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Utah Code Title 10. Utah Municipal Code § 10-8-85.4. Ordinances regarding short-term rentals--Prohibition on ordinances restricting speech on short-term rental websites

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Internal accessory dwelling unit” means the same as that term is defined in Section 10-9a-511.5.

(b) “Residential unit” means a residential structure or any portion of a residential structure that is occupied as a residence.

(c) “Short-term rental” means a residential unit or any portion of a residential unit that the owner of record or the lessee of the residential unit offers for occupancy for fewer than 30 consecutive days.

(d) “Short-term rental website” means a website that:

(i) allows a person to offer a short-term rental to one or more prospective renters; and

(ii) facilitates the renting of, and payment for, a short-term rental.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 10-9a-501 or Subsection 10-9a-503(1), a legislative body may not:

(a) enact or enforce an ordinance that prohibits an individual from listing or offering a short-term rental on a short-term rental website; or

(b) use an ordinance that prohibits the act of renting a short-term rental to fine, charge, prosecute, or otherwise punish an individual solely for the act of listing or offering a short-term rental on a short-term rental website.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an individual who lists or offers an internal accessory dwelling unit as a short-term rental on a short-term rental website if the municipality records a notice for the internal accessory dwelling unit under Subsection 10-9a-530(6).

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