Business license fees and taxes -- Application information to be transmitted to the county assessor.
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(1) As used in this section, "business" means any enterprise carried on for the purpose of gain or economic profit, except that the acts of employees rendering services to employers are not included in this definition.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(a), and subject to Subsection (4)(b), the legislative body of a county may by ordinance provide for the licensing of businesses within the unincorporated areas of the county for the purpose of regulation, and may impose fees on businesses to recover the county's costs of regulation.
(3) All license fees and taxes shall be uniform in respect to the class upon which they are imposed.
(4) A county may not:
(a) require a license or permit for a business that is operated:
(i) only occasionally; and
(ii) by an individual who is under 18 years of age; or
(b) charge a license fee for a home based business unless the combined offsite impact of the home based business and the primary residential use materially exceeds the offsite impact of the primary residential use alone.
(5) The county business licensing agency shall transmit the information from each approved business license application to the county assessor within 60 days following the approval of the application.
(6) This section may not be construed to enhance, diminish, or otherwise alter the taxing power of counties existing prior to the effective date of Laws of Utah 1988, Chapter 144.