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2018 Utah Code
Title 11 - Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units
Chapter 56 - Food Truck Licensing and Regulation Act
Section 103 - Licensing -- Reciprocity -- Fees.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 11-56-103 (2018)
Effective 5/8/2018
11-56-103. Licensing -- Reciprocity -- Fees.
Amended by Chapter 172, 2018 General Session
11-56-103. Licensing -- Reciprocity -- Fees.
- (1) A political subdivision may not:
- (a) require a separate license or fee beyond the initial business license and fee for the operation of a food truck in more than one location or on more than one day within the political subdivision in the same calendar year;
- (b) require a fee for each employee the food truck operator employs; or
- (c) as a business license qualification, require a food truck operator or food truck vendor to:
- (i) submit to or offer proof of a criminal background check; or
- (ii) demonstrate how the operation of the food truck will comply with a land use or zoning ordinance at the time the operator or vendor applies for the business license.
- (2)
- (a) A political subdivision shall grant a business license to operate a food truck within the political subdivision to a food truck operator who has obtained a business license to operate a food truck in another political subdivision within the state if the food truck operator presents to the political subdivision:
- (i) a current business license from the other political subdivision within the state;
- (ii) a current health department food truck permit from a local health department within the state; and
- (iii) a current approval of a political subdivision within the state that shows that the food truck passed a fire safety inspection that the other political subdivision conducted in accordance with Subsection 11-56-104(4)(a).
- (b) If a food truck operator presents the documents described in Subsection (2)(a), the political subdivision may not:
- (i) impose additional license qualification requirements on the food truck operator before issuing a license to operate within the political subdivision, except for charging a fee in accordance with Subsection (3); or
- (ii) issue a license that expires on a date earlier or later than the day on which the license described in Subsection (2)(a)(i) expires.
- (c) Nothing in this Subsection (2) prevents a political subdivision from enforcing the political subdivision's land use regulations, zoning, and other ordinances in relation to the operation of a food truck.
- (a) A political subdivision shall grant a business license to operate a food truck within the political subdivision to a food truck operator who has obtained a business license to operate a food truck in another political subdivision within the state if the food truck operator presents to the political subdivision:
- (3)
- (a) A political subdivision may only charge a licensing fee to a food truck operator in an amount that reimburses the political subdivision for the actual cost of regulating the food truck.
- (b) For a business license that a political subdivision issues in accordance with Subsection (2), the political subdivision shall reduce the amount of the business licensing fee to an amount that accounts for the actual administrative burden on the political subdivision.
- (4) Nothing in this section prevents a political subdivision from:
- (a) requiring a food truck operator to comply with local zoning and land use regulations;
- (b) promulgating local ordinances and regulations consistent with this section that address how and where a food truck may operate within the political subdivision;
- (c) requiring a food truck operator to obtain an event permit, in accordance with Section 11-56-105; or
- (d) revoking a license that the political subdivision has issued if the operation of the related food truck within the political subdivision violates the terms of the license.
Amended by Chapter 172, 2018 General Session
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