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    • A: Impact Fees Act
    • Appealing Land Use Decisions
    • E: Entitlement to Application Approval (Vesting)
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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
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  • B.A.M. Development, LLC v. Salt Lake County (“BAM I”)
  • B.A.M. Development, LLC v. Salt Lake County (“BAM II”)
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  • Cedar Mountain Environmental, Inc. v. Tooele County
  • City of Grantsville v. Tooele City
  • City of Hildale v. Cooke
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  • Colman v. Utah State Land Board
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  • Davis County v. Zions First National Bank
  • Dolan v. City of Tigard
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  • 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.
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  • First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles
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  • 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
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  • H.B. 358: Instream Flow Amendments
  • H.B. 360: Water and Irrigation Revisions
  • H.B. 36: Storm Water Capture Amendments
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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Vested Rights Cases

Patterson v. American Fork–The Vested Rights Rule is based on estoppel, or detrimental reliance on a zoning ordinance.  

Scherbel v. Salt Lake City–No vested rights if an application does not conform to the zoning ordinance.

Western Land Equities v. City of Logan–Establishes Utah’s Vested Rights Rule.

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Phone: (801) 530-6391
Toll-free in Utah: 1-877-882-4662
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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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