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2020 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 (2020)
Effective 5/14/2019
11-56-103. Licensing -- Reciprocity -- Fees.
Amended by Chapter 260, 2019 General Session
11-56-103. Licensing -- Reciprocity -- Fees.
- (1) A political subdivision may not:
- (a) require a separate license, permit, or fee beyond the initial or reciprocal business license described in Subsection (2) and the fee described in Subsection (3) for a food truck business, regardless of whether a food truck operates 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 business employs; or
- (c) as a business license qualification, require a food truck business to, regarding a food truck operator or food truck vendor:
- (i) submit to or offer proof of a criminal background check; or
- (ii) demonstrate how the operation of the food truck business will comply with a land use or zoning ordinance at the time the business 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 business that has obtained a business license to operate a food truck in another political subdivision within the state if the food truck business presents to the political subdivision:
- (i) a current business license from the other political subdivision within the state; and
- (ii) for each food truck that the food truck business operates:
- (A) a current health department food truck permit from a local health department within the state; and
- (B) 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 business presents the documents described in Subsection (2)(a), the political subdivision may not:
- (i) impose additional license qualification requirements on the food truck business 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 to the extent that the regulations and ordinances do not conflict with this chapter.
- (a) A political subdivision shall grant a business license to operate a food truck within the political subdivision to a food truck business that has obtained a business license to operate a food truck in another political subdivision within the state if the food truck business presents to the political subdivision:
- (3)
- (a) For an initial business license, a political subdivision may only charge a licensing fee to a food truck business in an amount that reimburses the political subdivision for the actual cost of processing the business license.
- (b) For a reciprocal 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 for processing the reciprocal license.
- (4) Nothing in this section prevents a political subdivision from:
- (a) requiring a food truck business to comply with local zoning and land use regulations to the extent that the regulations do not conflict with this chapter;
- (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 business 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 260, 2019 General Session
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