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    • A: Impact Fees Act
    • Appealing Land Use Decisions
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    • vii. Development Bonds
    • Appealing Review Fees
    • B. Conditional Use Applications
    • C: Limit on Single Family Designation
    • H: Compelling, Countervailing Interests
    • D: Exactions on Development
    • F. Complete Land Use Application
    • G: Proceeding with Reasonable Diligence
    • I: Pending Ordinances
    • J: Requirements Imposed Upon Development
    • K: Compliance with Mandatory Land Use Ordinances
    • L: Review for Application Completeness
    • M: Substantive Review of Application
    • N: Review of Warranty Work for Completion
    • O: Transferable Development Rights
    • Q: Nonconforming Uses and Noncomplying Structures
    • Other Topics (i): Temporary Land Use Ordinances
    • Other Topics (ii): Subdivision Plat Approval
    • Other Topics (iii): Waiver of Conditions
    • Other Topics (iv): Lot Line Adjustment within a Subdivision
    • Other Topics (v): Interpretation of Ordinances
    • Other Topics (vi): Easements
    • Other Topics (vii): Development Bonds
    • Other Topics (viii): Appealing Land Use Decisions
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  • Alta v. Ben Hame Corp.
  • Appeals and Appeal Authorities
  • Appeals from Land Use Decisions
  • B.A.M. Development, LLC v. Salt Lake County (“BAM I”)
  • B.A.M. Development, LLC v. Salt Lake County (“BAM II”)
  • B.A.M. Development, LLC v. Salt Lake County (“BAM III”)
  • Bagford v. Ephraim City
  • Banberry Development Corp. v. South Jordan
  • Berman v. Parker
  • Bills With Low or Coincidental Impact
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  • Bills With Significant or Direct Impact
  • Bingham v. Roosevelt City
  • Boundary Disputes
  • Bountiful City v. DeLuca
  • Bradley v. Payson City
  • Call v. West Jordan
  • Carrier v. Lindquist
  • Cedar Mountain Environmental, Inc. v. Tooele County
  • City of Grantsville v. Tooele City
  • City of Hildale v. Cooke
  • City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey
  • Colman v. Utah State Land Board
  • Conatser v. Johnson
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  • Cornish Town v. Koller
  • Dairy Product Services, Inc. v. Wellsville
  • Davis County v. Clearfield City
  • Davis County v. Zions First National Bank
  • Dolan v. City of Tigard
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  • Exactions
  • Exactions and Impact Fees Cases
  • Farmer’s New World Life Insurance Co. v. Bountiful City
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    • Diamond B-Y Ranches v. Tooele County
    • Lingle v. Chevron USA, Inc.
    • UDOT v. Admiral Beverage Corp.
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  • First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles
  • Fox v. Park City
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  • Glossary
  • Group Home Presentation
  • H.B. 101-S: Homeowners Association Amendments
  • H.B. 11-S: Local Transportation Corridor Preservation Fund Amendments
  • H.B. 111-S2: Eminent Domain Amendments
  • H.B. 113: County Governing Body Amendments
  • H.B. 130-S: Boundary Adjustment Amendments (Amends LUDMA)
  • H.B. 166: Water Rights Amendments
  • H.B. 217-S2: State Fire Code Act Amendments
  • H.B. 224 Impact Fees Amendments (Amends LUDMA)
  • H.B. 236-S: Land Development Revisions (Amends CLUDMA)
  • H.B. 279: Administrative Hearings By Counties
  • H.B. 29: Adjudication of Water Rights
  • H.B. 310: Construction Code Amendments
  • H.B. 326: Division of Water Rights Amendments
  • H.B. 347: Landowner Liability Amendments
  • H.B. 348: Local District Amendments
  • H.B. 358: Instream Flow Amendments
  • H.B. 360: Water and Irrigation Revisions
  • H.B. 36: Storm Water Capture Amendments
  • H.B. 401-S2: Statute of Limitations on Trespass
  • H.B. 54-S2: Property Tax and Appraiser Amendments
  • H.B. 71: Mobile and Manufactured Home Amendments
