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House adopts notification changes for student housing projects; municipalities to get 21‑day window
Summary
Lawmakers amended and passed a bill requiring higher education institutions and municipalities to hold joint hearings and set a 21‑day window for municipalities to decide whether to request hearings; notification radius in several sections was increased from 100 to 300 feet. Vote: 67–0.
The Utah House on Feb. 23 approved changes to how universities notify municipalities and the public about student housing projects, adopting an amendment that increases property‑owner notice distances and codifies a joint‑hearing process.
Representative Steven Clark, sponsor of First Substitute House Bill 103, told the House the measure does not remove institutions’ ability to build housing but…
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