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        SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 5, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    The Government Operations Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 233, ENVIRONMENTALLY RESTRICTED ZONING DISTRICTS, by Representative M. Morley, with the following amendments:

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             284          (3)

  (a)       A municipality may not deny a land use application with respect to land located in


2.    Page 10, Lines 287 through 289 :    

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{   (a)   }        (i)       the municipality failed to comply with the requirements of Subsection (1); or

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{   (b) (i)   }        (ii)(A)       the applicant:

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{   (A)   }        (I)       presents competent evidence        , subject to Subsection (3)(b),       demonstrating that use of the land as proposed in the


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{   (B)   }        (II)       establishes by professional engineering data and the testimony of competent

             293      experts
  , subject to Subsection (3)(b),       that the potential detrimental effects resulting from the use of the land as proposed in


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{   (ii)   }        (B)       the land use application proposes lots with an average size that is no smaller than


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{   (iii)   }        (C)       the land use application otherwise complies with all other requirements applicable

             299      to
{   all other   } zoning districts        of similar use and density       in the

municipality.


    
  (b)(i) A municipality may reject evidence, professional engineering data, and expert testimony that an applicant presents under Subsection (3)(a)(ii)(A) if the municipality determines that the evidence, data, or testimony is incomplete or inaccurate or does not adequately assess the risks to the public of the municipality's approving the land use application.

    (ii) All disputes between an applicant and a municipality regarding a municipality's rejection of evidence, data, or testimony under Subsection (3)(b)(i) with respect to a land use application shall be resolved in a single binding arbitration proceeding, as provided in Section 10-9a-709.  


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             693          (3)
  (a)       A county may not deny a land use application with respect to land located in an


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{   (a)   }        (i)       the county failed to comply with the requirements of Subsection (1); or

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{   (b) (i)   }        (ii)(A)       the applicant:

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{   (A)   }        (I)       presents competent evidence        , subject to Subsection (3)(b),       demonstrating that use of the land as proposed in the


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{   (B)   }        (II)       establishes by professional engineering data and the testimony of competent

             702      experts
  , subject to Subsection (3)(b),       that the potential detrimental effects resulting from the use of the land as proposed in


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{   (ii)   }        (B)       the land use application proposes lots with an average size that is no smaller than

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{   (iii)   }        (C)       the land use application otherwise complies with all other requirements applicable

             708      to
{   all other   } zoning districts        of similar use and density       in the county.

    
  (b)(i) A county may reject evidence, professional engineering data, and expert testimony that an applicant presents under Subsection (3)(a)(ii)(A) if the county determines that the evidence, data, or testimony is incomplete or inaccurate or does not adequately assess the risks to the public of the county's approving the land use application.

    (ii) All disputes between an applicant and a county regarding a county's rejection of evidence, data, or testimony under Subsection (3)(b)(i) with respect to a land use application shall be resolved by a single binding arbitration proceeding, as provided in Section 17-27a-709.  


    Respectfully,

    Glenn A. Donnelson
    Committee Chair

Voting: 8-2-1
3 HB0233.HC1.wpd 2/5/07 9:58 am benchristensen/BNC RHR/JTW

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 HB0233
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