  • H.B. 73: Water Easement Amendments
  • H.B. 74-S: Property Tax Modifications
  • H.B. 86: Property Tax Certification Date
  • H.B. 88-S2: Land Use Amendments (Amends LUDMA)
  • Hamblin v. Clearfield
  • Harmon City, Inc. v. Draper City
  • Hatch v. Boulder Town
  • Hawai’i Housing Authority v. Midkiff
  • Home Builders Association v. American Fork
  • Impact Fees
  • Just Compensation
  • Just Compensation Cases
  • Kelo v. City of New London
  • Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass’n v. DeBenedictis
  • Koontz v. St Johns River Water Management District
  • Land Use and Development
  • Land Use Regulation Cases
  • LC Canyon Partners, LLC v. Salt Lake County
  • Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp.
  • Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
  • Marion Energy, Inc. v. KFJ Ranch Partnership
  • Morrison v. Horne
  • Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
  • Nonconforming Uses and Noncomplying Structures
  • Olsen v. Park City
  • Pacific West Communities, Inc. v. Grantsville City
  • Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
  • Patterson v. American Fork
  • Pen & Ink, LLC v. Alpine City
  • Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City
  • Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon
  • Petersen v. Riverton City
  • Price Development Co. v. Orem City
  • Provo City v. Ivie
  • Q-2, LLC v. Hughes
  • Recent Presentations
  • Rocky Mountain Thrift Stores, Inc. v. Salt Lake City
  • S.B. 101: Division of Water Rights Revisions
  • S.B. 153: Local Government Development Amendments (Amends LUDMA)
  • S.B. 269-S: Property Tax Revisions
  • S.B. 30: Water and Irrigation Amendments
  • S.B. 64-S: Homeowner Reserve Account Amendments
  • S.B. 90-S2: Condominium and Community Association Amendments
  • Salt Lake City Mission v. Salt Lake City
  • Salt Lake County v. Kartchner
  • Sanguinetti v. United States
  • Save Our Canyons v. Board of Adjustment of Salt Lake County
  • Scherbel v. Salt Lake City
  • Sections of the Utah Code
  • Selman v. Box Elder County
  • Smith Investment Company v. Sandy City
  • Stucker v. Summit County
  • Takings
  • Takings and Eminent Domain
  • Takings Cases
  • Temporary Land Use Regulation (i.e., Moratorium)
  • The Carpet Barn v. UDOT
  • The Land Use, Development, and Management Act (LUDMA)
  • Three D Corp. v. Salt Lake City
  • Tooele Associates, LP v. Tooele City (2011)
  • Tooele County v. Ferrebee
  • Training Request Form
  • Transferable Development Rights
  • UDOT v. Harvey Real Estate
  • Uintah Mountain RTC, LLC v. Duchesne County
  • Utah County v. Baxter
  • Utah County v. Ivie
  • Utah County v. Young
  • Vested Rights
  • Vested Rights Cases
  • Vial v. Provo City
  • Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty
  • Wadsworth v. West Jordan City
  • Wasatch County v. Okelberry
  • Wells v. Salt Lake City
  • Western Land Equities v. City of Logan
  • Wintergreen Group, LLC v. UDOT
  • Xanthos v. Salt Lake City Board of Adjustment
  • Yee v. City of Escondido
  • Zoning Estoppel
  • Zoning Estoppel–Expanded
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Group Home Presentation

Cases used in the July 18, 2013 Webinar on Group Homes

Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center, Inc. v. St. George

Keys Youth Services, Inc. v. City of Olathe

Lewis v. Draper

Oxford House-C v. St. Louis 

Schwarz v. Treasure Island

Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. v. Milwaukee

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160 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah

Phone: (801) 530-6391
Toll-free in Utah: 1-877-882-4662
Fax: (801) 530-6338
Email: propertyrights@utah.gov

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Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman
State of Utah Department of Commerce
P.O. Box 146702
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6702

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