§ 11-56-105 — Mobile business events.

(1) Subject to Subsection (4), a political subdivision may not require a mobile business to pay any fee or obtain from the political subdivision any permit to operate the mobile business at a mobile business event that takes place on private property within the political subdivision, regardless of whether the event is open or closed to the public.
(2) If a mobile business has a business license from any political subdivision within the state, a political subdivision may not require the mobile business to pay a fee or obtain from the political subdivision an additional business license or permit to operate at an event that:

(2)(a) takes place on private property within the political subdivision; and
(2)(b) is not open to the public.
(3) If a political subdivision requires an event permit for a mobile business event, the organizer of the mobile business event may obtain the event permit on behalf of the mobile businesses that service the event.
(4) (4)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a county health department from requiring a permit for a temporary mass gathering.
(4)(b) (4)(b)(i) A mobile business operating at a temporary mass gathering that occurs over multiple days may operate in a stationary manner for the duration of the temporary mass gathering, not to exceed five consecutive days, without moving or changing location if the mobile business maintains sanitary conditions and operates in compliance with the permitting requirements and regulations imposed on other similar vendors at the temporary mass gathering.
(4)(b)(ii) A county health department may not impose a requirement on a mobile business described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) that the county health department does not impose on other similar vendors operating at the temporary mass gathering.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 450, 2023 General Session