2025 bills / H.B. 368
H.B. 368 Local Land Use Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill changes Utah's rules for municipal annexation and boundary adjustments, and for local land use matters such as public hearings, notices, landscaping, warranty work, variances, expedited identical floor plan reviews, and permit withholding. It also limits when cities and counties can require private associations to maintain public amenities or water utilities, and sets a process for deeding property to public entities.
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Official description
- defines terms and modifies definitions
- clarifies and modifies statutes regarding municipal annexation and municipal boundary adjustments
- renumbers and amends Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 4, Annexation, to Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 8, Annexation and Title 10, Chapter 2, Part 9, Municipal Boundary Adjustments
- renumbers and amends the process by which a municipality or county conducts certain plan reviews
- modifies notice requirements before a public hearing on a proposed land use regulation
- provides that a municipality or county may not require a private individual or entity, including a community association or homeowners association, to permanently maintain or be responsible for a public access amenity or water utility unless certain conditions apply
- modifies the process by which a municipality or county inspects and approves or rejects the performance of warranty work
- modifies a municipality's or county's process in regulating landscaping
- modifies the process for a municipality or county to allow transferable development rights
- creates a process by which an applicant may submit an identical floor plan to a municipality for an expedited review
- provides that a municipality or county may not require a public hearing for a request for a variance or another land use appeal
- modifies the ability of a municipality or county to enforce an ordinance by withholding a building permit or certificate of occupancy
- modifies the State Fire Code Act
- modifies provisions related to special districts and land use
- establishes a process by which a person may convey real property by deed to a public entity
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 7 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · 2/13/2025 9:15 AMWho voted how
- 53 yes, 13 no, 9 absentFinal House vote · 2/24/2025 3:47 PMWho voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/27/2025 5:03 PMWho voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · 2/27/2025 5:07 PMWho voted how
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/7/2025 10:06 PMWho voted how
- 47 yes, 22 no, 6 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 3/7/2025 10:55 PM