2006 Utah Code - 17-27a-707 — Standard of review for appeals.

     17-27a-707.   Standard of review for appeals.
     (1) A county may, by ordinance, designate the standard of review for appeals of land use authority decisions.
     (2) If the county fails to designate a standard of review of factual matters, the appeal authority shall review the matter de novo.
     (3) The appeal authority shall determine the correctness of a decision of the land use authority in its interpretation and application of a land use ordinance.
     (4) Only those decisions in which a land use authority has applied a land use ordinance to a particular application, person, or parcel may be appealed to an appeal authority.

Enacted by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session