even where no cooking happens, and the plan review step catches most operators by surprise.See the full permit list
- Retail storesRetail is the lightest common permit load, but the sales tax permit and the certificate of occupancy are non-negotiable in every jurisdiction.See the full permit list
- Salons and barbersPersonal care is licensed at state board level as well as locally, so the shop licence and the practitioner licences are separate obligations.See the full permit list
- Food trucksMobile food is the one category with no certificate of occupancy — but it gains a commissary agreement, and the unit itself is inspected rather than the premises.See the full permit list
- Fitness studiosPrepaid memberships trigger state registration and often a surety bond, which catches operators who budgeted only for the fit-out.See the full permit list
- Childcare centresThe heaviest permit load of any small business: state agency licensing, per-person background checks, and a stricter fire standard than ordinary commercial use.See the full permit list
- Contractors and tradesLicensed at state board level rather than locally, and the only common category with no premises permits at all — the bond is usually the long pole.See the full permit list
- Auto repair shopsOrdinary commercial permitting plus an environmental layer: waste oil, solvents and stormwater are each registered separately.See the full permit list
- Veterinary clinicsA state facility permit, controlled substances registration at both state and federal level, and a medical waste manifest — none of which a general business licence covers.See the full permit list
Who issues business permits in Salt Lake City?
Permitting in Salt Lake City is split across 5 agencies we hold records for, with tax registration handled at state level. No single office issues everything, which is why an opening usually means filing in several places rather than one.
Salt Lake City issuing agencies
- Salt Lake County Health Department, Environmental Health Division (Food Protection Bureau)Food establishment and mobile food permits · Cosmetology, body art and tanning facility permits · Child-care facility food-service inspections12 permits
- City of Salt Lake City Finance Department, Business Licensing DivisionGeneral business licence · Home occupation permits · Mobile food business licence9 permits
- City of Salt Lake City, Department of Community and Neighborhoods, Building Services DivisionBuilding, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits · Sign permits · Certificates of occupancy3 permits
- Salt Lake City Fire Department, Fire Prevention BureauFire prevention permits and inspections · Hazardous-materials and place-of-assembly operational permits2 permits
- City of Salt Lake City, Planning DivisionZoning verification letters · Administrative interpretations · Zoning compliance1 permit
Other Utah jurisdictions we cover
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