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House amends redevelopment law to allow consultant arbitration and mobile‑home relocation funding
Summary
The House amended and passed second substitute SB 218 to clarify redevelopment approval processes, expand the definition of blight, authorize hiring a consultant arbiter for blight disputes (paid by the redevelopment agency) and permit use of incremental redevelopment funds to relocate displaced mobile-home residents; the amended bill passed 72–0.
The Utah House debated and approved a second substitute to Senate Bill 218, a package of community development and renewal agency amendments that clarifies approval flows and gives redevelopment agencies new authorities.
Sponsor Representative Clark told members amendment number 1 made technical corrections and, in its substantive portion (part 4), clarified that when a redevelopment agency approves a redevelopment request the legislative body need not reapprove the same action. The amendment also expands the statutory definition of blight and sets up a process for resolving objections: the parties would hire a consultant (an arbiter) whose binding determination, if agreed to by both sides, would resolve the dispute. Representative Clark said the redevelopment agency would pay the consultant fee.
Members asked how the change would apply to mobile-home parks. Representative Clark said the measure authorizes a new purpose for incremental redevelopment revenue: where displacement occurs, agencies could use those funds to relocate mobile-home residents, providing “a financial solution that is now in the toolbox” to address displacement. Multiple members thanked the sponsor and the House adopted the amendment. The recorded vote on the amended second substitute was 72 yes, 0 no; the measure will be referred back to the Senate.
