2011 Utah Code
Title 17 Counties
Chapter 27a County Land Use, Development, and Management Act
Section 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.