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2025 Legislative Policy

The Park City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau represents over 1000 businesses in Summit County, UT. Our board of directors are in support of the following statements as they apply to local, state and federal policies.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & BUSINESS CLIMATE

  • Maintaining a stable and predictable regulatory business environment, tax structure and encouraging smart economic development and sustainable initiatives.
  • Maintaining TRT funding for Utah’s tourism promotion, destination development, and destination management efforts.
  • Investments and policy to preserve Utah’s branding as a favorable environment for business, tourism, and job creation, including film and multimedia production.
  • Encouraging collaboration and increased public-private partnerships to strengthen Utah’s economy
  • Rural economic development incentives that improve effectiveness of existing programs and reduce potential duplications.
  • Creating Convention and Tourism Assessment Areas (CTAA) as an available tool throughout the state.
  • Legislation that protects businesses from frivolous lawsuits.
  • Deliberate and careful consideration of tariffs and their potential impact on business and the economy
  • Policies and funding allocations to the advancement of goals of the Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

  • Local and State government investment in programs to address labor shortages and a stable workforce such as housing, insurance and childcare.
  • Funding for workforce reentry programs, focusing on assisting displaced workers, women re-entering the workforce and underserved communities.
  • Targeted workforce development investments and partnerships with Utah’s K-12 and higher education system to meet identified workforce needs.
  • Policies to remove discriminatory hiring and employment practices, close the gender wage gap, and create greater equality in hiring and advancement.

TAXATION

  • A taxation system that is competitive, fair, consistent, and easily administered, that will attract new investments and support Utah jobs.
  • Continued investment of Transient Room Taxes (TRT) to benefit the visitor economy.
  • Transparency in tax collections and compliance for Short Term Rental (STR) and vacation rentals by owner platforms to ensure all remit accurate taxes.
  • All STR lodging properties to be on an equal playing field regarding taxation and auditability.
  • Continuous improvement of State Tax Commission policies & procedures to ensure tax collection accuracy, management, and system ease of use by taxpayers.

HOUSING

  • Ongoing funding and strategies to address Summit County’s affordable housing crisis
  • Public/private partnerships to address housing diversity and affordability issues.
  • Workforce development efforts that address Utah’s ongoing construction and trade labor shortage.
  • Efforts to address short term rental (STR) and vacation rental by owner (VRBO) impacts on local housing inventory and safety.

COMMUNITY & ARTS

  • Policies raising awareness of the economic and cultural value of creative industries
  • Development and funding of Utah’s recreational assets to ensure preservation and access to meet growing demands by residents and visitors.
  • Development and funding of arts & culture assets, programming, and events, as tools for a healthy, thriving, and diverse economy and community.
  • Raising the visibility, understanding and support of the f1ilm industry as a form of economic development.

TRANSPORTATION

  • Utilize the 2034 Winter Olympic Games to accelerate regional transportation improvements to Utah’s interstate system, specifically SR 224/Kimball Junction and SR 248.
  • Transportation policies, innovation, and plans that provide high-quality of life by promoting good health, better mobility, a strong economy, and connected communities.
  • Investment in electric charging stations to meet the growth in electric vehicle usage
  • Funding for public transit solutions to ski resorts and mountain communities.
  • Programming to provide technical assistance to local communities as they plan for growth, specifically the connection between transportation, land use, and transit- oriented development.
  • High Valley Transit’s and Park City Municipal’s efforts to develop local and regional transportation infrastructure.
  • Funding of state and regional trails connectivity and active transportation.

ALCOHOL SALES AND LICENSING

  • Licensee pricing for Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS) products.
  • Allowing 18–20-year-old restaurant servers to assist with Utah’s restaurant labor shortage.
  • Flexibility with alcohol portability, delivery and storage in licensed venues.
  • Flexibility and increasing the number of special single event permits per venue.
  • Re-allocation of the percentage split for food sales (70%) vs alcohol sales (30%) to address rising costs, competitive advantage and changing clientele.
  • Increased quotas/formulas for restaurant, bar and banquet licenses – due to rapid Utah growth.
  • Simplification and streamlining of licenses to improve DABS’ ability to allow exceptions to statutory proximity limitations
  • Expanding alcohol licenses at resorts to include wine and spirits.

HEALTH CARE

  • Reforms that lower healthcare costs, foster innovation, and enhance the private market.
  • Improved price transparency to better inform businesses and families about their health care costs.
  • Policies that make access to mental health care services simpler and more affordable, reduce provider shortage, and prevent suicides in our state.

ENVIRONMENT

  • City and County efforts to achieve North America’s most ambitious climate goals: to be net-zero carbon community-wide by 2030 and to achieve net 100% renewable electrical energy by 2030.
  • Legislation, regulation and investment to strengthen resilience, sustainability and reliability of the electric power grid.
  • Diversification of energy supply, including solar, wind, nuclear, and geothermal
  • Initiatives and partnerships to reduce emissions and improve air quality.
  • Policies to implement the goals of the Utah Climate and Clean Air Compact.
  • Advancements in water technology and infrastructure, to improve efficiency and conservation.
  • Water rights law stability, predictability and incentives for water rights holders.
  • Policies and investment to protect the Great Salt Lake.
  • Incentives for businesses to increase building energy efficiency

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & MITIGATION

  • Funding and polices for forestry management to mitigate impact of wildfire and to protect the watershed.
  • Funding, resources and policy to address wildfire mitigation as a key component of combating climate change and to minimize the health, environmental and economic consequences of prolonged wildfire smoke.
  • Protections for businesses and residents ability to obtain fire insurance.

IMMIGRATION

  • Comprehensive federal immigration reform encouraging economic growth.
  • Immigration laws that comply with the principles of the Utah Compact and promote the education, availability, and expertise of our workforce.
  • Policies that encourage expansion of international worker visa protections to assist with the labor shortage.